Unit Code: FPM503
Unit Name: Entrepreneurship in Agroforestry
Description: Introduction to the socio-economics in agroforestry, definition, principles, concepts, scope and importance in agroforestry; Economic Concept, Introduction to Forest Economics Principles, Demand and Supply, Law of Demand and Supply; Production Concept; Social considerations Tenure, right to use the land, right to transfer of the land, administration; Land tenure at community level, state land, private land, native land; Gender, Responsibilities, user rights, legal rights, decision-making, rural livelihood systems (norms & influence), social values, traditional concepts, gender analysis and framework; Economic evaluation, framework, types of economic evaluation, cost benefit ratio; Measuring economics values of an agroforestry system.
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Prerequisite: N/A
Prerequisite Sentence: Student must be enrolled in the programme.
Credit Point: 15
Offered In: Semester 1