This 6-credit course is designed to study theoric as well as empiric issues of agricultural and livestock economics, with specific reference to the peculiar characteristics of the sector and to its relationships with the economic system. Particular attention is paid to the production systems organizations as well as to the policies aimed to address and manage the livestock sector.Training objectives also includes the following skills: to implement production and commercial management of livestock farms with adequate autonomy of judgment even in conditions of extreme complexity of the problems; to possess communicative abilities in relationships with specialized and non-specialized audiences; to update and deepen their own knowledge independently.