Description ABOUT THE BOOK This book first deals with the fundamentals of farm management science. Discussion is pointedly focused on the meaning of farm management, characteristics of farming as a business, basics of farm production decisions, application of farm management principles and the basic tools of farm business analysis. Here the book attempts to explain important farm management concepts which the student need to master before taking up advance courses. Next we discuss the principles of resource use planning. Important farm inputs such as land, labour, machinery, buildings, etc., are dealt with in order to explain how best each of these resources can be managed. The management problems concerning different farm resources are identified and application of the management principles to solve these individual resource-use problems demonstrated. The last chapter deals with the subject of risk and uncertainty in agriculture as it affects the decision of the farmer in a developing country. The book covers the Syllabi Recommended by 5th Dean’s Committee of ICAR and will be useful to UG & PG students of SAUs. CONTENT S.No. Title Pages Preface 5 About the Book 6 About the Authors 8 1 Introduction to Farm Management 9-15 2 Basic concepts in Farm Management 16-24 3 Economic Principles Applied to the Organization of Farm Business 25-29 4 Farm Management Decisions 30-33 5 Farm Management Decision Making Process 34-41 6 Factors Affecting Farm Management Decisions 42-47 7 Farm Investment Analysis 48-53 8 Cost concepts in Farm Management 54-57 9 Law of Equi-marginal Returns 58-63 10 Types and Systems of Farming 64-73 11 Farm Planning 74-84 12 Farm Budgeting 85-99 13 Linear Programming 100-110 14 Management of Important Farm Resources 111-116 15 Farm Financial Analysis 117-132 16 Risk and Uncertainty 133-143 Subject Index 144 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Dr. Sunil Kumar Dadhich having completed Ph.D. From MPUAT, Udaipur under took Post-doctoral research at IARI, New Delhi. At present he is serving as Assistant Professor at Dryland Farming Research Station, Arjia, Bhilwara (Rajasthan). Dr. Dadhich is also working as Principal Investigator of R.K.V.Y. Project ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION OF FRUIT/VEGETABLE WASTE & AGRI WASTE TO PRODUCE BIOGAS AND ORGANIC MANURE. He has been Director of ICAR sponsored Summer School on PRODUCTION OF BIO-C.N.G. AND ORGANIC MANURE THROUGH ANAEROBIC AGROWASTE DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES (2017) and Co-ordinator of a winter school on ENHANCING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF RAINFED AGRO-ECOSYSTEM THROUGH SUITABLE INTERVENTIONS (2018). He has published several research papers in journals of national and international repute. He has written two scholarly books for UG students. L.L. Somani is Retired Director Resident Instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 125 scholarly books in various field of agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honored with several academic excellence awards for his outstanding achievements.
