Agricultural Project Management : Entrepreneurship Development Series Volume 03

Agricultural Project Management : Entrepreneurship Development Series Volume 03
Author: Dr. Lakshmi Dhar Hatai
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
Total Pages: 6
Release: 2022-11-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9394490310

Project is the essential element for agricultural development. Agricultural project is an investment activity where we spend capital resources to create a productive asset for realizing benefits over time. Agriculture is the emerging growing sector contributing towards improving farm incomes, enhancing food and nutritional security, reducing rural poverty and accelerating the overall economic growth of our country.There is considerable emphasis on enhancing agricultural growth through effective project management in the areas of technological changes, area expansion, cropping intensity and value addition by attracting private investment in agro-processing sector. Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. The book represents the synopsis of the project management in agriculture. The book is divided into ten chapters that dealing with all the relevant topics in the field agricultural project and its' management. This book provides basic knowledge about project identification, formulation, analysis, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, that will be helpful for effective project evaluation and it's management in agricultural development. Chapters listed in the book deals with project cycle, project design, market and demand analysis, analysis of stakeholders and appraisal techniques etc. in an agricultural project. The book encourages the reader to treasure and periodically refer this book as it is a rare collection of what is found generally in the literature.

Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 3

Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 3
Author: Geoffrey R. Dixon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 479
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401785600

This Trilogy explains “What is Horticulture?”. Volume three of Horticulture: Plants for People and Places presents readers with detailed accounts of the scientific and scholastic concepts which interact with the arts and humanities and which now underpins the rapidly evolving subject of Social Horticulture. This discipline transcends the barriers between science, medicine and the arts. This volume covers:- Horticulture and Society, Diet and Health, Psychological Health, Wildlife, Horticulture and Public Welfare, Education, Extension, Economics, Exports and Biosecurity, Scholarship and Art, Scholarship and Literature, Scholarship and History and the relationship between Horticulture and Gardening. This volume brings the evolution of the Discipline and Vocation of Horticulture firmly into the 21st Century. It covers new ground by providing a detailed analysis of the value of Horticulture as a force for enhancing society in the forms of social welfare, health and well-being, how knowledge is transferred within and between generations, and the place of Horticulture in the Arts and Humanities. Substantial emphasis is given to the relationships between health, well-being and plants by the internationally acclaimed authors who have contributed accounts of their work in this book.

E-Agriculture and Rural Development: Global Innovations and Future Prospects

E-Agriculture and Rural Development: Global Innovations and Future Prospects
Author: Maumbe, Blessing
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466626860

"This book is a comprehensive collection of research on the emerging trends and advances in the global application of information and communication technology use in agriculture and rural development"--Provided by publisher.

Entrepreneurship in Farming

Entrepreneurship in Farming
Author: David Kahan
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Agricultural extension work
ISBN: 9789251075470

A lot is being said these days about farmers becoming ‘entrepreneurs’. But what is entrepreneurship? What does it take to be entrepreneurial? How can an entrepreneurial behaviour be created and sustained? How can entrepreneurial skills be developed? How do entrepreneurial farmers respond to the changing farming environment? What strategies do they use? What actions do they take? And how can extension workers help farmers develop entrepreneurial capacity?