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CRD206: Economics for Cooperatives
Economics for cooperatives (CRD 206) is a semester course of three credit units made available for two hundred (200) level students in the School of Science and Technology of the National Open University of Nigeria.
What Will You Learn?
The aims of this course are to take you to the general broad areas of economics for cooperation in relation to agriculture. The scope of agricultural economics is wide and technical; it will equip you with the practical knowledge of how to apply the principles of economics as an Agricultural Economist.
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Module 1
- Unit 1 The Scope Of Agricultural Economics
- Unit 2 Agricultural Cooperation as an Integral Part of the Economy
- Unit 3 Production and Supply: Producer Decisions
Module 2
- Unit 1 Farm Management
- Unit 2 Framework for Decision Making
- Unit 3 The Production Function
Module 3
- Unit 1 Input, Output Analysis, Cost Analysis, Marginal Analysis, Cost Analysis in Agricultural Production
- Unit 2 Time Element Analysis, Risk Analysis and Reduction of Risk by Insurance
- Unit 3 Consumption and Demand: Effect on Non-Income
Module 4
- Unit 1 Export trade
- Unit 2 Agriculture Marketing
- Unit 3 Economic Progress and Agriculture
Module 5
- Unit 1 Role of Technology and Agro-Based Industries
- Unit 2 Planning and Projections
- Unit 3 Macro-economic Considerations: Population, Inflation and Food Prices
Module 6
- Unit 1 Land Tenure System in Nigeria
- Unit 2 The Land Use Decree
- Unit 3 Place of Agriculture in National Budgets
- Unit 4 Agricultural Co-Operation and Extension
- Unit 5 A Study of some Food Production Strategies, E.G. O.F.N., The Green Revolution, Farm Settlements, NORCAP Experiment, Etc.
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