Agribusiness Management In Sustainable Agricultural Enterprises

Author : Richard Skiba
Publisher : After Midnight Publishing
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780975655238

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Agribusiness Management in Sustainable Agricultural Enterprises by Richard Skiba Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable agriculture practices and strategies aimed at improving land use, implementing renewable energy and recycling systems, managing climate risks, developing workplace policies for sustainability, and applying effective agribusiness management practices. Part 1 introduces various approaches to sustainable agriculture, including organic farming, agroforestry, precision agriculture, vertical farming, integrated pest management, soil conservation, and community-supported agriculture. It discusses the challenges and future directions in sustainable agriculture and farm management. Part 2 focuses on developing and implementing sustainable land use strategies. It covers assessing requirements for improved land use, carrying out structural improvements to address threats to sustainability, and treating areas of land degradation. Part 3 delves into developing sustainable agricultural practices that utilize renewable energy and recycling systems. It includes identifying opportunities to use renewable energy, developing strategies to use renewable energy, and implementing these strategies. Part 4 addresses developing climate risk management strategies, reviewing climate and enterprise data, identifying and analysing climate risks and opportunities, and preparing climate risk management strategies. Part 5 deals with developing workplace policy and procedures for environment and sustainability, including the development, communication, implementation, and review of workplace environment and sustainability policies. Part 6 focuses on applying agribusiness management practices, such as developing and reviewing a business plan, developing a farm plan, planning and monitoring production processes, selecting and using agricultural technology, monitoring and managing soils for production, and monitoring and reviewing business performance. Overall, this book is beneficial for farmers, agricultural professionals, policymakers, researchers, and students interested in sustainable agriculture, land management, renewable energy integration, climate risk management, and agribusiness management. It provides practical insights, strategies, and guidelines for implementing sustainable practices in agricultural operations.

Author : Emmanuel Tete Darko
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783656242185

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Agribusiness Management. Increasing Food Production With Environmental Consideration by Emmanuel Tete Darko Pdf

Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: A, Atlantic International University, course: DBA, language: English, abstract: The milestone of this paper will concentrate on agriculture primary food production since food production encompasses a wide range of produce, thus all issues will be constricted to improving farm produce to meet the growing demand of the global market, whiles considering the sustainability of such produce with the view to ensuring exponential increase in farmers’ incomes. There are four over-arching goals in writing this paper. The first, and most basic, is discussing challenges confronting increased sustainable agriculture food production. The second is discussing the underpinning sustainability by restoring and conserving the natural resource base, managing the ecological and societal sustainability issues connected to the development of food crop production by optimizing performance in existing farms and improving the income levels of smallholder producers. The third objective is to discuss hopeful but innovative channels of forward looking approach by presenting a promising way of increasing food production sustainably. The spotlight of this essay will begin with a prologue that abridge the growth of cultivation, food knowledge and sustainability perspective; a section on challenges confronting optimum crop production to meet the needs of humanity; a section about potential environmental and social consideration solutions; a section on forward looking approach and concluding remarks.

Author : Maria Carmela Annosi,Francesco Appio,Federica Brunetta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000823196

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Sustainability in Agribusiness by Maria Carmela Annosi,Francesco Appio,Federica Brunetta Pdf

Accomplishing sustainability in the agribusiness sector is a significant, yet time-sensitive, challenge, especially when balanced with the need to grow sufficient quantity and quality of food to keep the growing global population healthy. Through both quantitative and qualitative methods, this book explores the extent to which the agribusiness sector is already evolving to become sustainable and the ways in which innovation in the industry can help address sustainable development goals, particularly around zero hunger, gender equality, decent work, responsible consumption and production, and climate action. The contributors to this volume address the following key questions: What are the drivers and barriers for the agribusiness sector to become sustainable? Which business models best facilitate the implementation of sustainable goals? How can we measure the extent to which the agribusiness sector is becoming more sustainable? How can the agribusiness sector leverage recent technological advancements to achieve its sustainability goals? The analysis of the sustainability challenges for the sector ranges across various facets of the industry including employment, pre-production industries, agriculture, food processing, distribution, and trade. This book will be of significant interest to readers in agribusiness, innovation management, and sustainability.

Author : Pilgrim, Valarie
Publisher : CTA
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Managing the sustainability of digital agriculture projects by Pilgrim, Valarie Pdf

The recent CTA workshop on ‘catalysing actionable knowledge to enhance next-generation ACP agribusiness through digitalisation’ identified five intersecting drivers that explain what farmer-oriented agribusiness expect to achieve by investing in digitalisation: reduce risk, raise productivity, increase efficiency, improve decisions, and enhance market access. Participants argued that digital interventions all serve one or more of these, depending on specific local needs and situations. A critical factor underpinning what works in all these areas is the economic sustainability of the business models used to deliver value and services. This brief by Valarie Pilgrim argues that the sustainability of digital agribusiness projects can be enhanced through three main steps: 1) plan for sustainability in the initial project design, 2) monitor sustainability readiness throughout the life-cycle of the project, and 3) verify that indicators of sustainability have been achieved during the project close-off process.

