COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

The course is part of the Interdisciplinary [C] activities of the degree in International Trade and Tourism
The aim is to make the agricultural economy known in the international contex. The knowledge of the the economic characteristics of the agricultural sector and of the farms, of the suitable agrarian policy measures, of the emerging concepts of sustainability and multifunctionality of agriculture, of the evolutionary path and the current structure of the Community Agricultural Policy are the instructional goals. While the configuration of the role and interrelations of economic-agrarian systems worldwide focuses on the agreements of the World Trade Organization in the agricultural field and their effects on the World agricultural economy.

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.
1.4 Explain the agreements of the World Trade Organization in the agricultural field and investigate their effects for the different Agricultural Economies on a global level.
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 on a global scale.
2.4 Analyzing and representing the effects of international agricultural agreements on a global context and for each economy.
3. Ability of judgment.
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 effects of the GATT agreements on the various agriculture economies in the world.
3.3 Carrying out autonomously the study and the deepening of analysis of the ecomic-agrarian phenomena in the global scale 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 models and market forms.

1. Principles of agricultural economics.
2. Farm Economics.
3. Principles of Agricultural Policy.
4. The Common agricultural policy.
5. The World Trade Organization in the international agricultural economy.

DE PIN A. (2019), "Economia agraria comparata", Imprimitur (pp. 1-236), Padova. (Available at the San Leonardo Library, Treviso).
Optional: Vieri S. (2012), Agricoltura. Settore multifunzionale allo sviluppo, Edagricole-Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano (pp. 1-499).

For attending students, the exam takes place in presence in moodle.
The Test lasts fifteen minutes and consists of thirty multiple choice questions, with four alternatives each.
Every correct answer scores one point.
Bonus points can be added to the Test score, as agreed in class.
For non-attending students, the exam consists of open questions and exercises.

The course is held with lectures.
The study can be carried out through the Moodle platform and the Teacher's Book.

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The course moodle is at: https://moodle.unive.it/course/view.php?id=241
Registration on the platform is made in the first three days of the course.
For not attending students the enrollment is done through the teacher.

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 "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development