At the end of this course, students will learn factors affecting the demand and supply of food products, price formation in food products, international food markets, food marketing and distribution systems to evaluate.

Definition and Properties of Foodstuffs, Food Production and Supply-Related Issues(Food Production and Supply of the Major Economic Factors Affecting Analysis, Production Problem in Developing Countries, Food Supply Problems in Developing Countries, Food Security Issue); Demand for Food Products and Related Issues (Analysis of the Major Economic Factors Determining the Demand for Food, Changing Food Consumption Patterns, Hunger Problem); Food Products Pricing (Producer-Consumer Price Changes in rates and Regional Price Differences); International Food Markets (Developing Countries Exports of food products, Processed Food Markets globalization (Multinational Enterprises)); Food Marketing and Distribution Systems (Purpose of Marketing and Distribution Systems, Infrastructure, Storage and Information Flow, Food Retailing and Distribution, Effectiveness of Alternative Food Marketing Systems, Food System, Vertical Coordination, Market Organisations (Manufacturing Contracts, Marketing, Contracts), Industrialization of food systems)