Unit AGRO.FOOD ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL
- Course
- Agricultural and environmental sciences
- Study-unit Code
- 80001512
- Curriculum
- Agricoltura sostenibile
- Teacher
- Angelo Frascarelli
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2015
- Offered
- 2017/18
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
AGRO-FOOD ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL
| Code | 80005606 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Angelo Frascarelli |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline economiche estimative e giuridiche. |
| Sector | AGR/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Agricultural company and agricultural enterprise (CFU 2,0) Factors of agricultural production, macroeconomic view (CFU 0,5) Agro-industrial system. Food demand and food consumption. Agrofood systems and supply (CFU 1,0) Transactions between components of the agrofood system (CFU 0,5) Common Agricultural Policy (CFU 1,5) Constraints and opportunities for the agricultural and food system Food quality policies (CFU 0,5) |
| Reference texts | Material provided by the teacher. Malassis L., Ghersi G. (1992), Introduzione all'economia agroalimentare, Il Mulino, Bologna. Bruni F., Franco S. (2013), Economia dell’impresa e dell’azienda agraria, Il Mulino, Milano. Commissione europea, Come funziona l'Unione europea, Ufficio delle pubblicazioni ufficiali delle Comunità europee, 2014, Bruxelles. |
| Educational objectives | This Course aims to provide students with a wide knowledge of the agricultural and food system, its components and its relations with the whole economic and political system, both Italian and international. It considers the elements of agricultural production in their microeconomic and macroeconomic aspects and how to prepare budget and financial statement for a farm. It analyses the components of modern agro-industrial system (production, processing, distribution, consumption), the relationship between its players, constraints and opportunities. The students will learn basic knowledge about objectives and instruments of public intervention in the agricultural and food sector, at both EU and national levels, and about food quality policies. |
| Prerequisites | In order to properly understand the contents of the Course, you must have successfully supported the examination of Economics Institutions. |
| Teaching methods | Classroom lessons: 42 hours Classroom exercises: 10 hours Seminars with external experts: 2 hours Educational visits: 6 hours Projection of videos during the lessons |
| Other information | Other activities: - Visits to farms. - Visits to food-processing cooperatives and plants, agricultural services companies. - Workshops and seminars. |
| Learning verification modality | Ongoing tests: yes – reports on practical case studies, prepared using both MS Word and MS Excel. Final written test: 30 multiple-choice questions – time 15 minutes Final oral exam: 8 questions about theoretical aspects of the module issues, in order to assess the student’s knowledg and comprehension, together with his/her ability of exposition – time 45 minutes ca. Ongoing test assessments: multiple-choice tests. Assessment at the end of some lessons or practical exercises. Individual written reports home-based: yes, as an alternative to the ongoing classroom exercises. |
| Extended program | Farm and agricultural enterprise (2,0 credits) Factors of production. Farm and agricultural enterprise. Types of companies. Agricultural companies in Italy and their size distribution. Types of enterprises. Types of management. Structural and comparative analysis of Italian agricultural companies. The budget as a tool for analysis. How to calculate economic results of an agricultural company. Factors of agricultural production: macroeconomic aspects (0,5 credits) Land. Land property in Italy. Land reorganisation and land reforms. Agricultural rent. Capital: circulating capital and fixed capital. Agricultural machinery and their operating costs. Livestock. Labour in agriculture. Rural population and agricultural population. Employment in agriculture. Peculiarity of agricultural employment and labour. Evolution in the Italian agricultural system. Agro-industrial system. Food consumption and food demand. Agrofood systems and supply (1,0 credits) Components of the Italian agro-industrial system. Instruments for analysing the agro-food system. Balance of food sector. Aspects of food demand. Food consumption. Aspects of agricultural and food supply. Food industry. Dinamycs of enterprises in the agro-industry. Food distribution. Types of producer organisations. The agricultural and food system in Italy. Main agro-food subsectors. Competitiveness in agro-food subsectors. The industry of technical means for agriculture. Farmers' professional organisations. Services for agriculture. Transactions between components of the agro-food system (0,5 credits) The setting of basic prices on the agricultural market. Relationship between the components of a subsectors. Types of horizontal and vertical integration in agriculture. Cooperation and organisations in agriculture. Contract economics. Common Agricultural Policy (1,5 credits) The European Union: its institutions and policies. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): market policy. Forms of price controls, market stabilisation and income stabilisation. CAP stages and evolution. Evolution of the EU market policy. The MacSharry Reform. Agenda 2000. The CAP reform in 2003. Decoupling. The new CAP 2014-2020. Food quality policies (0,5 credits) Mandatory and non-mandatory rules regarding food quality. Protected designations of origin (PDOs). Organic agriculture. Traceability. Practical exercises on: 1. Depreciation expenses. 2. Descriptive report of an agricultural company. 3. Crop budget. 4. Budget and financial statement for the agricultural company. 5. Extraction and processing of statistical data from databases 6. Food prices: data gathering in the food distribution chains. |
RURAL APPRAISAL AND ACCOUNTING
| Code | 80119106 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Angelo Frascarelli |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Discipline economiche estimative e giuridiche. |
| Sector | AGR/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |