Economics of Innovation in Agriculture

The main training goal is to develop expertise on role, characteristics and patterns of innovation in the agricultural sector.
Specific goals concern expertise on:
- conceptual and methodological framework for economic analysis of innovation in agriculture;
- economic history of agricultural development;
- agricultural input markets (seeds, plant protection, fertilizers, feedings, machinery and equipment);
- role and characteristics of public and private agricultural research;
- intellectual property (patents, plant variety rights) and technology transfer in agriculture;

Acquirable skills:
- ability to obtain market information on ag-input sectors;
- understanding of intellectual property legislation in agriculture;
- patent data processing (validation, sorting, summarization, aggregation, classification, analysis, reporting)