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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 5^th Dean’s Committee of ICAR and will be useful to UG & PG students of SAUs.

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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.