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Università degli Studi di Parma
course catalogue

FARM AND AGRO-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
cod. 1003992

Academic year 2011/12
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Economia ed estimo rurale (AGR/01)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
72 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

Develop the knowledge and skills about the management of the agricultural and agro industrial and especially the ability to plan with respect to the context of agricultural policy and agri-food markets

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course aims to provide to students the main keys of to interpretation concerning the farm economics and the economics of agri-food system. The topics of the lectures will address the specificities of the agro-food sector, the factors of production, the business strategies of family units, the plan of agricultural production, the farm budget, principles of linear programming, the role of technical progress in agriculture and food industries, the agro-food chain.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- Selected papers
- Flavio Messori, L' azienda agraria. Introduzione all'economia dell'unità di produzione agricola, CLUEB, 2007
- Flavio Messori, Fabrizio Ferretti, Economia del mercato dei prodotti agroalimentari, Edagricole il sole 24 Ore, 2010;
- Michele De Benedictis, Economia dell’Azienda Agraria,

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises with compiuter

Assessment methods and criteria

Exam with written and practical test

Other information

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