Agri-food Economics 2024/25
University of Florence - LM: Design of Sustainable Tourism Systems - Code: B019356; CFU: 6
Last update: 24th April 2026
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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 - 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 D4/0.01) - 2nd September 2026 h.11.00 (room D6/0.13)
Ü Registration to the exam All students must be registered on Moodle platform, course Agrifood Economics 2025/26 (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 2025/2026
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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
Part 1: Basic principles of agricultural economics
26/02/2026 - Supply rigidity and fixed costs 04/03/2026 - The Johnson's model 05/03/2026 - Seminar "Local sustainable and inclusive development" 11/03/2026 - The importance of time 12/03/2026 - The specificity of agricultural sector 18/03/2026 - The specificity of agricultural sector 18/03/2026 - The specificity of food demand
Part 2: Agricultural transformation: from productivism to the new development model
19/03/2026 - Productivism and the role of agriculture 25/03/2026 - Productivism and the role of agriculture 25/03/2026 - The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU 26/03/2026 - The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU 01/04/2026 - The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU 01/04/2026 - Recap Part 1 22/04/2026 - The new development model 22/04/2026 - The new development model 23/04/2026 - The evolution of the CAP
Part 3: The agri-food system and its dynamics
29/04/2026 - Agribusiness 29/04/2026 - Agribusiness 30/04/2026 - Short Food Supply Chains 06/05/2026 - Short Food Supply Chains 06/05/2026 - Seminar Social Farming (prof. S.Senni) h.14.30 07/05/2026 - Typical products and geographical indications 12/05/2026 - Seminar Rural Tourism (prof. S.Simeone) 13/05/2026 - Typical products and geographical indications 13/05/2026 - Seminar coffee (prof. M.Velasquez Salazar) h.14.30 14/05/2026 - Seminar Agroecology (prof. J. Sanz-Canada) 20/05/2026 - Team works: presentations
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Seminars Agrifood Economics 25/26
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