Content, goals and methods appraisal discipline. Definition of rural farm and enterprise organization. Economic balance of the enterprise. Notions of financial mathematics. Value and Price of Land. Analytic procedures and synthetic procedures; Factors affecting the Value and Price of Land
Land improvements. The estimate of the rural area and farms: the peculiarities of wildlife farm, environmental improvements.
Textbooks:
Gallerani V., Zanni G., Viaggi D., Manuale di Estimo, Mc Graw Hill, 2004.
Polelli M., Nuovo Trattato di Estimo, Maggioli Editore, 2006.
Michieli I. e Michieli M. (2003), Trattato di Estimo, Ed agricole
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired:
Evaluation methodologies of rural goods, particularly about faunal topics.
Competence acquired (at the end of the course):
Good knowledge of land assessment criteria and principals methods of appraisement.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): Basic concepts of methodologies in rural assessment; issues in benefit-cost analysis.
Prerequisites
Courses required: Economic analysis of natural resource.
Courses recommended: Environmental Economics.
Frequency of lectures, practice and lab, although non compulsory, is recommended.
Teaching Methods
CFU= 6
Total hours of course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc) for: 150.
Hours reserved to private study and other individual formative activities: 80
Contact hours for lectures: 45
Contact hours for Laboratory/practice:
Practical lessons and excursions (hours): 10
Seminary (hours): 10
Stage (hours): 0
Iintermediate examinations: 5
Further information
Teaching tools: video projector, personal computer, visit in agro-forest and wild life farm.
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: written examination and discussion about mean issues.
Course program
This is the only course with appraisal contents within the degree programme.
Definition of farm and agricultural enterprise; Mathematical financial institution. Farm Appraisal. Scope for improvement in methods of production. Evaluation of opportunities for new enterprises. The management of land, property and business in the countryside. Economic analysis of breeding and fauna.
Assessment of farm improvement. Operating cost of faunal activities. Scope for increasing resource base or breaking existing constraints. Evaluation of hunting and wild life activities.