Agricultural Finance and Insurance

Agricultural finance and insurance are key areas in business management and success. The course will prepare students to perform investment analysis and valuation, interpret financial statements (cash flows, income statements, statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position and statement of changes in equity) and perform ratio analysis. The focus for insurance is on risk estimation, insurance options and premium.

Course objective

The objective of this course is to develop student abilities to appraise and analysis investments, manage and forecast risk, evaluating financing options. Students will be prepared to function in a business environment, develop and manage finances as well as manage risks.

Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student should be able to:

• Appraise investments
• Perform a risk assessment
• Understand financing options and requirements
• Develop and interpret financial statements and ratios.
• Evaluate insurance options and their feasibility.