Learning objectives
<br />Understanding the objectives and tools of public intervention and rural development policies for the sustainable development of the territories in which agriculture represents a multi-functional activity. Review of economics and forestry and environmental estimates
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
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Agriculture and the rural environment, characteristics of Italian agriculture and agrarian landscape. Agriculture in the Italian economic system. Italian agrarian policy. The agricultural policies of the European Union . European Union treaties and institutions. Agricultural spending: European Guidance and Guarantee Fund. Structural and economic and social cohesion policies. Environmental policies. <br />
Ecological economics. Sustainable development The determinant and adaptations of the agri-food system <br />
Forest production and the firm. The choices of the entrepreneur and forest planning. The forest-wood system and the demand for timber. <br />
Valuation of investments. Estimates of real estate. Estimates of woods and wood plantations, parks and forest infrastructure.
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />Merlo M. (1991) 'Elementi di economia ed estimo fore stale-ambientale', Patron Editore, Bologna <br />De Castro P. (2004) "Verso una nuova agricoltura europea", Agra, Roma<br />Hoffmann A. (2006) 'La nuova politica di sviluppo rurale', Franco Angeli, Milan
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