Author : Ronald Luna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 1536144142

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Agribusiness by Ronald Luna Pdf

The issue of how to assess the sustainability of governance structures is one of the most topical for researchers, farmers, investors, administrators, policymakers, interest groups, and the public at large. In the opening chapter of Agribusiness: Management, Opportunities and Challenges, the authors suggest a practical and holistic approach to assessing the sustainability of governing structures in the Bulgarian agri-business sector.Next, the authors propose that nanotechnology has the potential to significantly impact all sectors of agribusiness in the next decade, and may be used to enhance the possibility of re-developing conventional agribusiness resources.The objective of the closing paper is to assess and measure the current growth on the agribusiness of coffee in Mexico, its trends and challenges, the technology being used, and the constraints and goals towards the sustainability of the value chain.

Author : Konstadinos Mattas,George Baourakis,Constantin Zopounidis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319771229

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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security by Konstadinos Mattas,George Baourakis,Constantin Zopounidis Pdf

This book brings together research on cooperative management from the agriculture and food sector. By examining issues from food-policy, trade and environmental perspectives and presenting both methodological and empirical work, it allows readers to develop a deeper understanding of collective management processes and cooperative initiatives, and provides a theoretical background for promoting research in the various sectors in which market communities operate. On a more global level the offers insights into how to building powerful tools for decision making, particularly at a time when agriculture and the economy alike are affected by a volatile political, social and economical environment and are forced to undergo major structural changes.

Author : S. Seymour,M. Steven
Publisher : CABI
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9781845933784

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Sustainable Farmland Management by S. Seymour,M. Steven Pdf

Examining the relationship between sustainability and farmland management in diffeing tempoarla spatial and production contexts - this book considers famrland multifuctionality, systems and sytemic thinking, the debates over information, knowledge and ethical aspects.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Farm management
ISBN : WISC:89078696473

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Building a Sustainable Business by Anonim Pdf

Author : Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Publisher : Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : UIUC:30112070817165

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Sustainable Agriculture by Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Pdf

This third sustainable development strategy of Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada builds on successes achieved & lessons learned in the course of implementing the first two strategies. Introductory sections discuss the concept of sustainable agriculture, the department's new approach to sustainable development called the Agricultural Policy Framework, and a review of the social, economic, and environmental issues faced by the department. The main section sets out planned actions under the three pillars of the Framework: environmental (securing natural resources for today & the future), economic (achieving a strong & prosperous agriculture sector), and social (safe, vibrant communities filled with opportunities). The final sections describe the plans for integration of sustainable development into departmental operations and the results-based models used to set targets & measure performance in achieving the objectives of the Framework. The appendix includes a vision for Canada in 2025 and a review of the progress in achieving the goals of the department's second sustainable development strategy.

Author : Francesco Meneguzzo,Federica Zabini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030662844

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Agri-food and Forestry Sectors for Sustainable Development by Francesco Meneguzzo,Federica Zabini Pdf

This book surveys state-of-the-art and prospective practices, methods and technologies in agri-food and forestry sectors to document the potential measurable improvements in areas of environmental management, food security, economic growth, social cohesion and human health at the local and global scale. With a focus on the ecosystems-resources-climate-food-health nexus as a framework towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals applicable in these sectors, the book offers a portfolio of guidelines and standards that assesses the affordability, potential profitability and possible unintended consequences of interventions. The areas of intervention covered in the study include global and local forest resources management, safe wastewater reuse for irrigation, sustainable crop and plant protection (e.g. biopesticides, bioherbicides), carbon sequestration and emission reduction strategies, and safe processing methods for food and food waste (e.g. sustainable food preservatives and healthier food). The book is primarily intended for academics, professionals, and policymakers. The professional audience, including enterprises in the forestry, farming, food processing, healthcare and waste management sectors, will take advantage of the updated knowledge basis concerning the innovations in the respective practices, methods and technologies, including their feasibility, affordability and profitability, and policymakers will find useful the comprehensive review of these innovations which could be strategically promoted and deployed in the next decade, with the aim of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Author : Brighton Nyagadza,Tanyaradzwa Rukasha
Publisher : CABI
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781800622524

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Sustainable Agricultural Marketing and Agribusiness Development by Brighton Nyagadza,Tanyaradzwa Rukasha Pdf

The future of Africa and the whole globe is dependent on sustainable agribusiness management. This book offers insights to a wide range of agricultural marketing and agribusiness management practices with a focus on sustainability. It is designed to provide academics and graduate students in business studies with a comprehensive treatment of the nature of agricultural marketing and agribusiness management, as well as sustainability transitions and related practices in certain regions of the world (particularly in Africa). The text also serves as an invaluable resource for agricultural marketing practitioners requiring more than anecdotal evidence on the structure and operation of agricultural marketing and agribusiness management, as well as sustainability in different organisations and geographical areas. It allows the reader to compare and contrast agricultural marketing and agribusiness management, as well as sustainability practices across different research methodologies and settings. The book provides a unique mix of theory, reviews, primary research findings and case studies.

