New Trends in Agricultural and Food Systems

The course explores current trends in agricultural production and trade, developments in private sector markets and in public policy, and the concerns related to the effects of agricultural production and trade on the environment, food security and regional development. The course will also address the issue of the challenges to food exporters from developing countries posed by the need to comply with ever-strict standards. Moreover, the course will cover the global market structures of the agricultural products most relevant to the Mediterranean countries and the experience and present thinking about the pros and cons of the spread of genetically modified products, designation of origins and other food labeling mechanisms.