Department of Food Production

LEVEL: I

SEMESTER: 1

COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURE 

NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3

PREREQUISITES: NONE

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Development of Caribbean Agriculture is a revision of AGEX 1000 Caribbean Agriculture in Perspective: Evolution, Sociology and Contemporary Issues. This course provides a chronological sequence of major events in Caribbean history that helped to shape modern day agriculture. It deals with the plantation and peasantry systems and the associated period of indentureship. It leads the student to understand how these events led to the structure of the modern day agriculture sector in terms of crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry and value-added agribusiness. The multifunctional role and contribution of the sector to food and nutrition security, livelihoods, the environment and sustainable rural development is discussed in some detail. As of necessity, some sociological concepts including social structure and social stratification, rural/urban characteristics and the issue of gender in Caribbean farming is elaborated. At the close of this course, some modern technological advances in agriculture in various parts of the region are presented mainly for students awareness as these are detailed in future courses.

ASSESSMENT: Coursework: 40% Final Examination: 60%