Università Roma Tre

The supply of agri-food products
- Agriculture and perfect competition
- Market structures and imperfect competition in agri-food sector
- Production costs agricultural supply in the short term
- Production costs and agricultural supply in the long term

The demand for agri-food products
- Recalls of consumption theory: from the utility function to the demand curve
- Income and substitution effect and classification of goods
- Price elasticity
- Income elasticity and Engel's law
- The demand for food as differentiated goods

Agriculture and agri-food system in Italy
- The Italian agri-food system
- The Italian import-export of agri-food products and the role of Made in Italy
- Quality and indications of origin in agri-food markets

The Common Agricultural Policy (Cap) of the EU and its application in Italy
- The Pac from the origin to the present day
- First and second pillar of the Cap: direct payments and rural development
- Multifunctionality of agriculture: environment, externality and public goods

- M. De Benedictis, F. Cosentino, Economia dell'azienda agraria, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1979: cap. 1, 6 e 7
- F. De Filippis, La domanda dei prodotti agroalimentari
- F. De Filippis (a cura di), L'agroalimentare italiano nel commercio mondiale, Roma, 2012: introduzione e capitoli 3, 5 e 6
- Selected readings on Italian agri-food sector will be delivered during the course
- Selected readings on EU Common agricultural policy will be delivered during the course
- R. Henke, C. Salvioni, La multifunzionalità in Europa