The course provides students with knowledge and analysis of all transactions and their combinations for the production, processing, packaging and storage of food products from vegetable crops.
Will analyze the main chains from technical viewpoints, worksites and inpiantistiche lines, efficiency, quality, sustainability and safety.
- Bodria, Pellizzi, Piccarolo - Meccanica e Meccanizzazione Agricola. Edagricole
- Industria Agroalimentare. libreriauniversitaria.it
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired:
Principles of analysis of production processes: stages of agricultural mechanization, primary products and transformation processes.
Knowledge of traditional food chains in Central Italy, from the production of raw materials to processing plants and product packaging
Competence acquired:
Technician of agrifood supply chain for the analysis, the definition of the design criteria and the management of machines and installations
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Analysis of production processes. Procedures for evaluation and delivery of innovation. Management principles of agrofood production chains.
Prerequisites
Principles of Phisycs, Farm machiney
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): (=6 x 25) =150
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 20
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 15
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours): 5
Seminars (hours): 10
Further information
Office hours:
Every working day from 10 to 12.30 and from 15 to 18 by appointment by email: marco.vieri@unifi.it
Type of Assessment
Oral presentation of a project and discussion.
Course program
1 Concept of agrifood supply chain and new sustainable agro-industrial approach
2 Precision Agriculture
3 AgroIndustry
4 Monitoring systems
5 Tracking Systems
6 Analysis of the wine industry
7 Analysis of the olive-oil industry
8 Analysis of the cereal sector
9 Analysis of horticultural supply chains
10 Total Quality
11 Logistics and Analysis of Lean manufacturing flows
12 Automation and Robotics
13 Energy Evaluation indicators
14 Sustainability Indicators
15 Packing of products and shelflife.
16 Safety on machinery and plants use.
17 ICT
18 IoT Industry 4.0