COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

The course is part of the Interdisciplinary [C] activities of the degree in International Trade and Tourism
The aim is to raise awareness of the economy and agricultural policy placed in the international context. Starting from the concept of Food Security, in light of the principles of sustainability and multifunctionality, the study plan traces the basic elements of agricultural economics, farms and agricultural budget, the structural elements of the Italian agricultural sector. This is followed by the economic analysis of the agri-food policies that can be adopted and the study of the birth and development of the Common Agricultural Policy, in light of the new strategies: European Green Deal, From Farm to Fork, Biodiversity and the CAP reform 2023-2027. The role and interrelations of international agri-food systems gives priority to the study of the World Trade Organization agreements in the agricultural field and their effects on the global agri-food 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 economic models and market forms.

1. Principles of agri-food 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).

The assessment of learning outcomes aims to verify the degree of acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences achieved. The evaluation is based on a final exam administered, mostly, in the Moodle quiz mode. The exam consists of 30 multiple choice questions with 4 alternatives, to be completed in 20 minutes. Each correct answer is awarded 1 point. The final score is equivalent to the number of correct answers.

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