ECONOMICS OF AGRI-FOOD QUALITY PRODUCTS
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Vera Teresa FOTIExpected Learning Outcomes
Teaching aims to deepen knowledge of the economic aspects of quality in relation to the changing demand for food products and the public and private instruments that guarantee that quality.
Knowledge and Understanding
Ability to identify and understand the role played by the quality of agrifood production in the light of the evolution of consumer behavior, the structure of food patterns, changes in agrifood supply chains and public and private regulatory interventions attributable to it.
Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding
Ability to apply the knowledge acquired on the various aspects of the quality of agri-food production, quality certifications and standards, and tools for the enhancement of agri-food quality useful for the creation of value for companies operating in the sector and for the entire agri-food system.
Autonomy of Judgment
Students at the end of the course will be able to critically interpret and evaluate current trends within the agrifood system with particular reference to the issue of quality.
Communication Skills
Based on the knowledge acquired during the course, students will be able to improve their ability to expound content, information and ideas using appropriate technical language.
Learning Skills
At the end of the course, through the knowledge acquired, students will develop those learning skills necessary to undertake subsequent specialized studies, with a high degree of autonomy.
Course Structure
The course is structured in 49 hours including 35 hours of lectures and 14 hours of exercises.
Course topics will be covered with the help of Power Point presentations, films, classroom exercises, use of texts and scientific journal articles.
If the teaching is given in a blended or distance learning mode, the necessary variations from what has been stated above may be introduced in order to comply with the syllabus provided and given in the syllabus.
Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA.
As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Inclusion - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), contact teachers in our Department.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Quality: the concept's origins. The role of quality in the agri-food sector. Evolution of the agri-food system. Quality in economic theory. The markets for differentiated products: consumer and producer behaviour in the context of information asymmetry. The policies adopted to promote the quality of agri-food products. The instruments for the protection and enhancement of quality in the agri-food sector.
Textbook Information
1.Belletti G., Marescotti A. La qualità nel sistema agro-alimentare, Dispense, Università di
Firenze.
2. Belletti G., Marescotti A. 1996. Le nuove tendenze dei consumi”, in: Berni P., Begalli D.
(a cura di), I prodotti agroalimentari di qualità: organizzazione del sistema delle
imprese, Il Mulino, Bologna.
3. Gabriele Canali. 2010. Verso una politica Ue della qualità agroalimentare. Quali
strumenti per la competitività?, Working paper.
4. Carbone A. I mercati dei prodotti agroalimentari di qualità, Dispense. Università della
Tuscia
5. ISMEA. 2006. La qualità come strategia per l’agroalimentare italiano.
Course Planning
Subjects | Text References | |
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1 | Inquadramento generale della materia e contenuti del corso | Materiale del docente |
2 | Definizione di qualità e sua evoluzione concettuale | Materiale del docente |
3 | Qualità e sistema agroalimentare | Materiale del docente |
4 | Caratteristiche del sistema agroalimentare e sua evoluzione | Materiale del docente |
5 | Italian Sounding | Materiale del docente |
6 | Lo spreco alimentare | Materiale del docente |
7 | Evoluzione della domanda dei prodotti alimentari | Testo 2: pag. 1-13 |
8 | Gli attributi di qualità dei prodotti agro-alimentari | Testo 1: pag. 2-13 |
9 | La qualità nella teoria economica | Materiale del docente, Testo 1:pag. 13-21 |
10 | Mercati dei prodotti differenziati e ruolo dell’informazione | Testo 3: pag.9-16 |
11 | La funzione dei segni di qualità nel sistema agroalimentare | Testo 4: pag. 2-16 |
12 | Gli strumenti normativi per una politica di qualità dei prodotti agroalimentari | Testo 3: pag. 17-21 |
13 | L’operatore pubblico e la qualità: obiettivi e aspetti tutelati | Testo 1: pag. 22-27 |
14 | Gli strumenti di tutela e valorizzazione della qualità | Testo 5: pag. 11-13 |
15 | Indicazioni geografiche (IGP, DOP e AS) | Testo 4: pag. 16-2; Testo 5: pag. 19-23 |
16 | Le produzioni da agricoltura biologica | Materiale del docente; Testo 5: pag. 23-27 |
17 | L’etichettatura dei prodotti alimentari | Materiale del docente |
18 | Le norme per la sicurezza alimentare | Testo 1: pag. 27-32; Testo 5: pag. 13-37 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Verification of learning for the achievement of the learning objectives will take place through an in itinere test and a final oral interview.
Evaluation of the student's preparation will be based on the following criteria: the student's ability to learn and level of in-depth study of the topics covered, properties of synthesis and exposition, and the student's ability to reason.
Grading will follow the following pattern:
Ineligible
Subject knowledge and understanding: Significant deficiencies. Significant inaccuracies
Ability to analyze and synthesize: Irrelevant. Frequent generalizations. Inability to synthesize
Use of references: Completely inappropriate
18-20
Subject knowledge and understanding: At threshold level. Obvious imperfections
Ability to analyze and synthesize: Barely sufficient ability
Use of references: Barely appropriate
21-23
Knowledge and understanding topic: Routine knowledge Ability to analyze and synthesize: Is able to analyze and synthesize correctly. Argues logically and coherently
Use of references: Uses standard references
24-26
Subject knowledge and understanding: Good knowledge
Analysis and synthesis skills: Has good analysis and synthesis skills. Topics are expressed consistently
Use of references: Uses standard references
27-29
Knowledge and understanding topic: Knowledge more than good
Analytical and synthesis skills: Has considerable analytical and synthesis skills
Use of references: Has deepened understanding of topics
30-30L
Knowledge and understanding topic: Knowledge very good
Ability to analyze and synthesize: Has considerable ability to analyze and synthesize.
Use of references: Important insights.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
1 The Candidate illustrate the characteristics of the quality of agrifood products in the light of the developments that have characterized the agrifood system in its various components.
2 The Candidate illustrate the role of information in the context of differentiated product markets.
3 The Candidate illustrate the role of quality signs in the agrifood system.
4
The Candidate
illustrate the main instruments of protection for the quality of agri-food
products..