Specific topics of the seminar are: - Cultural changes and food consumption. - Local culture, global culture and rural/sustainable development. - Food quality and culture. - Cultural issues in the organization of agri-food global value chains. - Culture and innovation. - Culture and agricultural...

Enhancing the environmental and climate ambition of the EU farming sector is one centrepiece of the latest European Commission's proposal for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The theme of the seminar are the policy and research implications of these heightened environmental...

This triennial event will bring together academics, scholars, practitioners, stakeholders and policy makers in the Food Valley to dissect the latest and most pressing issues characterising Agriculture and the Food Industry, from a local to an international perspective, dedicating significant...

The goal of the seminar is to present new ideas and contributions on the topic of market and bargaining power and its implication for the food supply chain. The seminar will bring together agricultural and applied economists, policy makers and industry representatives to discuss the theoretical,...

Topics: - Institutional design and governance of global and/or local food supply chains - Adoption of technological, commercial and institutional innovations in food supply chains -­ Impact of specific supply chain innovations on outcome variables related to economic growth, poverty reduction,...

The seminar focuses on the need of a rethinking of intervention schemes for EU agricultural sector and rural areas. Specific attention will be paid to the answers that public policy should give in relation both to changes in the world economic and political scenario and to different roles...

CONFERENCE THEMES: - Theoretical and empirical models of government policies for the bioeconomy - The impact of the bioeconomy on agriculture production, welfare, and poverty reduction - Import bans and restrictions, biosafety and environmental regulations, trade, and intellectual property...

The Seminar focuses on the evaluation of agricultural and rural policies, its methodology and practical experiences, with specific attention to the challenges raised by new emerging objectives of agricultural and rural policies in developed countries. Though the Seminar does not limit its focus...

The different topics take into account the main factors (economic, geographic, social, political, technical, cultural etc.) influencing the localization and globalization of food production and the consequences in terms of sustainability and consumer welfare. The first topic analyses what is...

The theme of the congress is 'People, Food and Environments: Global Trends and European Strategies'. This Congress theme suggests that Agricultural Economics is a dynamic field capturing elements relevant to agriculture and its environment in a wider sense with a focus on human well-being. The...