Culture – By AlmaNews editorial staff
September 23, 2021
“Open a farm” the book by Fabrizio Santori – The book is a real operational guide that, through a colloquial path, is aimed at anyone who wants to open a farm from scratch, to those who are already an agricultural entrepreneur and intends to improve its business, to those who teach agricultural economics at training courses, high schools or university faculties.
The author accompanies the reader, step by step, from the initial phase in which one wonders what and how to produce to the subsequent ones of the life of a farm, suggesting some steps to improve the fundamentals of the company, strengthening the skills necessary to becoming a successful farmer and manager and providing the tools to make the most appropriate business decisions.
At the end of each chapter there is a series of focuses which, in addition to satisfying the appetite of the most curious, further strengthen the concrete and operational approach that this guide proposes.
Each farm is unique in terms of dimensional and operational characteristics.
For these reasons, the ultimate goal of this manual is precisely to provide a software called AGRIPLAN, attached to the guide, which will allow the 4.0 farmer to draw up complex economic and financial plans, with the possibility of moving in an analytical and in-depth manner on several fronts. , in order to prepare a customized operational forecasting tool (the Business Plan), able to help current and future operators in the agricultural sector in management decisions through the provision of an effective and efficient business plan.
The entire discussion is accompanied by practical examples of real farms that have achieved their goals and ends with seven unprecedented interviews with successful entrepreneurs who, by sharing their experiences, suggest useful reflections on the future of Italian agricultural businesses.
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