Economics and Management of Sustainable Food Environment

Professor: - Filippo ARFINI
Academic discipline: Economia ed estimo rurale (AGR/01)
Field: A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity: Student's choice

21 hours
of face-to-face activities

3 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ENGLISH

lectures timetable

exam calls

Learning objectives

The aim of the course is to provide theoretical and practical skills in the development of mathematical models for analysing the impact of agricultural and agri-environmental policies at farm and territory level.

Prerequisites

- - -

Course unit content

The course focuses on three main aspects:
- agri-environmental policies and the need for ex-ante evaluation
- The theory of mathematical programming
- The development of mathematical programming models using commercially available software: excel and GAMS

Full programme

The course consists of the following points:
- agri-environmental policies and the need for ex-ante evaluation: reading and commenting on scientific articles in class
- The theory of mathematical programming: lecture and exercises on the development of Primary and Dual models
- The development of mathematical programming models using commercially available software. Analysis of problems, writing models in Excel and GAMS and understanding the results.

Bibliography

- Kaiser, Harry Mason. (2011) Mathematical programming for agricultural, environmental, and resource economics / ISBN 978-0-470-59936-5 (hardback), John Wiley & Sons
- Quirino Paris, (2011) Economic Foundations of Symmetric Programming, Cambridge University Press.
- GAMS Manual https://www.gams.com/

Teaching methods

 Frontal lessons;
 Classroom exercises;
 Group work;

Assessment methods and criteria

Theoretical and practical examination consisting of developing a model and interpreting the results.

Other information

The course includes computer-based exercises and students should bring their own PC.

MODELLING AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES cod. 1011252