Agri-food Economics
University of Florence - LM: Design of Sustainable Tourism Systems - Code: B019356; CFU: 6
Last update: 2nd September 2023
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Contents in short
Ü Basics of agricultural economics. Supply, demand, and markets. The specificities of agriculture Ü The evolution of agriculture: from productivism to multifunctionality Ü The agribusiness. Processing, distribution, consumption Ü The Common Agricultural Policy and its evolution. Ü Food quality, typical products, short food supply-chain. Ü Food tourism.
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Exams - 14th December 2023 h.14.00 (room D5/0.02) - 8th January 2024 h.14.00 (room D4/1.13) - 13th February 2024 h.14.00 (room D5/0.02) - 4th June 2024 h.14.00 (room D4/0.01) - 21st June 2024 h.11.00 (room C9/0.02) - 12th July 2024 h.14.00 (room D4/0.01) - 3rd September 2024 h.14.00 (room D4/0.01)
Ü Registration to the exam All students must be registered on Moodle platform, course Agrifood Economics (no password required), to take the exam. After registered to the exam, students will receive detailed information by Professor.
Ü Exam The exam is only written. The written test will last one hour, with 10 true/false questions (1 point for correct answer, -0,5 for wrong answer, zero for not answered questions), and 5 open questions (max 5 points each). All students should study on both videolectures and slides (available on Moodle) to pass the exam. ---------------------------------- Ü Optional exercises The marks obtained in the test will give the final mark of the exam. Marks obtained from the optional exercises will be added to the mark obtained from the exam.
Ü Students from previous a.ys. Attending students from previous academic years will study on both slides and notes taken during the classes of their a.y., and pass a written test. When registering to the exam, students must write in the notes that they want to pass the exam on previous academic years programs.
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Master dissertations in Agrifood Economics (thesis) |
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Utilities Ü office hours Andrea Marescotti Ü Students' evaluation of Agri-food Economics
Master Degree "Design of Sustainable Tourims Systems" Ü internship and job placement
University of Florence Ü School of Economics and Management: Academic calendar
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ATTENDING STUDENTS 2022/2023
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Timetable 22/23 Thursday h.10-12 room D4/113 Friday h.10-12 room D4/113
Lectures 22/23
Mod.I: Basic principles of agricultural economics 23/02/2023 Introduction to the course 24/02/2023 Specificity of agricultural sector 02/03/2023 Supply rigidity and fixed costs 03/03/2023 Johnson's model 09/03/2023 Johnson's model 10/03/2023 The importance of time 16/03/2023 The cobwed theorem 17/03/2023 Specificity of agricultural sector 23/03/2023 Food demand
Mod.II: Modernization and agribusiness 24/03/2023 Modernization 30/03/2023 The role of agriculture 31/03/2023 The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU 13/04/2023 The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU 14/04/2023 Agribusiness: concentration and globalization 20/04/2023 The evolution of the agribusiness 21/04/2023 The evolution of the agribusiness
Mod.III: The new development model 27/04/2023 The limits of modernization 28/04/2023 New development model 04/05/2023 The evolution of the CAP 05/05/2023 Seminar Maria Teresa Caiazzo 11/05/2023 Short Food Supply Chains (Matteo Mengoni) 12/05/2023 Short Food Supply Chains (Matteo Mengoni) 18/05/2023 Seminar Carla Barbieri 19/05/2023 TEAM WORK PRESENTATIONS 25/05/2023 Seminar Xiomara Quinonex-Ruiz 25/05/2023 Seminar Carla Barbieri 26/05/2023 Seminar Xiomara Quinonex-Ruiz
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Seminars 22/23
May, 5th 2023 - h.10.15-11.45, D4/1.13 Maria Teresa Caiazzo (Eataly Florence) Eataly business model
May, 18th 2023 - h.10.15-11.45, D6/0.04 Carla Barbieri (North Carolina State University) Growing agritourism for societal wellbeing
May, 25th 2023 - h.10.15-11.45, D4/1.13 Xiomara F. Quiñones-Ruiz (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Vienna) Bitter truth about coffee: collective action, standards and quality
May, 25th 2023 - h.16.15-17.45, D6/0.04 Carla Barbieri (North Carolina State University) Community-based Tourism: Empowering women for rural development
May, 26th 2023 - h.10.15-11.45, D4/1.13 Xiomara F. Quiñones-Ruiz (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU, Vienna) The way forward in coffee value chain networks: proximity and relational coffee models as alternatives?
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Movies on food & agriculture
Fork over knives - Earthlings - Cowspiracy Food Inc. - Fast food nation - SuperSizeMe - The Milk System
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Pictures gallery
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