Economics and Psychology of Food Consumptions

First part - the market analysis in the economic theoryelements of demand and enterprise theory; markets types and product differentiation; market failures; transaction costs; economic welfare and public intervention. Second part - the agri-food systemeconomic analysis of food consumptions; quality attributes of food products; economic analysis of food system; recent trends in the agriculture, processing, retailing and catering sectors; internationalisation and trade of food products; vertical organisation of food supply chains; economic issues of word hunger; economic issues of obesity. Third part - food policiesfood policies and public intervention; economic issues of nutrition labels; economic analysis of food safety; EU policy for food safety; economic analysis of traceability and effects on chain organisation; economic analysis of food quality and related policy.