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B019123 - AGRO-ENVIRONMENTAL AND RURAL POLICIES
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Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Course program
Suggested readings
Further information
Academic Year 2016-17
Coorte 2016 - Second Cycle Degree in ECONOMIC SCIENCES
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Economics and Management (DISEI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/01 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
12/09/2016 ⇒ 07/12/2016
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course program
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Prerequisites
SUGGESTED prerequisites: basic elements in Microeconomics.
Teaching Methods
Lessons (40 hours), exercises (4 hours), seminars (4 hours).
Type of Assessment
Oral examination, in case preceded by a written questionnaire. Students attending the course: the assessment will be also based on seminars and tutorials.
Course program
1) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
Specificities of agricultural production processes; evolution of farming; relationships between agriculture and the environment; agri-environmental indicators. Characteristics of the impacts of farming on the environment: non-point source phenomena, number of agents involved, low level of information, scale and coordination issues.
Multifunctional agriculture: joint production, positive externalities and public goods.
Sustainability in local and global food supply chains.
Case studies.
2) AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
Environmental implications of the evolution of agricultural, agri-food and rural development policies.
Costs and benefits of the environmental quality. Principles and tools of agri-environmental policy. Policies for the control of negative externalities and for the development of positive externalities: polluter-pays, provider-gets and consumer-pays principles of internalization.
Agri-environmental policy tools: organic farming, protection of biodiversity and traditional farming systems, landscape and hydrogeological protection.
Market mechanisms and remuneration of positive externalities: signaling of environmental attributes, certification systems, organic products, designation of origin, GMO-free products. The management of agri-environmental attributes in food chains, the role of the food industry and supermarkets.
Specificities of agricultural production processes; evolution of farming; relationships between agriculture and the environment; agri-environmental indicators. Characteristics of the impacts of farming on the environment: non-point source phenomena, number of agents involved, low level of information, scale and coordination issues.
Multifunctional agriculture: joint production, positive externalities and public goods.
Sustainability in local and global food supply chains.
Case studies.
2) AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.
Environmental implications of the evolution of agricultural, agri-food and rural development policies.
Costs and benefits of the environmental quality. Principles and tools of agri-environmental policy. Policies for the control of negative externalities and for the development of positive externalities: polluter-pays, provider-gets and consumer-pays principles of internalization.
Agri-environmental policy tools: organic farming, protection of biodiversity and traditional farming systems, landscape and hydrogeological protection.
Market mechanisms and remuneration of positive externalities: signaling of environmental attributes, certification systems, organic products, designation of origin, GMO-free products. The management of agri-environmental attributes in food chains, the role of the food industry and supermarkets.
Suggested readings
Lessons slides and other materials posted by the teacher during the course.
Further information
The course takes place in the second semester (March to May). Students who have in their curriculum the examination of 9 credits must contact the teacher.