Economics and management | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Economia ed estimo rurale (AGR/01)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

80 hours
of face-to-face activities

10 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable unavailable

exam calls

Learning objectives

inglese

italiano

spagnolo

Increasing knowledge in the field of policies for the management of agro-food chains

Prerequisites

microeconomics

Course unit content

The course aims to provide to students input on the main aspect influencing the management of modern food chains. The topics will address the specificities of the agro-food sector, the agri-food chain, the market of agricultural production, the role of quality, the management of industrial and local food chains. The course will use lectures and seminars.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- lecture collection
- Flavio Messori, Fabrizio Ferretti, Economia del mercato dei prodotti agroalimentari, Edagricole il sole 24 Ore, 2010;
- Gian Paolo Cesaretti, Strategie e strumenti per la valorizzazione sostenibile delle produzioni agroalimentari di qualità, Franco Angeli, 2011

Teaching methods

• Demand for food and economic policies
• The European Union's role in defining the legal limits
• New paradigms on food safety
• The role of quality and food safety
• New challenges and new problems (obesity - energy)
• The coordination and marketing strategies

Assessment methods and criteria

written exam

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