RPLS R10

RPLS R10
(PGDM-RM 2010-12 : Term-II)

Rural Production and Livelihood Systems (RPLS)
Course Outline

Introduction
It is important to understand the existing potential of rural production system in order to develop and strengthen the livelihood systems of people in villages. Both production and livelihood systems are interrelated and interdependent and like any other system in the rural areas, they too affect and are affected both by internal and external factors. Hence to manage these systems properly a rural manager needs to understand the type and level of such influences. In this course various elements of rural production and livelihood systems are analyzed and approaches to improve the same are discussed.

Course Objectives
After the course is over the students would be able to know:
-What are the existing rural production systems in India?
-The nature of various livelihood systems followed by rural people?
-How these systems are related to agriculture and animal husbandry?
-What are the main elements of both systems?
-What are the dilemmas in the rural production and livelihood systems?
-How to identify better and new business opportunities in both systems?
-What are the challenges to these systems in the globalized economy?

Sessions:
1. Rural production systems (10 sessions)
2. Rural livelihood systems (10 sessions)

Course Contents:
1. Rural production systems
-An overview of various rural production systems in India
-Analyzing the present agricultural and forestry production systems
-Study of animal husbandry and aquatic productions systems
-Other production systems in the rural areas
-Factors affecting these production systems
-Rural household economy in these production systems
-Challenges to rural production systems in globalized economy

2. Rural livelihood systems
-Livelihood: concept and definition, livelihood diversification
-Elements of livelihood, livelihood identification,
-Basic and DFID framework to understand livelihood
-Various approaches to livelihood promotion
-Process of livelihood identification
-Appreciating the important debates for promoting livelihoods
-Analysis of ongoing livelihood promotion initiatives

Pedagogy:
Class room sessions, review of literature, presentations, case studies and group discussions

Evaluation:
Quiz: 15%; Assignments: 40%; End term: 40% Class participation: 5%

Reference:
Bunch, R. (1982) Two Ears of Corn, Oklahoma: World Neighbors Conroy,
C. 2005, Participatory Livestock Research, A Guide, ITDG Publishing, UK.
Crowell, D. W. (2003) The SEWA Movement and Rural Development:
The Banaskantha and Kutch Experience, Sage Publication, New Delhi.
Mahanty, S. Fox, J. Nurse, M., Stephen, P., Mclees L. (2006) Hanging
the Balance: Equity in Community Based Natural Resource Management
in Asia, RECOFTC, Bangkok and East West Center, Hawaii.
Varma, M.K. (1997) Managing More Effectively: A Professional Approach
to Get Best Out of People , Response Books, New Delhi.
White, S. A. (1999) The Art of Facilitating Participation: Releasing the power
of Grassroots Communication, Sage Publication, New Delhi.
White, S. A., Nair, K.S. and Ascroft, J. (1994) Participatory Communication:
Working For Change and Development, Sage Publication, New Delhi.
Wilcox, D. (2004), The Guide to Effective Participation, Partnership Books, Brighton.

Course Instructors
Prof. Niraj Kumar, Prof. K. T. Chandy (Intercom Nos. 730 &715) & Pradeep Misra, from Livelihood School, Kolkata.

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