Agribusiness Fundamentals and Applications
Agribusiness: Fundamentals and Applications, second edition, discusses the broad spectrum of the agribusiness world. Several chapters focus on the agricultural input sector, which are the supplies and services needed by ranchers, farmers, and or other production agriculturists. Some examples include the feed, seed, fertilizer, chemical, and farm machinery agribusinesses. Once basic production economics and farm management are discussed, several more chapters cover the agribusiness output...
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Agribusiness: Fundamentals and Applications, second edition, is essential for anyone interested in or entering the agricultural industry. It includes chapters on the agricultural input and output sectors within the agricultural industry. Basic principles of commodity marketing, international agriculture marketing and food and fiber processing channels are some of the topics explored in detail. Basic agricultural economic principles are discussed to assist the user to better manage an agribusiness, and explain how to start-up, run and manage your own agribusiness.
Unit I: Introduction to Agribusiness Chapter 1: Agriculture and Agribusiness Chapter 2: Agricultural Economics and the American Economy Chapter 3: The Size and Importance of Agribusiness Chapter 4: Emerging Agribusiness Technologies Unit II: Starting and Running an Agribusiness Chapter 5: Planning and Organizing an Agribusiness Chapter 6: Types of Agribusiness Chapter 7: Personal Financial Management Chapter 8: Agribusiness Record Keeping and Accounting Chapter 9: Human Resource Management Chapter 10: Farm Management Unit III: The Agribusiness Input Sector Chapter 11: The Agribusiness Input Sector Chapter 12: Agricultural Policy Chapter 13: Agribusiness Input Services: Credit Unit IV: The Agribusiness Output (Marketing) Sector Chapter 14: Basic Principles of Agrimarketing Chapter 15: Commodity (Futures) Marketing Chapter 16: International Agriculture Marketing Chapter 17: Agrimarketing Channels Unit V: Agricultural Economics Chapter 18: Production Economics Chapter 19: Economic Activity and Analysis Appendix Glossary Index
\ From the PublisherThe text is well organized, objectives are laid out in a manner that is easy for students to follow, and the graphs and illustrations help illustrate points judiciously, rather than just as filler. Information is relevant and the writing is at an appropriate level.\ The material is well written and presented to the reader. I like the word list for each chapter, the end of the chapter activities, and the chapter organization.\ \ \
