IARD 300 Perspectives In International Agriculture and Rural Development
Fall. 2 credits. F 1:25-3:20. R.J. Nelson, R.W.Herdt --
The course is designed to enable students to gain an understanding of major issues in international agricultural development.  We will look at the big issues; characterize where we are and where we are going; analyze some of the major challenges faced from socioeconomic and biophysical perspectives; and learn about ways forward towards improving sustainability and reducing poverty, hunger and malnutrition.  By the end of the semester, students will have an appreciation of various perspectives on problems, challenges and potential solutions. 

IARD 402 Agriculture In The Developing Nations I
Fall. 2 credits. Prerequisite: International Agriculture 300. S/U or letter

F 9:05-11:00am. Tucker and R. W. Blake (Mexico section)

F 8:00-10-:00pm. 135 Emerson Hall. K. V. Raman and W. R. Coffman (India and Thailand section)

The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the major issues and problems in international agriculture and rural development and to demonstrate how problems in development are being addressed in the Gulf Region of Mexico (Section 1) or India and Thailand (Section 2). The lectures/discussions establish the global and regional contexts for sustainable agricultural development and focus on development challenges in Latin America and Asia through cases in southern Mexico, India, and Thailand. This course may be taken as a stand-alone survey course in international agriculture and rural development. However, it is primarily a preparatory course for participants selected to participate in the spring semester course Agriculture in the Developing Nations II (IARD 602), which includes concurrent field trips to the Gulf Region of México (Section 1) or India and Thailand during the January intersession.

IARD 403 Traditional Agriculture In Developing Countries
Fall. 1 credit. S-U only. W 8-8:50. P. Hobbs  404 Plant Science
Today, perhaps over half of the world's arable land is farmed by traditional farmers. They developed sustainable agriculture practices which allowed them to produce food and fiber for millennia with few outside inputs. Many of these practices have been forgotten in developed countries but are still used by many traditional, subsistence, or partially subsistence farmers in developing countries. The course examines traditional systems from several disciplinary points of view and discusses the relevance of these traditional practices for meeting modern day food needs.

IARD 404 (PL BR 404) Crop Evolution, Domestication and Diversity
Spring (Not offered Spring 2007) 2 credits. S-U letter. Prerequisites: Genetics 281 or Plant Breeding 225 or permission of the instructor. Lecs, S. Kresovich.
Evolution, domestication, and breeding of crop plants have molded the current diversity we conserve and use. Based on advances in systematics and molecular genetics, this course presents an integrated approach to understanding and describing diversity of agricultural and horticultural species. Underlying ethical, legal, and social issues affecting conservation and use also are addressed.

*IARD 405 Patents, Plants & Profits: Intellectual Property Management for Scientists and Entrepreneurs (ALS PL BR 612 [6120]
Spring, 2 credits, S/U only. Krattiger & Kowlaski Tuesday 2:40-4:30 BF G13
Comprehensive course for ag scientists on Intellectual Property management comprising forms of protection (copyright, trademarks, patents, plant breeders' rights), agreements (from material transfer to licensing), and management tools and strategies (policy, freedom-to-operate, IP audits, laboratory notebook, litigation, ethics, conflict resolution, cross-cultural issues, technology transfer, genetic resources and trade) and negotiation. The course will be of particular relevance to students interested in science management, technology transfer, international agriculture and business.check here for more information regarding this course

IARD 414 (CSS 414) Tropical Cropping Systems: Biodiversity, Social, and Environmental Impacts
Fall. 3 credits. S/U or letter. Lec, T R 8:40-9:55. Peter Hobbs 105 Bradfield Hall
Prerequisite: an introductory course in crop science, soil science, or biology or permission of instructor.
Characterization and discussion of traditional shifting cultivation, lowland rice-based systems, upland cereal-based systems, smallholder mixed farming including root crops and livestock, plantation fruit and oil crop systems, and agroforestry. In addition to species diversity and domestication, factors such as climate, land quality, soil management, land tenure, labor, and markets are considered. The effect of tropical cropping systems on the environment is evaluated.

