Knowledge and understanding: the student must demonstrate to understand the problems related to the general themes of innovation in the overall economic context of the agri-food sector; it must also show that it knows the main cognitive elements related to the role of sustainability and the economic instruments used to achieve environmental and social standards.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student must demonstrate the ability to apply the knowledge acquired to the main nodes of the agro-industrial supply chain. To this end, the teacher will illustrate, during lectures to attending students, the relevance and effects of innovations and sustainable development policies, integrating the theoretical and basic modeling analyzes with examples, applications, data and case discussions and real problems concerning the agro-industrial sector; these themes are also illustrated at the reception to non-attending students.
Making judgments: the student must demonstrate the ability to apply and contextualize the knowledge acquired during the course, succeeding in applying, independently, what he has learned at a theoretical level also in real-life contexts and demonstrating, moreover, that he is able to express an informed judgment.
Communication skills: the student must be able to respond clearly, legally and comprehensively to both the written test questions and the oral exam.
Learning skills: the student must demonstrate a correct learning ability and be able to deepen his / her knowledge on relevant bibliographic references relevant to the field under study. Furthermore, it must be able to analyze and evaluate the impacts of technological innovations and sustainability policies on the various reference scenarios of the agro-industry.