AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY

The course is part of the Interdisciplinary [C] activities of the degree in Economics and Business
The aim is to raise awareness of the economic characteristics of the agricultural sector, of the agricultural farms and of the adoptable agricultural policy measures, in light of the emerging concepts of sustainability and multifunctionality of agriculture, and of the evolutionary path and the current structure of the Common Agricultural Policy. Particular attention is paid to the study of the basic elements of agricultural economics, in which the configuration of the concepts of sustainability and multifunctionality of agriculture stands out; to the understanding of the main elements of economy of the farms; to the analysis of adoptable agricultural policies; to the study of the evolution and development of the Community Agricultural Policy, of the new strategies of the European Green Deal, of the From Farm to Fork, of the CAP reform for 2023-2027.

1 Knowledge and Understanding.
1.1 Configuring the economic characteristics of the agricultural sector and of the farms.
1.2 Identifying suitable agricultural policy measures, in light of the emerging sustainability and multifunctional concepts of agriculture.
1.3 Representing the evolutionary path and the current structure of the Community Agricultural Policy.
2 Ability to apply knowledge and understanding.
2.1 Selecting correctly concepts and methods to make efficient decisions in the economy choices related to the agricultural sector and farms.
2.2 Constructing the most suitable agricultural policy measures according to the different economic-social objectives to be pursued.
2.3 Monitoring and highlighting the effects resulting from the implementation of the Community Agricultural Policy.
3. Judgment skills.
3.1 Abstracting and interpreting the economic model related to agricultural economy and policy, explaining them critically.
3.2 Using of economic tools (graphs, models) to communicate and explain the economic agricultural phenomena and differentiating the effects of the agrarian policy measures on the markets,
3.3 Carrying out autonomously the study and the deepening of analysis of the ecomic-agrarian phenomena through research projects, the elaboration of essays and reports.

Mandatory priority Exams: none.
Prerequisites: basic skills in Economics (micro and macro) and Mathematics (first module). Basic skills in demand and supply economic models and market forms.

1. Principles of agricultural economics.
2. Sustainability and multi-functionality of agriculture.
3. Farm economics.
4. Elements of agricultural policy.
5. Principles of of the Common Agricultural Policy.

De Pin A. (2021), Economia e Politica Agraria, IMPRIMITUR, Padova (pp. 1-210). (Available at the Cafoscarina Library-San Giobbe).
Optional: Vieri S. (2012), Agricoltura. Settore multifunzionale allo sviluppo, Edagricole-Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano (pp. 1-499).

Evaluation is based on a final exam. Grading is based on a written exam administered mostly in Moodle's quiz mode.
The exam aims at verifying students' preparation on the topics of the course.

The Course is conducted through classroom lessons.
The study can be carried out with the help of Moodle platform and the Teacher's Book.

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Registration on the Ca' Foscari moodle platform is recommended.

If you have a disability (Law 17/1999) or a specific learning disorder (Law 170/2010) contact the Disability and DSA office: disabilita@unive.it.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Natural capital and environmental quality" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development