Aims

1. Ability to identify and to compare specifics characteristics of the economy and the management of the majors agricultural factors of production (ground, buildings, capital, intermediates consumptions, manpower, …)
2. Ability to understand and to utilize the mains decision-making tools available on the farm level (global and partial budget, linear programming, programme planning, accounting system) and at regional level (group analysis, factorial analysis, principal components analysis, models, simulations, ..)
3. Ability to understand and to analyse the structure, functioning and performance of the main agricultural production and agricultural dies.
4. Ability to apply in concrete terms the concepts and analysis techniques through supervised exercises.

Main themes

After an introduction on the agricultural production economy and on the mains agricultural economic accounts, the majors agricultural factors are characterized and explained to perform the management of agricultural enterprise.

The mains tools of decision making and of analysis are explained and exploited (exercises).

Main agricultural productions and food channels are analysed, notably bovines, pigs and poultry farming and meats, milk, .. dies.

The development of agricultural sector in Belgium and in Europe are analysed and main challenges are underlined.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Requirements

Vegetable productions, animal productions, agricultural and rural policy, firm strategy, market analysis, …

Evaluation : exam.

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