Agri-food Economics
University of Florence - LM: Design of Sustainable Tourism Systems - Code: B019356; CFU: 6
18th June 2022
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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 - 11th July 2022 h.14.30 (D5/003) - 8th September 2022 h.10.00 (D6/004)
Ü Registration to the exam All students must be registered on Moodle platform, course Agrifood Economics, to take the exam. No password for registration. After registered to the official exam, students will receive detailed information by Professor.
---------------------------------- IN CASE OF On-line exam Students will have to take both a written test (on Moodle) and a short oral exam (via Zoom or Meet or Cisco-Webex softwares). ? a written test on Moodle Platform (13 true/false questions and 2 multiple choices questions). True/false questions will give 1 point when the answer is correct, 0 point when non aswered, and -0,5 points when the answer is wrong; multiple choices questions will give 2, 0, -1 points). The written test lasts 12 minutes. There are 17 points available, and the minimum mark to access the oral exam is 6 points. To pass the written test, students must be registered to the Agrifood Economics 2020-21 course. ? a short oral exam in the same day of the written test with about 2-3 questions. There are 17 points available for the oral exam. The final mark will be the sum of both written and oral exam, plus points gained with the two non-compulsory exercises
IN CASE OF Exam in presence The test will last one hour, with 10 true/false questions (max 1 point each) and 5 open questions (max 5 points each). All students 2020/21 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 only an oral exam (no 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 2021/2022
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Lectures 21/22
Mod.I: Basic principles of agricultural economics 24/02/2022 Introduction to the course 25/02/2022 Specificity of agricultural sector 03/03/2022 Supply rigidity and fixed costs 04/03/2022 Johnson's model 10/03/2022 The importance of time 11/03/2022 The cobwed theorem 17/03/2022 Specificity of agricultural sector 18/03/2022 Specificity of agricultural sector 24/03/2022 Food demand 25/03/2022 Price variability in the medium and long run
Mod.II: Modernization and agribusiness 31/03/2022 Productivism: principles 01/04/2022 Role of agriculture 07/04/2022 The CAP: first period 08/04/2022 The CAP: first period 21/04/2022 The CAP: first and second period 22/04/2022 The Agribusiness 28/04/2022 The Agribusiness: evolution
Mod.III: The new development model 29/04/2022 New development model 05/05/2022 New development model 06/05/2022 The evolution of the CAP 12/05/2022 Seminar Vetrina Toscana 13/05/2022 SFSCs (dott.Matteo Mengoni) 19/05/2022 Seminar Coffee market and quality differentiation
Exercise TEAM WORKS - Students' Presentations 20/05/2022 students' presentations
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Seminars 21/22
12/05/2022 Seminar
Telling the story of the territory through food and wine. The case of Vetrina Toscana dott.ssa Daniela Mugnai, Ufficio Stampa Vetrina Toscana (Regione Toscana)
19/05/2022 Seminar
Bitter truth about coffee: standards, quality, and collective action dott.ssa Xiomara Fernanda Quinones-Ruiz (Boku University, Wien)
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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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