2023/2024

The course aims to provide students with knowledge about the role of agriculture in the context of rural areas and to learn the policies to support rural development. Specifically, the course aims to provide the ability to use economic and political information and data, in order to understand the logics underlying rural development and the interactions between farms and territories. The theoretical part will be accompanied by practical exercises with the active involvement of the students. At the end of the course the student must be able to analyze economic and political information and data regarding farms in the context of rural areas and from the perspective of sustainable development. In the written paper the student will have to demonstrate critical and judgment skills especially with regard to economic and political aspects of rural development. In the oral presentation, the student will have to demonstrate the ability to communicate and transmit what has been learned.

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Downloadable material from the following sites:
https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/common-agricultural-policy/rural-development_it
https://www.reterurale.it/PAC_2023_27
http://www.pianetapsr.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/2835

First part: INTRODUCTION TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Definitions and concepts of "development" and "rural"
- Evolution of the concept of rural in time and space
- Rural development and sustainability

Second part: ECONOMY OF RURAL AREAS
- Information sources and data for the analysis of rural areas
- Territorial analysis and diagnosis
- Local strategies for the sustainable development of rural areas

Third part: RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
- Historical evolution of rural development policies
- Strategic Plan of the CAP 2023-2027
- The rural development interventions envisaged in the 2023-2027 programming

Fourth part: CASE STUDIES
The case studies analyzed will address the following topics:
- competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sector
- sustainable management of natural resources and climate action
- balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities
- knowledge, innovation and digitization processes

Teaching material made available by the teacher.

Mixed mode: in the classroom with students in presence and with students connected in live streaming.

The frequency of lectures is highly recommended.

Midterm written test.
Final oral exam with presentation of a project.
The finale examination and its assessment are carried out in 3 phases:
1. the student elaborates and develops a written paper where addresses a topic / several topics of the program and delivers the paper to the teacher at least 5 days before the exam session
2. during the examination session the student presents the topics, analysis methodologies and main results of his paper with the aid of a PowerPoint presentation
3. at the end of the presentation, the teacher asks questions on the topics covered by the written paper, and other topics of the program to evaluate the student's overall knowledge
The evaluation is carried out considering the following aspects:
- quality of the written paper delivered by the student
- ability to exhibit and master the subject matter: after the presentation of the student, questions will be asked on aspects relating to the subject
- overall knowledge of the topics: questions will be asked on other topics of the program

    Raffaele CORTIGNANI