Livestock science and animal production technologies

Professor
Academic discipline: Economia ed estimo rurale (AGR/01)
Field: Discipline economiche, statistiche, giuridiche e informatiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

47 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

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Learning objectives

The student will acquire a basic knowledge of economics and specific knowledge of the economics of zootechnical production, agri-food economics and estimate elements.

Prerequisites

Course unit content

The Italian and European zootechnical framework. Review of economic theory. Agricultural products market. Farming and business. The farm economic balance sheet. Production economics. Organisation of producers. Tax reform in agriculture. Sources of statistical information in agriculture. Collection of economic data of breeding farms. Analysis of zootechnical enteprises. Analysis of the eficiency of breeding farms.
Consumer, enterprise and market. Components of agri-food system. Trasformation of agriculture. Agry-food industry. Reorganisation of the distribution system. Public interventions. UE policies for the agricultural sector, rural development, food safety for the environment.

Provide the knowlegde for the valuation of the main rural and urban property for practical and legal purposes. The course covers the topics of rural estimation, civil estimation, legal estimation, cadastral estimation end project evaluation.

Full programme

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Bibliography

DE CASTRO P. - Verso una nuova agricoltura europea. Agra, Roma,2002.

HOFFMANN A. - La nuova politica di sviluppo rurale. Franco Angeli, Milano, 2006.

MARIANI F., VIGANO' E. - Il sistema agroalimentare dell'Unione Europea. Carrocci Editore, Roma, 2002.

ZUCCHI G. - Zooeconomia. Economia del sistema delle produzioni animali. Edizioni Avenue media, Bologna, 2006.

GALLERANI V., ZANNI G., VIAGGI D. – Manuale di estimo. McGraw-Hill, Milano, 2004.

MICHIELI I. - Trattato di estimo. Edizioni Agricole, Bologna, 1993.

Teaching methods

Frontal teaching and practical applications.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination.

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