This note explains the
following topics: Production Economics, Nature and scope of Agricultural
Production Economics, Basic concepts and terms, Meaning and types of production
functions, Laws of returns, Factor-product relationship, Determination of
optimum input and output, Factor-factor relationship, product-product
relationship, Type of enterprise relationship, Returns to scale: meaning,
definition, importance, Farm management ,Typical farm management decisions, Economic principles applied to the
organization of farm business, Types and systems of farming, Cost concepts and
farm efficiency, Farm planning and budgeting, Risk and uncertainty, Linear
programming: Assumption, advantages and limitations of linear programming.
This lecture note covers the following topics: demand
for farm products, Supply of farm products, Economics of production and resource
use and instability in agriculture, Risk and uncertainty, Rural money market,
Labour market, Types of employer employee relationship, Land and lease markets
and Economics of share tenancy.
This
note covers the following topics: Problems Of Agriculture In Uganda, Solution
For Agriculture Problems, Climate And Agriculture, Effects Of Rainfall In
Agriculture, Farming Practices, Classification Of Vegetables,crop Protection,
Biological Control, Pests, Crop Diseases, Agro Forestry, Management Of Cattle,
Livestock Breeding.
This book is a result of
the author's search for these facts and truths as a student and farmer and his
endeavor as a teacher to present them in a simple manner to others. The object
in presenting the book to the general public is the hope that it may be of
assistance to farmers, students and teachers, in their search for the
fundamental truths and principles of farming.
This note covers the following topics: Time Value of Money,
Agricultural Credit, Credit Analysis, History of Financing Agri , Commercial
Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Higher Financing Institutions, Insurance and
Credit, Crop Insurance and Agricultural Cooperation.
Aim of this note is to teach the
students about the connections between the food they eat, agriculture and
ecosystems and then it describes the health, environmental, social and economic
problems in agriculture. Topics covered includes: Tracing food to soil, Food,
agriculture and ecosystems, Problems in agriculture, Assessing and addressing
problems and Alternative farming systems.
Author(s): The
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health