The Economics of Tropical Farm Management
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 3/20/1986
EAN 9780521313674, ISBN10: 0521313678
Paperback, 192 pages, 24.6 x 18.8 x 2.8 cm
Language: English
Farmers all over the world have to decide what to produce and how to go about it. In the tropics, small farmers have to work with a limited resource-base which usually does not lead itself to highly productive systems of consistent crop and animal production. Yet those people who live in developing tropical countries should be concerned that their farmers do produce more from the limited resources with which they have to work. The principles of farm management economics and the applications of the tools and techniques of farm management analysis and planning can help small farmers in tropics to produce 'a bit more' from their lot. For the benefit of teachers and students of agriculture, farm extension advisors and agricultural planners and managers, this book sets out the principles and practices of farm management economics on small holdings in the tropics in a clear, simple, useful and usable way.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Farm management
3. Farm analysis and planning
4. Principles of production
5. Costs and returns
6. Farm profits, financial statements and records
7. Cash flows
8. Gross margins
9. Time is money
10. Planning changes
11. Cropping
12. Animals
13. Mechanisation
14. Farm development
15. Farm credit and finance
16. Beyond the farm
Appendices
Glossary
Index.