Business plan for rural area

Tomáš Ivanič

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

Family farming models and young farmers play crucial role in a field of agricultural business in rural areas. The main goal of our diploma thesis is to design a business plan for a young entrepreneur who would like to start his agricultural business, based on a model of family farming, in rural area of southern part of Central Slovakia. In order to reach the main goal of the thesis, it was necessary to define basic terminology with regards to business establishment, agriculture (with focus on family farming models), to examine legal requirements that are necessary for business establishment in Slovakia and lastly, to explore means of initial financial contribution a young farmer can use. Thesis also focuses on definition of Common Agricultural Policy that represent the core of European agriculture and the main principals of the Policy with regards to family farming and young farmers are highlighted in the thesis. In the practical part, the thesis is focused on constructing the business plan for a young farmer. Within this plan, it was necessary to analyse the external and internal environment of the business using variety of economic analyses and based on detail calculations, we made a cash-flow statement that provides information of potential profit of the business.

Keywords

Common Agricultural Policy, agriculture, family farm, young farmer, European Union, entrepreneurship, young entrepreneurship, business plan, market analysis, financial plan

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 27. 3. 2019

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Pavel Kotyza, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / European Agrarian Diplomacy