ECONOMICS OF AGRO-ZOOTECHNICS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Rural economy and evaluation

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PULINA Pietro

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

: Students should have been previously enrolled in an undergraduate level course in Agro-zootechnical sciences or in Agricultural Sciences

AF code:

40002773

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

: evaluation tests, oral exam.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Learning outcomes of the course unit: 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.

Contents

Agricultural and livestock production systems in the Italian economy. Demand for agri-food goods. Agri-food supply systems. Relationships between market and hierarchy: open market and vertical integration. Economic analysis of cooperative firms. Agricultural policy tools. Common Agricultural Policy for livestock productions: institutions, background and development. Tutorials on sheep milk husbandry economics, modern food distribution, ethics and agricultural economics.

Recommended Bibliography

Recommended or required reading and course materials: Begg D., Fischer S., Dornbusch R. (2005), Microeconomia, Milano, Mac Graw-Hill (chapt. 5); Sodano V., Sassi M., Marchini A. (2010), Economia agroalimentare: mercati e politiche, Milano, Mac Graw-Hill (chapts. 1, 3.9 and 5); Segré A. (2008), Politiche per lo sviluppo agricolo e la sicurezza alimentare, Roma, Carocci (chapts. 6 and 7); Idda L., Furesi R., Pulina P. (2010), Economia dell’allevamento ovino da latte, Milano, Franco Angeli; notes, slides and other materials will be available on digital support.

Teaching Methods

: lectures, self-managed tutorials.

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