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.
Table of Contents
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
