Chapter 19 Learning Objectives

Rural Development

To understand and be able to explain the key features of “rurality.”
To learn about and evaluate the paradigm shifts in thinking about rural development.
To use the “sustainable livelihoods” concept to understand agriculture in context and to critically assess claims made about smallholder households (e.g., as “rational,” “tradition-bound,” or “multi-locational”).
To discover the principal challenges to rural development in the 21st century.