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Economics of rural areas and communities

Abstract of the academic discipline

"Economics of rural areas and communities"

Recommended for applicants to the second (master's) level of higher education

The purpose of studying the discipline: to form a system of knowledge regarding the study by students of the theoretical and practical principles of managing the development of rural communities and involving broad segments of society in this process through the implementation of progressive approaches to the development of rural areas and communities.

Interdisciplinary connections.The discipline "Economics of Rural Territories and Communities" is a selective component for the formation of the ability to effectively operate, necessary for future specialists in the functioning of local self-government bodies, and has interdisciplinary connections with the vast majority of disciplines, in particular "Managerial Economics", "Agrarian Policy", "Economics and Organization of Agricultural Trading", "Agricultural Production Technologies".

Learning outcomes, learning methods and diagnostic tools.

Table 1. – Results, learning methods and diagnostic tools for the academic discipline “Economics of rural areas and communities” in accordance with learning outcomes

Learning outcome

Teaching methods

Tools  

diagnostics

1.           Knowledge

1.1 

current laws and regulations of Ukraine regarding the legal principles of implementing agrarian policy, the essence of agrarian development and the development of rural communities;

Lecture, seminar, discussion, mini-training, presentation

 

Test task, control (module) work, individual work, case study, test

 

1.2 

basic models and theories of economic development (linear stages, structural transformations, external dependence, innovative development, free market, endogenous growth, sustainable development); essence, types of economic development and factors that influence development, indicators of economic development;

1.3 

concepts of "agrarian sector", "agrarian sphere", "agriculture", "agrarian policy", "rural area", "community", "LEADER approach", "LAG"; stages and results of agrarian transformations in Ukraine;

 

directions of agrarian policy (bodies that determine agrarian policy; main instruments of agrarian policy; the most successful systems of state management of the agricultural sector and rural areas);

 

 

 

decentralization processes and the foundations of land relations;

development of rural areas and communities based on the LEADER approach.

 

 

2.    Skills/Abilities:

2.1 

analyze and assess the state and trends of agrarian policy development in Ukraine; assess the level of state support for agriculture and rural communities; develop, formulate and justify appropriate measures to support the agricultural sector (production, communities, territories);

Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

Individual tasks, test tasks, control (module) work, presentation, test

 

2.2 

to search for effective instruments of influence on the land market in order to increase the economic efficiency of agricultural production; to substantiate the economic feasibility and effectiveness of innovations in agriculture, to formulate and implement a strategy based on the LEADER approach;

2.3 

analyze and assess the state and trends of agrarian policy development in Ukraine; assess the level of state support for agriculture and rural communities; develop, formulate and justify appropriate measures to support the agricultural sector (production, communities, territories);

2.4 

analyze the communication work of the LAG: external networks and research; professional organizations and associations representing the interests of farmers and agro-microenterprises; organizations providing services to the population; citizens and local citizens' organizations; law enforcement associations; local authorities and institutions.

 

3.1 

 

3. Communication

 

the ability to work in a team to jointly solve applied problems and the ability to work in the field of agribusiness enterprises and the development of rural communities;

 

 Seminar, discussion, training, presentation

 

Checking the completion of training tasks, presentation, discourse, test

3.2 

 

the ability to convey one's own conclusions to members of the working group, structural unit, enterprise team, community.

 

 

4.1 

 

4. Responsibility and autonomy

demonstrate an understanding of personal responsibility for professional and/or effective decisions or provided own recommendations that may influence the formation, implementation and control of planned activities when developing a community development strategy based on the LEADER approach.

Seminar, discussion, solving specific tasks and situations, analytical report

Checking the implementation of training tasks, presentation, test(module) work, test

     
 

Content of the academic discipline by topics.

CONTENT MODULE 1. THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TERRITORIES AND COMMUNITIES

Topic 1. The concept of socio-economic development of rural areas.

Topic 2. The social sphere of rural areas, its concept and structure.

Topic 3. Social infrastructure of rural areas and communities: current state and development prospects.

Topic 4. Economic base of rural areas and communities.

CONTENT MODULE 2. MANAGEMENT OF RURAL TERRITORIES AND COMMUNITIES

Topic 5. Organizational and economic principles of the formation of production infrastructure in rural areas.

Topic 6. Management of rural areas and communities.

Topic 7. The LEADER concept and the foundations of LAG formation.

Scientific and pedagogical workers who provide teaching of the academic discipline, and their email addresses:

Sadovnyk Oleksandr Volodymyrovych, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, Associate Professor. email: sadovnyk@kneu.edu.ua

Ivanenko Fedir Viktorovych- Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, ivanenko.fedir@kneu.edu.ua

Recommended information sources.

1. Berdanova O. V., Vakulenko V. M., Grinchuk N. M., Koltun V. S., Kuybida V. S., Tkachuk A. F. Management of the development of united territorial communities on the basis of public participation: a manual. / [O. V. Berdanova, V. M. Vakulenko, N. M. Grinchuk, V. S. Koltun, V. S. Kuybida, A. F. Tkachuk] – K. : – 2017. – 129 p.

2. Public participation/citizen involvement. Deputy activity in districts (training module) / Oleksandr Sergienko, Oleg Vatamanyuk. – Kyiv: ICC “Legal status”, 2016. – 92 p.

3.Introduction of the LEADER approach into the practice of rural communities. URL: https://nmc-vfpo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/11111111111leader-15022023-_1_compressed.pdf

4.Kulchiy I.M. The Leader concept as a condition for ensuring sustainable development of rural areas: legal aspect [Electronic resource] – Resource access mode: http://dspace.nlu.edu.ua/bitstream/123456789/7624/1/Kulchiy_223_225.pdf

5.The LEADER approach/ URL: https://enrd.ec.europa.eu/leader-clld/leader-toolkit/leaderclld-explained_en?fbclid=IwAR2fBylmG3UTtHQGpi4P978DQim-UWbgUbqX-UVjrOAD-MMhQf5Lm7gLof0

6. Development of rural areas in the system of European integration priorities of Ukraine: [monograph] / NAS of Ukraine. Institute of Regional Studies; scientific editor V. V. Borshchevsky. – Lviv, 2012. – 216 p. (Series “Problems of regional development”). http://ird.gov.ua/irdp/p20120201.pdf.

7. Strategic planning of local development. Practical manual / [Berdanova O., Vakulenko V.]; Swiss-Ukrainian project “Support to decentralization in Ukraine – DESPRO. – Kyiv: Sofia-A LLC. – 2012. – 88 p.

8.Ukrainian Rural Development Network: http://urdn.org.

9. Public participation in the decision-making process at the local level educational and methodological manual// SE “Ukrtechinform” – Kyiv, 2013. – 250 p.

 

Last redaction: 02.04.25