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.

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

- 1st September 2025 h.11.00 (room D6/0.04)

- 12th January 2026 h.11.00 (room D6/0-04)

- 5th February 2026 h.14.00 (room D4/1.13)

- 5th June 2026 h.14.00 (room D4/1.03)

- 19th June 2026 h.14.00 (room D4/0.01)

- 9th July 2026 h.14.00 (room D6/1.03)

- 1st September 2026 h.11.00 (room D6/1.03)

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).

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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").

Utilities

Ü office hours Andrea Marescotti

Ü Students' evaluation of Agri-food Economics

Master Degree "Design of Sustainable Tourims Systems"

Ü general information

Ü Study-plan

Ü internship and job placement

University of Florence

Ü School of Economics and Management: Academic calendar

Ü MOODLE Platform

ATTENDING STUDENTS 2025/2026

Timetable 25/26 (Feb-May 2026)

Wednesday h.10-12 room D4/1.13

Thursday h.10-12 room D4/1.13

Lectures 25/26

25/02/2026 Introduction to the course

Seminars Agrifood Economics 25/26

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