Author : Freddie L. Barnard,Jay T. Akridge,Frank J. Dooley,John C. Foltz,Elizabeth A. Yeager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317485902

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Agribusiness Management by Freddie L. Barnard,Jay T. Akridge,Frank J. Dooley,John C. Foltz,Elizabeth A. Yeager Pdf

Today’s food and agribusiness managers operate in a rapidly changing, highly volatile, international, high technology, consumer-focused world. Agribusiness Management helps prepare students and managers for a successful career in this new world of food and fiber production and marketing. This text uses four specific approaches to help readers develop and enhance their capabilities as agribusiness managers. First, it offers a contemporary focus that reflects the issues that agribusiness managers face today and are likely to face tomorrow. Second, the book presents conceptual material in a pragmatic way with illustrations and examples that will help the reader understand how a specific concept works in practice. Third, the book has a decision-making emphasis, providing contemporary tools that readers will find useful when making decisions in the contemporary business environment. Finally, Agribusiness Management offers a pertinent set of discussion questions and case studies that will allow the reader to apply the material covered in real-world situations. This fifth edition of Agribusiness Management has been updated throughout and continues to provide students and adult learners with an essential understanding of what it takes to be a successful agribusiness manager in today’s rapidly evolving, highly unpredictable marketplace.

Author : James G. Beierlein,Kenneth C. Schneeberger,Donald D. Osburn
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781478610793

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Principles of Agribusiness Management by James G. Beierlein,Kenneth C. Schneeberger,Donald D. Osburn Pdf

Managers in all areas of the agri-food system must be competent, flexible, and informed. Principles of Agribusiness Management provides the vital insights and information necessary to achieve success in a collaborative and interactive manner. The authors present the material clearly with a step-by-step approach that focuses on strategic planning and management. In conjunction with learning objectives and end-of-chapter highlights and quizzes, each chapter features two case studies that highlight the current trends and practices of agribusiness. The fifth edition includes three exciting, powerful learning tools: Discussion Starters, Strengthen Your Skills, and Start Your Business. Timely and provocative, these features facilitate in-class discussion, develop entrepreneurial skills, and explore key topics affecting the agri-food system. Globalization, leadership, competitiveness, technology, and planning are only some of the areas that are examined within the context of the changing world of agribusiness.

Author : Peter Schroder,J. Pfadenhauer,J. Munch
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080556396

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Perspectives for Agroecosystem Management: by Peter Schroder,J. Pfadenhauer,J. Munch Pdf

Sustainable agriculture is a key concept for scientists, researchers, and agricultural engineers alike. This book focuses on the FAM- project (FAM Munich Research Network on Agroecosystems) of the 1990s as a means to assessing, forecasting, and evaluating changes in the agroecosystems that are necessary for agricultural sustainability. The management of two separate management systems: an organic and an integrated farming system are described to provide an interdisciplinary approach Changes of matter fluxes in soils, changes of trace gas fluxes from soils, precision farming in a small scale heterogen landscape, influence of management changes on flora and fauna, as well as the development of agroecosystem models, the assessment of soil variability and the changes in nutrient status are important aspects of this book. * Contains detailed results and insight of a long-time project on agricultural sustainability * Provides an interdisciplinary approach for comprehensive understanding by scientists and researchers of soil, plants, agriculture, and environment * Includes an international perspective

Author : Kees Jansen,Sietze Vellema
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848136083

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Agribusiness and Society by Kees Jansen,Sietze Vellema Pdf

This volume examines how far agribusiness corporations are responding to the opportunities and pressures resulting from emerging environmental awareness. In particular, in what ways are they changing their R & D and business practices in order to develop new environmentally oriented products, services and methods of production? And what can they change of their own volition, and where is external direction a necessary condition of environmentally friendly innovation? These questions are explored through investigations of particular biotech and agribusiness companies -- including Monsanto, Ciba Geigy, Dole, and Chiquita -- and their behavior in situations as diverse as California, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Central America. The volume explores how some have responded to environmental pressures by exploiting new consumer-created markets; some changed their production practices in a sustainable way; while others have complied with (or resisted) state environmental regulation, notably labelling systems and certification. Each study explores how institutional, cultural, economic, political and technological contexts shape the strategies of big business. Topics include 'green bananas', genetically modified tomatoes and soy, the new markets in organic produce, health and pesticides, and access to justice. The book explains why some corporations are successful in introducing environmentally friendly innovations, and others are not. The key to understanding contrasting outcomes is examining the interaction between internal corporate environments where profit and efficiency considerations predominate, and external environments where consumer preferences, NGO pressures and government regulation are important. The book also explores possible new roles for the public sector. The result is a sophisticated and critical analysis of business practices and regulatory systems in the agro-food sector.