Business of Farming A Guide to Farm Business Management in the Tropics

The need for greater agricultural output throughout the world has led to the increasing use of business management techniques to obtain the best returns from agricultural resources. The Business of Farming is a basic textbook on farm management for diploma and degree students, farmers and farm managers in tropical and subtropical regions. Clearly and simply written, it covers the whole field of financial, personnel, production and marketing management as it applies to both large-scale, commercial farming and small-scale, mainly subsistence, farming. It assumes no previous knowledge of economics, finance or management and includes numerous worked examples, from throughout the tropics, illustrating different techniques for solving farm management problems.