International Agri-Food Supply Chains

Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture

Version 6.0 of 02/22/2023

44B0579

International Agri-Food Supply Chains

Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen Agrar/Lebensmittel (B.Eng.)

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The students should acquire intercultural competences and gain insights into the foundations of agricultural policy and trade, quality assurance and market-based instruments in various countries.

• General objectives
• Knowledge about entrepreneurship in foreign countries and the influence of the political and economic environment
• Development in understanding the importance and position of the EU in agricultural business
• Experience in dealing with cultural differences and intercultural communication
• Better knowledge in English
  
  HAS, part 1 – focus: The company-Students will be able to explore the possibilities and problems in internationalization of a company, analyzing commodity flow and value chain -Students will learn how to run a project and present the results in English for an international audience and local entrepreneur
  
  Osnabrück, part 2 – focus: Product quality
• Overview QA systems
• QA in animal and plant production
• Residues and contamination
• Further QA systems (ecological and social standards)
• Perception of quality from the consumer perspective
  
  Poznan, part 3 – focus: Agricultural policy
• Comparison of agricultural and rural development in the Netherlands, Germany and Poland within the frame of European Union integration.
• Agricultural production problems and policies from a polish perspective
• Explanation of movements and innovation in the agricultural sector

Kaufmann, Falko

• Enneking, Ulrich
• Kaufmann, Falko
• Westerheide, Jens
• W?hrisch, Michael
• Meseth, Nicolas
• Lehrende der Fakult?t AuL

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• Luning, P.A.; Devlieghere, F. (ed.) (2006): Safety in the agri-food chain. Wageningen Academic publishers, 688p., Wageningen, The Netherlands, ISBN: 978-90-7699-877-0Anleitungen zu QS-Systemen
• McMahon, J. A. (2015): Research Handbook on EU Agriculture Law
• Brian, J. (2009): Agriculture and EU Environmental Law, RoutledgeSelected legal sources of binding law

• Two-Hour Written Examination
• Viva Voce

1 Term

Only Summer Term

English