IARD 480(ALS 480/EDUC 480) Global Seminar: Building Sustainable Environments and Secure Food Systems
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisite: juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Letter grade.   J. Lassoie and D. Miller (class held Tuesday & Thursday)
9:05 - 9:55am Plant Science 143 NOT Offered Spring 2008
A distance learning course involving Cornell and universities in Australia, India, The Netherlands, Sweden, Costa Rica, and Honduras. The seminar provides students the opportunity to explore and learn about the dynamic linkages between sustainable development, food security, population, the environment, and socio-economic progress from a global perspective. Students across the different sites interact via Internet, satellite, and videoconferencing technologies to analyze a series of interdisciplinary case studies related to global sustainable development. Teams of international students collaborate on a number of projects that are presented during a live videoconference at the end of the semester.

IARD 494 Special Topics in International Agriculture
Fall, Spring, Summer 1-3 credits,S-U grades, Staff
The department teaches "trial" courses and special topics not covered in other courses, at the undergraduate level, under this number.  Offerings vary by semester and will be advertised by the department .  Courses offered under the number are approved by the department curriculum committee, and the same course is not offered more than twice under this number.

IARD 496 Internship in International Agriculture
Fall and Spring, credit variable 1-6, SU or letter, See CALS internship policy guidelines and submit approved internship form prior to enrollment, Staff
An international internship, supervised by a faculty member who will be directly involved in determining both the course content and in evaluating a student's work. The student will research and initiate an appropriate international internship and negotiate a learning contract with the faculty supervisor, stating the conditions of the work assignment, supervision, and reporting.

IARD 497 Independent Study In International Agriculture
Fall and spring. 1-3 credits. S-U or letter grade. Prerequisites: permission of instructor and signed Independent Study Form. Staff. 
Independent Study in IARD allows students the opportunity to investigate special interests that are not treated in regularly scheduled courses. The student develops a plan of study to pursue under the direction of a faculty member.

IARD 598 International Development MPS. Project Paper 
Fall and spring. 1-6 credits. (A maximum of 6 credits may be applied toward M.P.S. degree requirements). Limited to M.P.S. candidates in the Field of International Development (ID). S-U grades only. N. Uphoff. 
A problem-solving project entailing either fieldwork and/or library work. The aim of the project is to give students supervised experience in dealing intellectually and analytically with a professional problem related to a substantive area of international development.

IARD 599 International Agriculture and Rural Development MPS. Project Paper 
Fall and spring. 1-6 credits. (A maximum of 6 credits may be applied toward M.P.S. degree requirements). Limited to M.P.S. candidates in the Field of International Agriculture and Rural Development (IARD). S-U grades only. S. Kyle. 
A problem-solving project entailing either fieldwork and/or library work. The aim of the project is to give students supervised experience in dealing intellectually and analytically with a professional problem related to a substantive area of international agriculture and rural development.

IARD 602 Agriculture In Developing Nations II
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisites: IARD 402 and (or) permission of instructors.

Field trips to the Gulf Region of México during January intersession, (section 2) R. W. Blake, T. W. Tucker and C. F. Nicholson (Mexico) Tuesday & Thursday 2:30 - 4:30pm 135 Emerson Hall

Field trips to India and Thailand during January intersession, (section 1)
K.V. Raman and W.R. Coffman Tuesday & Thursday
9:00 - 11:00am. 135 Emerson Hall.

Note: cost of January 2007 field-study trip is about $4000, which includes airfare, local transportation and lodging (some merit and need based financial aid may be available).
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to observe agricultural development in tropical México (Section 1) or India and Thailand (Section 2) and to promote interdisciplinary exchange among faculty, staff, students and their Mexican and Indian counterparts. A two-week field-study trip in January is followed by discussions, written projects and oral presentations dealing with problems in food, agriculture and livestock production in the context of social and economic conditions of the Gulf Region of México (Section 1) or India and Thailand (Section 2).

