Part II: Agricultural Finance

Overview

Part II develops the financial tools needed to analyze agricultural decisions.

Topics include financial institutions, time value of money, annuities, agricultural accounting, financial ratios, investment appraisal, futures hedging, basis risk, agricultural insurance design, and research applications.

Lectures

  1. Introduction to Agricultural Finance
  2. Financial Institutions and Intermediation
  3. Time Value of Money I
  4. Time Value of Money II
  5. Agricultural Accounting
  6. Financial Ratio Analysis
  7. Investment Appraisal
  8. Futures, Hedging, and Basis Risk
  9. Agricultural Insurance Design
  10. Project and Research Application