THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORK OF THE AGRO-FOOD SYSTEM AND THE MAIN ANALYTICAL TOOLS USED IN THE STUDY OF THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN POLICIES AND ADDRESSED TO IT. AT THE SAME TIME THE COURSE WILL PROVIDE ELEMENTS FOR EVALUATION ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRY AND THE AGRO-FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN U.E. AND IN ITALY, ON THE DYNAMICS OF FOOD CONSUMPTION, AS WELL AS ON THE MAIN ISSUES RELATED TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY.
teacher profile teaching materials
- Agriculture and perfect competition
- Market structures and imperfect competition in agri-food sector
- Production costs agricultural supply in the short term
- Production costs and agricultural supply in the long term
The demand for agri-food products
- Call for preference theory: from utility to demand curve
- Income and substitution Effect and classification of goods
- Price elasticity
- Income Elasticity-and Engel's Law
- Food demand as differentiated goods
Agriculture and the agro-food system
- The concept of supply chain and its application to the agri-food sector
- Food consumption in Italy
- An overview of the agri-food system in the EU and in Italy
- F. De Filippis, La domanda dei prodotti agroalimentari.
- Lessons slides and selected readings will be delivered during the course
Programme
The supply of agri-food products- Agriculture and perfect competition
- Market structures and imperfect competition in agri-food sector
- Production costs agricultural supply in the short term
- Production costs and agricultural supply in the long term
The demand for agri-food products
- Call for preference theory: from utility to demand curve
- Income and substitution Effect and classification of goods
- Price elasticity
- Income Elasticity-and Engel's Law
- Food demand as differentiated goods
Agriculture and the agro-food system
- The concept of supply chain and its application to the agri-food sector
- Food consumption in Italy
- An overview of the agri-food system in the EU and in Italy
Core Documentation
- M. De Benedictis, F. Cosentino, Economia dell'azienda agraria, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1979: cap. 1, 6 e 7- F. De Filippis, La domanda dei prodotti agroalimentari.
- Lessons slides and selected readings will be delivered during the course
Type of evaluation
The exam is oral, but the students who attended the course may choose to take a written exam at the end of the course