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49 - AFLC - Agriculture, Fishery and Livestock
AFLC 102 - Farm Management (10 days)
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFLC 102 | 14 October 2024 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AFLC 102 | 18 November 2024 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AFLC 102 | 23 December 2024 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
Farm management is a collective term of multiple of strategies and methods that are employed to keep a productive and profitable farm in the long term. In this perspective, the process itself is almost associated with a huge commercial farms although many of the same methods can be used with equal success on a smaller family-own farm. This course aims to provide students with economic concepts applicable to management decisions using farm or ranch and improve skills in planning and investment analysis.
Course Objectives
- Learning to implement decision rules to determine conditions that maximize profit
- Familiarizing with necessary information useful to the development of client-specific managerial analyses
- Using budgeting concepts to develop whole farm plan for enterprises budgets
- Understanding how to identify alternative business organizations
Who Should Attend?
- Agricultural engineers
- Environmental engineers
- Agricultural practitioners
- Rural Development practitioners
- Researchers
- Interventionists
- Facilitators
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Farm management and decision making
- Ownership and operating costs; fixed and variable costs
- Economic principles choosing production levels
Day 2
- Economic principles choosing input and output combinations
- Enterprise budgets as a planning tool
- Whole farm budget
Day 3
- Introduction to farming
- Agricultural land value and markets
- Introduction to risk management
Day 4
- Financial analysis: solvency, profitability and liquidity
- Cash flow management
- Acquiring farm machinery
Day 5
- Analyzing the performance of the farm business
- Income and expenses
- Farm income tax records and management.
Day 6
- Managing agricultural labor
- Acquiring control of land through purchasing
- Acquiring control of land through leasing
Day 7
- Farm information systems
- General introduction to Farm Management
- Managing livestock, pastures and crops
Day 8
- Production systems
- Managing equipment and materials
- Computer applications
Day 9
- Farm structure and buildings
- Financial aspects
- Marketing
Day 10
- Staff management
- Water management
- Diversification
