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- 1. Food Security and Globalization AEDECON/INTSTDS 4532, Autumn 2015 Ohio State University Instructors: Ms. Khushbu Mishra, E-mail: mishra.67@osu.edu PhD Student, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics Mr. Richard Gallenstein, E-mail: gallenstein.6@osu.edu PhD Student, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics TA: Danbee Song, E-mail: song.900@osu.edu PhD Student, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:10 AM – 12:30 PM. Place: Room 210, Animal Sciences Building. Prerequisite: AEDE 2001 or Econ 2001, OR instructor’s permission Credit: 3 units. Course Website: http://carmen.osu.edu. Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:30-2:00 PM in Room 327, Agricultural Administration Building OR by appointment. Course Description: The course addresses food security and poverty primarily from the standpoint of the social sciences. Concepts, theories, and tools for analyzing food security and nutritional intake are introduced. The roles of biological science and institutions are examined. Policies and policy reforms for improving food security are studied. Food security is examined in a global context with emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, since these are the areas of the world where malnutrition is the most prevalent. Course Objectives: • To learn what food insecurity is, who is affected, and how it affects the lives of those who suffer from it; • Understand the complex nature of poverty and hunger; • Understand the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework and be able to apply it; • Gain the tools to understand causes andsolutions to food insecurity on a micro and macro level; • To introduce students to globalization and its impacts on food security; • Understand the relationship between food prices and food security Grading: Your performance in the course will be assessed as follows: Item Weight (percent) Quizzes 10
- 2. Homework 10 Papers 25 Class Presentation 25 Final 30 Total 100 Reading Assignments and Class Participation: One textbook is assigned and you will need to read it and write a report on it. Supplementary readings will be provided through the Carmen website. The supplementary readings are meant to expand on topics covered in class. Class participation will be expected during class discussions and will be of great benefit to students in preparation for the exams. Quizzes: There are fifteen reading assignments; you will be quizzed on eleven of these. The quizzes will be selected by the instructors but will not be disclosed to the students beforehand. The quiz names in the course calendar below correspond to the name of the readings. The lowest single quiz grade for the semester will be dropped for each student. The quizzes are primarily for the purpose of ensuring that the readings are done. Homework: There will be two homework assignments in the course. Paper: Two papers will be assigned in the class, one on food security in a country of your choice and the other on the textbook. Papers will be submitted online via the Carmen website and will be returned through email. Students who wish to receive comments on their papers will need to indicate this on the cover page. Class Presentation: The class will be divided into groups of five for a group presentation during mid semester. The purpose of this assignment is to foster independent and group work while improving public speaking skill. Exams: The final will be comprehensive yet will give heavy emphasis to the second half of the course material. A study guide will be provided in advance of the final exam. Textbook (available in the campus bookstore and area bookstores that sell OSU textbooks): Roger Thurow. The Last Hunger Season: A year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change Public Affairs Publishers, 2011. Relevant Websites: www.fao.org United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization www.ifpri.org International Food Policy Research Institute http://www.foodsecurityportal.org Food Security Portal www.wfp.org United Nations World Food Program www.fews.net USAID Famine Early Warning Systems
- 3. Course Policies: 1. Attendance policy: If a student misses class on the day of a quiz or test, the student will receive a zero unless I am notified in advance of the absence and have given permission for the absence. Excused absences are limited to serious issues such as doctor appointments, family crisis, etc. and documentation will be expected for the excuse. Note that the lowest quiz grade for each student will be dropped to accommodate the rare emergency without forewarning. Homeworks are expected to be turned in during the class period on the day that they are due and therefore an absence will indicate the assignment is late even if the assignment is turned in later that same day, unless the absence is excused. 2. LateSubmissionofAssignments: A late homework assignmentwill be penalized 5% the first day it is late and then 2.5% of the grade for each day onwards. 3. Academic Honesty: Academic misconduct of any kind is not acceptable. Probably the most common form of academic misconduct is plagiarism, defined as follows in the university’s Code of Student Conduct: “Plagiarismis the representation of another's work or ideas as one's own; it includes the unacknowledged word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of another person's work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another person's ideas.” For a detailed definition of academic misconduct, see http://studentaffairs.osu.edu/resource_csc.asp. Also, read “Ten Suggestions for Preserving Academic Integrity” at http://oaa.osu.edu/coamtensuggestions.html. To resolve any doubt about what activities constitute academic misconduct and what procedures are followed, consult the instructor. All written assignments will be submitted over Carmen and will be subjected to an originality check that analyzes documents for plagiarism. Papers that are marked for plagiarismwill be investigated. 4. Disability Services: Students with disabilities that have been certified by the Office for Disability Services will be appropriately accommodated, and should inform the instructor as soon as possible of their needs. The Office for Disability Services is located in 150 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue; telephone 292-3307, TDD 292-0901; http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/.
- 4. Course Calendar, AEDECON/IS 4532, AUTUMN 2015 Date Topic Quiz Assignment Introduction to Food Insecurity 8/25 Syllabus/ Famines 08/27 Incidence of Food Insecurity 1 The State of Food Insecurity 2013 http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3434e/i3434e.pdf Homework 1 assigned 9/01 Incidence of Food Insecurity 2 The Economic Lives of the Poor http://economics.mit.edu/files/530 9/03 Nutritional Aspects of Food Insecurity 9/08 Measuring Food Insecurity The State of Food Security 2015 http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4646e.pdf Homework 1 due 9/10 Impacts of Food Insecurity Country Food Security Paper Assigned Solutions & Challenges Part 1 9/15 Income and Food Security 9/17 Raising Incomes Challenges of Education 9/22 Population Growth and Food Security 9/24 Health Care and Food Security Economic and Social Burden of Malaria and AIDs 9/29 The Environment and Food Security Climate Change and Food Security 10/1 Gender and Food Security CARE Project in India
- 5. Discussion of student presentation 10/6 Student Presentations Country Food Security Paper Due 10/08 Student Presentations 10/13 Student Presentations 10/15 Autumn Break Tools for Analysis 10/20 Sustainable Livelihoods Framework 1 10/22 Sustainable Livelihoods Framework 2 Last Hunger Season Paper Assigned 10/27 Risk Management 10/29 NO CLASS 11/03 Microeconomics Solutions & Challenges Part 2 11/05 Food Aid 11/10 Agricultural Development 1: Raising Agricultural Yields Agriculture in the Global Economy 11/12 Agricultural Development 2: Green Revolution Last Hunger Season 1 11/17 Agricultural Development 3: GR controversies and conservation agriculture 11/19 Agricultural Development 4: Adoption of new technologies and practices AGRA Seed Value Chain Globalization
- 6. 11/24 Macroeconomics Economics Homework Assigned 12/01 Globalization and Political Economy Last Hunger Season 2 12/03 World Trade and Food Security 1 Tanzania Export Ban Last Hunger Season Paper Due 12/08 World Trade and Food Security 2 Food, Fuel, and Financial Crisis Economics Homework Due 12/14 FINAL EXAM 12pm - 1.45pm