Agri-food Economics 2024/25
University of Florence - LM: Design of Sustainable Tourism Systems - Code: B019356; CFU: 6
Last update: 4th July 2025
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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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Attending students Attending students will prepare the final exam studying on the slides of the lectures and their own notes. The slides are available on Moodle platform.
Non attending students Non Attending students will prepare the final exam studying on the texts available on Moodle platform in the section "Non attending students".
IMPORTANT Students can choose to take the exam on the Attending students program or the Non Attending students program independently from the attendance to the course. For example, students who never attendend a class can choose to take the exam on the attending students program and vice versa.
Exams - 8th July 2025 h.14.00 (room D4/0.01) - 1st September 2025 h.11.00 (room D6/0.04)
Ü Registration to the exam All students must be registered on Moodle platform, course Agrifood Economics 2024/25 (no password required), to take the exam. When registering, students must indicate in the notes the program (Attending student - Non attending student) they want to take the exam on.
Ü Exam The exam is only written for both attending and non attending students. The structure of the exam is the same for both attending and non attending students. The written test will last one hour. The test has 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).
---------------------------------- Ü Optional exercises (attending students only) The marks obtained in the test and the marks obtained from the optional exercises will give the final mark of 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 the 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, specifying the a.y. they attended (example: "attending student, a.y.2023/24").
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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 2024/2025
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Timetable 24/25 (Feb-May 2025)
Wednesday h.10-12 room D4/1.13 Thursday h.10-12 room D4/1.13
Lectures 24/25
26/02/2025 Introduction to the course
27/02/2025 The specificity of agriculture 05/03/2025 Biological inputs and fixed costs: implications 06/03/2025 No lesson 12/03/2025 The Johnson's model 13/03/2025 The importance of time 19/03/2025 The cobwed theorem and the seasonal trend of prices 20/03/2025 Specificity of agricultural sector 26/03/2025 Food demand
MOD.2: MODERNIZATION AND AGRIBUSINESS 27/03/2025 Productivism and role of agriculture 02/04/2025 Productivism 03/04/2025 The Common Agricultural Policy 09/04/2025 The Common Agricultural Policy 10/04/2025 The Common Agricultural Policy 16/04/2025 Agribusiness 17/04/2025 Agribusiness
Mod.3: THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MODEL 07/05/2025 Short Food Supply Chains 08/05/2025 Short Food Supply Chains 14/05/2025 The new development model 15/05/2025 Seminar Rural Tourism 21/05/2025 The new development model 22/05/2025 Team work presentations 22/05/2025 Seminar Social Agriculture 28/05/2025 Seminar Coffee: Xiomara-Fernanda Quinonez-Ruiz 29/05/2025 Seminar Coffee: Xiomara-Fernanda Quinonez-Ruiz
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Seminars Agrifood Economics 24/25
15th May 2025 - h.14.30-16.00, room D6/1.02 Sara Simeone (MateraHub, Matera) Promoting rural tourism
22th May 2025 - h.12.00-13.30, room D6/1.06 Francesca Giarè (CREA PB, Roma) Social agriculture in Italy
28th May 2025 - h.10.15-11.45, room D4/1.13 Xiomara-Fernanda Quinonez-Ruiz (Boku University, Wien, Austria) (De)colonial Lenses to Analyze the Coffee Crises
29th May 2025 - h.10.15-11.45, room D4/1.13 Xiomara-Fernanda Quinonez-Ruiz (Boku University, Wien, Austria) Territorial Governance and Collective Autonomy in Coffee Chains |
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