Project Analysis (MNRE 016)

By Dr. Praveen Kumar Jain | Indira Gandhi National Open University

The project is one of the important components of agricultural development. This course provides a good understanding of project concepts, project preparation aspects, project implementation, and project analysis. The course describes the importance and role of projects in the developmental process among various stakeholders of agriculture policy formulation and implementation process. The course will help in identification of the projects based on the high priority in the national development programme and discuss the financial, economic and other aspects of project preparation and analysis. An elaborate discussion is provided to assess the economic values of agricultural inputs and output. The course describes various approaches and methods for comparing project costs and benefits.

Course Credit - 4

Learners enrolled: 1007

SUMMARY

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	12 weeks
Start Date :	01 Sep 2020
End Date :
Exam Date :
Category :	Agricultural and Food Engineering
Level :	Postgraduate

COURSE LAYOUT

Project Analysis (MNRE 016)
Week-1	Concept and Significance of Project
Week-2	Project Preparation Aspects and Project Cycle
Week-3	Project Management and Feasibility Studies
Week-4	Project Costing
Week-5	Pricing Project Costs and Benefits
Week-6	Financial Analysis of Agri-Business Firm
Week-7	Determining Economic Values
Week-8	Aggregating Project Accounts
Week-9	Project Cost Benefit Analysis Methods
Week-10	Applications of Discounted Measures of Project Worth

BOOKS AND REFERENCES

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Dr. Praveen Kumar Jain

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Dr. Praveen K. Jain, Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics is working as Associate Professor in the School of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. His areas of interest include e-learning technologies, e-extension, and agriculture education through ODL besides the core areas agricultural policy, agricultural marketing and agribusiness management. He is coordinating distance education programmes in the areas of agricultural policy, plantation management, agribusiness management and agriculture extension. He has more than 40 research papers and 3 books to his credit.