- Docente: Maurizio Aragrande
- Credits: 6
- SSD: AGR/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Maurizio Aragrande (Modulo 1) Piero Augusto Nasuelli (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Safety and Quality in Animal Production (cod. 8521)
Course contents
Agricultural Policy
1. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Trends in the CAP: Models and intervention mechanisms
2. Relevant policy measures for animal production sectors, by animal species and sectors. Other relevant policies directly and indirectly affecting animal production sectors.
3. Economic analysis of the CAP for animal production. Basic economic concepts in policy analysis. Farm level approach. Aggregate level approach (sector, food supply chain, agro-food system)
4. Case study approach to policy analysis based on participatory methods
Readings/Bibliography
- Fanfani F. (1998) Lo sviluppo della politica agricola comune. Il Carroccio Ed., Roma
- Hoffman A. (2006) La nuova politica di sviluppo rurale. Franco Angeli Ed. Milano
Hoffman A. (2006) Il modello delle politiche agricole. Franco Angeli Ed. Milano
- Evaluating EU Activities. An Introduction. The European Commission, Brussels, 2005
- Downloadable material from DG Agriculture and Rural Development, DG Health and Food Safety, EURLEX and other sites related to food and agriculture.
Papers from specialised on line reviews (e.g.: AgriRegioniEuropa: https://agriregionieuropa.univpm.it/it ; Gruppo 2013: https://www.gruppo2013.it/Pagine/default.aspx)
Evaluation reports (e.g.: Study on the socio-economic implications of different aspects of farming weaners and pigs kept for fattening. Aragrande M. et Al. DG SANCO, 2005)
Teaching methods
Front classes, slide projection, IT support.
Individual and/or student team work.
Development of interactive session
Assessment methods
Evaluation of individual work, reporting on case studies or specific evaluation problems
Individual oral examination
Student evaluation is based on: a) acquired knowledge (50%); critical approach to specific evaluation problems (30%): c) synthesis capacity across complex problems and structured reporting
Teaching tools
Power point presentations
Web sites (European Commission, DG AGRI (https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/index_it ); EURLEX (https://europa.eu/european-union/index_it ); European Parliament, Agriculture and Rural Development Commission (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/it/agri/home.html ))
Textbook and published papers
Students' works (if complying with and adequate to the aim of the course)
Office hours
See the website of Maurizio Aragrande
See the website of Piero Augusto Nasuelli