AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in AGRO-ZOOTECHNICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Rural economy and evaluation

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FURESI Roberto

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

none

AF code:

40002750

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Progress checks (write ) and final oral examination

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

The course aims at the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and application methods in farming economics and management. To this end. various application cases will be propose to the students.

Contents

THEORY OF PRODUCTION: The fundamentals of Economics. Basic elements of Demand, Supply and Market. Technology and production. Costs. Analysis of completely competitive markets
FARMS AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Farms and kinds of farm operation. Farm input and farm output. Land, capital and labour in farms. Basic economic principles of production.
ANALYSIS AND APPRAISAL OF THE PERFORMANCE OF FARM BUSINESS. Introduction. Balance Sheet analysis. Product cost analysis
FARM CHOICE MANAGEMENT. Introduction. Production decisions. Machinery, fertilizers and pesticides planning.
FARM INVESTMENT APPRAISAL . The aim of investment. Investment choice criteri in agriculture. Traditional methods and cash flows methods.

Recommended Bibliography

De Benedictis M., Cosentino V. (1979), L’economia dell’azienda agraria, Il Mulino.
Iacoponi L. Romiti R. (1984), Economia e Politica Agraria, Edagricole.
Bandini M., Guerrieri G., Sediari T. (1989), Istituzioni di Economia e Politica Agraria, Edagricole
Samuelson Paul A. Nordhaus W. D. Bollino C.A., (2009), Economia, Milano, McGraw-Hill

Teaching Methods

The course is taught by means of lectures and practices

Other courses

Course year: 1

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS
7 credits
GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
8 credits - Base
MATHEMATICS WITH ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS
8 credits - Base
PHYSICS
6 credits - Base
PLANT BIOLOGY
8 credits - Base
FISHERIES ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
TECNICA AGRONOMICA DELL'IRRIGAZIONE
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
ENGLISH I
5 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
OTHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES
2 credits - Altro

Course year: 2

AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
6 credits - Base
AGRICULTURAL BIOCHEMISTRY
7 credits - Caratterizzante
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
AGRONOMY
7 credits - Caratterizzante
ANIMAL BREEDING
7 credits - Caratterizzante
ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING
7 credits - Caratterizzante
MICROBIOLOGY OF ZOOTECHNICAL PRODUCTS
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
ENGLISH II
5 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale

Course year: 3

ACQUACOLTURA, POULTRY AND RABBIT PRODUCTION
8 credits - Caratterizzante
AGRICULTURAL-ZOOTECHNICAL BUILDINGS
7 credits - Caratterizzante
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY I (RUMINANTS)
7 credits - Caratterizzante
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY II (SWINE)
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HERBACEOUS CROPS
7 credits - Caratterizzante
MECHANIZATION OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK FARMS
7 credits - Caratterizzante
RURAL APPRAISAL
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FINAL TEST
10 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
PRACTICAL TRAINING APPLICATION
15 credits - Altro

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