Business management for tropical dairy farmers [electronic resource] / John Moran.

ISBN:

9780643097148

9781283155274

Title:

Business management for tropical dairy farmers [electronic resource] / John Moran.

Author:

Moran, John, 1945-

Personal Author:

Moran, John, 1945-

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume)

Contents:

Cover; Foreword; About the author; Other books and technical manuals by the author; Acknowledgements; Chemical warning; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. What is Farm Business Management?; 3. Smallholder dairy farming in Asia; 4. Feed production technology on smallholder dairy farms; 5. Improved herd management on smallholder dairy farms; 6. The harvesting and marketing of milk from smallholder farms; 7. The base price for raw milk; 8. The importance of record keeping; 9. Categorising farm costs and farm revenue; 10. The key tools of farm business analyses; 11. Measures of farm profit.

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Subject Term:

Dairy farming -- Southeast Asia -- Management.

Dairy farms -- Southeast Asia -- Management.

Farms, Small -- Southeast Asia -- Management.

Small business -- Southeast Asia -- Management.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2009

Publication Information:

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
636.21420959 22	1:E-BOOK	1	1:ONLINE	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Most countries in South-East Asia have established smallholder dairy farming industries through social welfare and rural development programs to provide a regular cash flow for poorly resourced farmers. These farms are now being treated as accepted rural industries and require a more business-minded approach based on changes to farm profitability.

Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers gives smallholder dairy farmers the business management skills they will need to remain sustainable. Drawing on detailed financial analyses of smallholders in countries such as Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia, it shows how to budget cash inputs to match cash outflows during different seasons of the year, and how to invest wisely in improving cattle housing and feeding systems.

If farmers make greater use of formats and structures for farm costs and returns, it will increase their awareness of the relative importance of all their financial inputs in terms of cost of production per kilogram of milk produced on the farm. It will also allow them to make more meaningful and timely decisions by correctly costing planned changes to their routine farming practices.

The book will also be of use to support organisations to more clearly define the key drivers of profit on smallholder farms, and to government departments and national dairy organisations to routinely evaluate and update their industry policies.