ECTS: 6

Year: 2

Semester: II

Instructor: Andrea Marescotti

Basics of agricultural economics. Supply, demand, and markets. The specificities of agriculture. The evolution of agriculture: from productivism to multifunctionality. The agribusiness. Processing, distribution, consumption. The Common Agricultural Policy and its evolution. Food quality, typical products, short food supply-chain. Food tourism.

Further information on the course page:

http://www.webalice.it/andrea.marescotti/Course_AFE.htm