V Intellectual Game "The Novice Farmer"

A regional stage of the V Intellectual game "The Novice Farmer" will be held on the 15th of February 2017 in FSBEI HE Saratov State Agrarian University.

The intellectual game is conducted to develop students’ skills in business planning in agriculture, collecting and analyzing information, making management decisions and ability to work in a team.

The project allows to identify and support talented young people, to broaden students ' knowledge in Economics, business planning and management, to raise awareness among young people about the possible opening of peasant farm enterprise in the framework of implementation of measures on provision of grants for the creation and development of peasant farm enterprise and one-time payment to the novice farmers for provision of the necessary facilities and to develop personal competence of participants in the Game.

Teams consisting of up to 5 people can become novice farmers. Undergraduate and postgraduate students of Saratov State Agrarian University as well as students of Financial-technological College are allowed to participate in the Game.

The game includes the following competitions:

1. Presentation of business ideas in the slide show format;

2. "Duel" – the teams ask each other questions in the field of business planning, management, programs of the Ministry of agriculture of Russia;

3. Blitz – answering the questions of the Expert jury on the business plan;

4. "Situation" – each team is offered a business situation in which the head of peasant farm enterprise and his team must make decisions in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;

5. Producing of the poster in electronic format, with the trademark image of the manufactured product, containing the geographic place of origin, the logo of peasant farm enterprise and advertising appeal;

6. "Agricultural cooperation" – answering the questions of the Expert jury on knowing cooperative principles and programs of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia in supporting cooperation;

7. "The situation in the field of agricultural cooperation" – each team is offered the current economic situation in the area of agricultural cooperation, which the team must resolve in accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

The competition is held in 3 stages:

I stage – the regional stage will be held according to the requirements presented in provisions of the V Intellectual game "The Novice Farmer" on the basis of Saratov State Agrarian University.

II stage will be held in absentia in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, where the work of the winner of the regional stage will be sent.

III stage will take place in person in April 2017 in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (Moscow).

To participate in the Game the application to the Council of Young Scientists (Campus №1, off. 411) with the full list of team members, head of peasant farm enterprise, name of the business plan according to Appendix №2 (see game provisions) should be submitted until the 10th of February 2017.

Additional information can be obtained:

tel: 89271520512 - Neyfeld Vasily Voldemarovich, Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of Saratov State Agrarian University.