IARD 603/GOVT 692 Planning & Management of Agriculture & Rural Development
Spring. 4 credits. S/U or letter. M 2:30-5:00.145 Warren Hall
N. T. Uphoff and T. W. Tucker. 
An intercollege course designed to provide graduate students with a multidisciplinary perspective on the administration of agricultural and rural development activities in developing countries. The course is oriented to students in agricultural or social sciences who may have administrative responsibilities during their professional careers. Click here for syllabus

IARD 620 Rural Livelihoods and Biological Resources: Technologies and Institutions
Fall and Spring (not offered Fall-06 & Spring-07) 1-2 credits. S-U grades only. C. Barrett and A. Pell. Seminar exploring issues that straddle the boundaries of the biological and social sciences as they relate to rural livelihoods, food security, and the management of biological resources. Students taking the 1-credit option participate in seminars and panels. Students taking the 2-credit option must also participate in a group project

IARD 685 (EDUC 685/ILR 658) Training and Development: Theory and Practice
Spring and summer. 4 credits. S-U grades optional. Rosemary Caffarella Friday 9:05 - 12:05pm 103 Kennedy Hall
Analysis, design, and administration of training programs for the development of human resources in small-farm agriculture, rural health and nutrition, literacy as non-formal education, and general community development. Designed for scientists, administrators, educator-trainers, and social organizers in rural and agricultural development programs in the United States and abroad.

IARD 694 - Section 1 - Graduate Special Topics In International Agriculture 
Spring. 2 credits. S-U or letter option. L. Buck, T. Gavin Thursday
1:25 - 3:05pm 304 Fernow Hall
The department teaches "trial" courses under this number. Offerings vary by semester and are advertised by the department before the semester starts. Courses offered under the number will be approved by the department curriculum committee, and the same course is not offered more than twice under this number.

IARD 694 - Section 2 - Build Small Farmer Capacity
Spring. 3 credits. S/U or Letter. Alice Pell Enrollment is by permission of the instructor only.
Building smallholder farmer capacity to participate in formal markets.

IARD 696 (NTRS 696/CSS 696) Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable Development
Fall, Spring. 1 credit. S-U only. L. Fisher, L. Buck. Wednesday 12:20 - 1:10pm 135 Emerson
A variety of speakers present seminars on agroecological topics relating to sustainable development throughout the world. Students are required to prepare synopsis of each seminar.

IARD 697- 698 International Development MPS Seminar
Fall, Spring. 1 credit. S-U only. N. Uphoff. Monday 12:20 - 1:30pm 250 Caldwell Hall---A seminar for M.P.S. students to discuss important issues in international development and to prepare them to write their project papers. Specific content varies.

IIARD 699 International Agriculture and Rural Development MPS Project Seminar
Fall, spring. 1 credit. S-U grade only. Required for, and limited to, M.P.S. IARD students or with permission of instructor. S. Kyle. Note new time; Tuesday, at 2:15pm in 4 Warren Hall
The seminar provides students with the opportunity to develop and present their special projects. It also serves as a forum for discussion of current issues in low-income agricultural and rural development, with particular attention to interdisciplinary complexities.

IARD 783 Farmer-Centered Research and Extension (also EDUC 783)
Fall, 3 credits. S-U or letter. M. Kroma and T. Tucker Introduction to participatory traditions in farming systems research, extension, evaluation of rural development, technology generation, gender analysis, participatory rural appraisal, and documentation of local and indigenous knowledge of community-based development. Case studies of farmer-centered research and extension provide a focus for analysis. Appropriate roles of researchers and extensionists as partners with farmers are examined. A major contribution of farmer-centered research and extensions is its potential to legitimize people’s knowledge by enhancing their capacity to critically analyze their own problems, to conduct their own research, and to empower them to take direct action to solve those problems.

EDUC 683 Adult Education and Globalization: Comparative Perspectives
Spring. 3 credits. (Not offered Spring 2007) M. Kroma
The course will critically examine the workings of the global economy, its macro policy development and explore the interconnections between particular economic and political systems as key to understanding the relationships of adult education to society. Particular attention will be paid to modes of social analyses that explore the relationship between adult education and social structural factors, including gender, race and class, to inform a sense of our own place, identity and social location.