Advance Certificate in Land and Rural Management

Duration

8 Weeks

Delivery

Online

Language

English

Cost

$500

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About the course

If you are looking for a course that will provide you an edge in land governance, investment, and rural development, look no further. This course is aimed at those people who want to be exposed to global techniques to effective and responsive land and rural management. Such that they become rural and land experts. For instance, rural business, investments, and enterprises provide an entry into the sustainable economies of rural areas. One which land is critical to. To achieve this the concept and principles that surrounds land, planning, and rurality is provides within the rural society ideologies. Within the rural society, we will be looking at farming and non-farming potentials of the local areas. Potentials such as farming, food system and tourism is extensively captured in course.

Recognising that rural issues and land are within the radical, political and social advocacy thinking and struggle, this course will equip government officials and NGOs the needed specialised knowledge and skills needed in responding to the rural challenge such that sustainability is achieved. Therefore, it is a course that shapes public and political attitudes about rural areas. Such as an operational and strategic mindset and thinking that aligns to global paradigm is provided.

The capacity training section is delivered in a blended approach of both campus and off-campus skill capture. This is provided in the proposal and research content on land and rurality that this course offers. Likewise, the blending of tourism is within the needed skills and potential of tourist sites to poverty escape in rural spaces. Especially with the need for integration of rural travel and tourism boom available in this area. Thus, land is fundamentally critical to the course content and approach.

Land in this course systematically considers the indicators, determinants and concepts which underpin how land is managed and invested. The land investment is to put into context the monetisation of land as a resource through trading approaches. The role of states in land management is discussed in a seminar format, with case studies extensively considered. Such that sustainability, development, economics and other topical land issues are discussed. It is important to identify that this course offers to you a global entry to careers. This course covers a diverse range of subject areas, including rural estate, policy, planning, business, land, development, governance, and environment.

Course objectives

Demonstrate a sound and critical understanding of basic macro and micro-economics policies and concepts in the rural and land thinking
Demonstrate a sound understanding of the global (specific to Africa) resource (with focus on land) optimisation and sustainability.
Demonstrate a sound understanding of the global (specific to Africa) resource (with focus on land) optimisation and sustainability.

Who is the course for?

Academia and Students
Rural Managers and Developers
Chartered Surveyors
Land policy experts
Grassroots decision-makers, NGOs and advocates involved in rural and land projects
Planners and Built-environment experts
Business owners and political representatives in rural areas

What you will learn

Module 1: Farmland Ecology, Circular Economy, and Environmental Management

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