Unit AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
- Course
- Agricultural and environmental sciences
- Study-unit Code
- 80014906
- Curriculum
- Biotecnologie
- Teacher
- Lucia Rocchi
- Teachers
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- Lucia Rocchi
- Hours
- 54 ore - Lucia Rocchi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline economiche estimative e giuridiche.
- Academic discipline
- AGR/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course can be divided into three parts. The first introduces some
basic concepts of general economics, microeconomics and
macroeconomics regarding production costs and markets applied to the
agri-food system. The second part analyzes some peculiarities of the
agricultural farms, with reference to the Italian context; in particular, the
student will analyze the figure of the agricultural entrepreneur, the
factors of production in agriculture, the balance and efficiency ratios. The
third part is a quick discussion of agricultural policies, with a focus on the
community policy and the first pillar - Reference texts
- Gregori INTRODUZIONE ALL’ECONOMIA ED ELEMENTI DI ECONOMIA AGRARIA. UTET Università
- Educational objectives
- The course aims to provide students with the basic skills to analyze
production and entrepreneurial choices, to understand the economic
analysis of farm management, as well as the problems and methods of
planning and choosing corporate investments. Through this the student
will acquire the knowledge, analysis tools and management techniques
necessary to understand the phenomena related to the agricultural
enterprise. - Prerequisites
- Knowledge of basic math concepts is required, which it does
student should already possess from high school or catch up with
the math exam. - Teaching methods
- frontal lessons on all the course topics, in-depth seminars on specific
topics, such as; practical exercises (exercises, data processing, etc.) - Learning verification modality
- The student's assessment takes place through a written test which is
accompanied by an oral interview in which the topics of the written test
are deepened. The writing consists of 8 open questions and 2 exercises
lasting one hour.
Modalità di verifica
dell'apprendimento
La valutazione dello studente avviene attraverso una prova scritta a cui si
affianca un colloquio orale in cui vengono approfondite le tematiche della
prova scritta. Lo scritto è composto da 8 domande aperte e 2 esercizi ha
una durata di un'ora.
Per informazioni sui servizi di supporto agli studenti con disabilità e/o DSA
visita la pagina http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Programma esteso Nozioni di economia generale; Studio dei beni economici e le scelte del
consumatore; Analisi della teoria economica della domanda e dell’offerta;
Teoria dell’impresa; Mercato e relativo funzionamento; La produzione e le
scelte dell’imprenditore; Struttura e gestione delle unità produttive in
agricoltura; Problemi e metodi della pianificazione aziendale; Modelli di
analisi economica aziendale; La scelta degli investimenti aziendali.
Interrelazioni tra il settore agricolo e lo sviluppo socio-economico; Politica
agraria e lavoro, terra, impresa; Evoluzione degli obiettivi e degli
strumenti di politica agraria; Politica agraria ed Unione Europea, con
riferimento al 1° Pilastro
For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or
DSA visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- Notions of general economics; Study of economic goods and consumer
choices; Analysis of the economic theory of supply and demand; Business
theory; Market and its functioning; The production and choices of the
entrepreneur; Structure and management of production units in
agriculture; Business planning problems and methods; Business
economic analysis models; The choice of corporate investments.
Interrelationships between the agricultural sector and socio-economic
development; Agricultural policy and labor, land, business; Evolution of
agricultural policy objectives and instruments; Agricultural policy and the
European Union, with reference to the 1st Pillar