RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Rural development encompasses a range of issues and hence, it is not possible to cover them all in one semester.  Therefore, a selection of topics will be made for this session. The topics will include:  meaning of development and rural development, theories of economic and rural Development, Approaches to Rural Development and theories of Agricultural Development and belief appraisal of approaches adopted to effect rural development.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            COURSE OBJECTIVES: 

• The main objective of this course is to introduce students to some theories of rural and agriculture development. At the end of the course the student should be able to appreciate the past and current efforts taken in Uganda to effect rural development and appraise its relevance in the current Uganda in order to contribute positively to rural transformation.