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The Greek agricultural economy in the European context.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Formation of the price of agricultural products. Elasticities of supply &amp; demand, income elasticity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Agricultural production factors and economic structure. Types of agricultural production units. Production and cost theory.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cooperation - Agricultural cooperatives: Historical development, agricultural entrepreneurship. The sociology of cooperation in Greece and Europe.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Job offer, employment and multi-employment of farmers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Agricultural policy and economic welfare. Alternative intervention policies.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Financing of the CAP - Structural problems of the CAP.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Agricultural policy in the EU and Greece. Forms and actions to support the CAP. EU subsidies in the primary sector.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Agricultural sector and economic development. Objectives and priorities of the development policy in the agricultural sector.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>International trade relations and economic integration.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Theory and policy of international trade in agricultural products - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Agricultural sector and economic development in the 21st century: Greek agriculture, development, main characteristics and structural problems.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Summary, Recap.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","goals":"The purpose of the course is to enable students to approach basic economic thinking and the stimuli for a deeper analysis of the activities of the agricultural economy and politics, but also of agricultural enterprises (agricultural exploitation, business of trading supplies and products, agricultural processing enterprise, agricultural cooperatives).\r\n\r\nUpon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Build foundations in matters of Agricultural Economy, Agricultural Policy, Organization &amp; Management of Agricultural\/Livestock Businesses, as well as in matters of Agricultural Marketing.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand and interpret economically the agricultural reality within the EU.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Understand agro-economic developments and policies both in Greece and the EU, but also internationally.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Effectively develop cooperative - agricultural entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","skills":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>Working independently.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Team work.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Decision making.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Working in an interdisciplinary environment.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","teaching_methods":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>In the classroom, face to face.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","ict_usage":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>Basic software (windows, word, power point, the web, etc.).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Support of learning process through the electronic platform \/ e-class.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","teaching_organization":{"activity_1":{"description":"Lectures","workload":26},"activity_2":{"description":"Practice Works","workload":13},"activity_3":{"description":"Assignement (Essay writing)","workload":20},"activity_4":{"description":"Independent Study","workload":91},"activity_5":{"description":"","workload":""},"activity_6":{"description":"","workload":""}},"students_evaluation":"Written final exams (60%) that may include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Judgemental questions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Short answer questions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Application exercises<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Comparative theoratical questions<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn each question, corresponding evaluation points are specified.\r\nOptional assignment (Essay writing and presentation) corresponds to 40% of the final grade.","bib_textbooks":"<ol>\r\n \t<li>\u039b\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2, \u0398., \u0394\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2, \u0394., \u039c\u03ad\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2, \u0393. \u03ba.\u03b1. (2016). <em>\u0391\u03b3\u03c1\u03bf\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u039f\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae, \u0398\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae,<\/em> \u0395\u03ba\u03b4\u03cc\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u039c\u03c0\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5, \u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u03a0\u03b1\u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b3\u03af\u03bf\u03c5, \u039a., \u0394\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03cc\u03c2, \u0394., \u03a3\u03c0\u03ac\u03b8\u03b7\u03c2, \u03a0. (2015). <em>\u0391\u03b3\u03c1\u03bf\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03a0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/em>, \u0395\u03ba\u03b4\u03cc\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03a3\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03b7, \u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u039a\u03b9\u03c4\u03c3\u03bf\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03b4\u03b7\u03c2, \u0393. (2006). <em>\u039f\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u0393\u03b5\u03c9\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03b3\u03ae\u03c2. \u0392\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ad\u03c2 \u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03ad\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u0395\u03c6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u03bf\u03b3\u03ad\u03c2,<\/em> \u0395\u03ba\u03b4\u03cc\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u0396\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7, \u0398\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Barkley, A., Barkley, P. (2016). <em>Principles of Agricultural Economics, Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics, <\/em><em>Second Edition, <\/em>Routledge, Oxford.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","bib_journals":"<ol>\r\n \t<li>Agricultural Economics.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>American Journal of Agricultural Economic.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Agricultural Research Journal.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6602,"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/1606\/revisions\/6602"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/3416"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"course_type","href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_type\/14"},{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"semester","href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"semester","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester?post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"course_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.es.ihu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_type?post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}