Economics and Strategy in Businesses within the Milk and Meat (Livestock) Value Chains

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Class on Value Chains: ,Theoretical and conceptual contributions: Value Chain Analysis as a strategic tool, analyze of Agri-food business and its environment, processing and value addition, value chain coordination of various actors (vertical and horizontal, at the national and international level) ,Operational and practical contributions: Professional presentations of different institutions and channels for livestock and livestock products: case studies ( eg: beef, dairy, poultry, pig, egg industries…).,,Class on the economic modeling of farming systems (farm level):,General structure of optimization problems and mathematical programming modeling: Founding principles, analysis, construction and problem solving, ,Recent policies on trade and international trade agreements and their implications in livestock sector.,implementation on livestock farms and value chains, assessment of the impact of different scenarios (price, subsidies and practices changes),Initiation into the learning of the most common economic modeling language GAMS language software (General Algebraic Modeling System).,,Class on Support During Periods of Change:, The sociology of innovation, changes in types of consulting activities, methods for active listening and techniques for speaking more easily,,Class on Livestock Farming and Society: ,Social dynamics in rural areas, controversy and conflict analysis.,Organization of a debate and conferences on issues related to the social acceptance of livestock activities, both at the local level as well as in the media.