Agricultural Finance

Agricultural Finance

Author: Charles B. Moss

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1135923566

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This textbook integrates financial economics and management in the area of agricultural finance. The presentation of financial economics discusses how the credit needs of farmer/borrowers are met by depositors through commercial banks. The financial management content presents methods used to make farm financial decisions including farm accounting, capital budgeting, and the analysis of risk. The textbook begins by developing the farm financial market focusing primarily on the market for debt. Next, the textbook presents an overview of accounting concepts important for the credit market. The accounting section provides a detailed discussion of the Farm Financial Standards Council’s suggestions for agricultural financial statements. Following the financial accounting, the book presents the use of ratio analysis applied to the farm firm. Next, the text describes capital budgeting followed by an introduction to risk analysis. Finally, the book presents the effect of debt decisions on the farm firm. In addition to the primary topics, the textbook includes a discussion of agricultural banking and monetary policy and an analysis of the choice of historical cost and market valued accounting methodologies on the farm debt decision.


Farming As Financial Asset

Farming As Financial Asset

Author: Stefan Ouma

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-31

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781788211871

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Stefan Ouma seeks to debunk the misconceptions and assumptions about "finance-gone-farming" with a penetrating analysis of case studies taken from both the developed and developing world. The book provides fascinating insights into the inner workings of the agri-focused asset management industry.


Financial Management in Agriculture

Financial Management in Agriculture

Author: Peter J. Barry

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13:

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Financial markets for agriculture; Concepts and tools of financial management; Alternatives in resource control; Topics in financial management.


Agricultural Value Chain Finance

Agricultural Value Chain Finance

Author: Calvin Miller

Publisher: Practical Action Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781853397028

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`This is a "must read" for anyone interested in value chain finance.---Kenneth Shwedel, Agricultural Economist --Book Jacket.


Slave Agriculture and Financial Markets in Antebellum America

Slave Agriculture and Financial Markets in Antebellum America

Author: Richard Holcombe Kilbourne Jr

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-09-30

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1317315189

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Offers the study of Antebellum southern slavery and the credit system. This work explains how the Bank of the United States supported the government's and the nation's credit abroad by providing seemingly limitless credit facilities to southern planters, especially in the territories along the lower Mississippi River.


The Farmer's Office

The Farmer's Office

Author: Julia Shanks

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Published: 2016-09-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1550926101

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A practical, how-to guide for farmers who want to achieve and maintain financial sustainability in their businesses When you decided to become a farmer, you also became an entrepreneur and business person. In order to be ecologically and financially sustainable, you must understand the basics of accounting and bookkeeping, and learn how to manage a growing business. Author Julia Shanks distills years of teaching and business consulting with farmers into this comprehensive, accessible guide. She covers all aspects of launching, running and growing a successful farm business through effective bookkeeping and business management, providing tools to make managerial decisions, apply for a loan or other financing, and offering general business and strategy advice for growing a business. Whether you've been farming for many years or just getting started, The Farmer's Office gives you the tools needed to think like an entrepreneur and thoughtfully manage your business for success.


The Handbook of Microfinance

The Handbook of Microfinance

Author: Beatriz Armendariz

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 9814295655

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Handbook of Microfinance addresses the gap between clients who are benefiting from access to financial services via MFIs, and the potential market, which remains underserved or untapped. This gap can be attributed to a "mismatch" between what consumers, or potential clients, demand and what MFIs offer in terms of financial products. The scope of the book is wide. It includes successes and failures, main challenges and debates, methodologies for impact evaluation via random trials, leading trends in Asia versus Latin America, main efforts in Africa, the importance of value chains in Central America, ethical and gender issues, savings, microinsurance, governance, commercialization trends and the potential advantages and disadvantages of it. Lastly it features main lessons from informal finance and 19th-century credit cooperatives addressing the above-mentioned mismatch.


Financing Agriculture Value Chains in India

Financing Agriculture Value Chains in India

Author: Gyanendra Mani

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-01-09

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9811059578

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This book examines the successful private, public and civil society models of agriculture value chains in India and addresses relevant challenges and opportunities to improve their efficiency and inclusiveness. It promotes the value-chain approach as a tool to improve access to finance for small holder farmers and discusses the possible structure of and regulatory framework for the ‘National Common Agricultural Market’— a term that featured in the Indian Finance Minister’s 2014–15 budget speech, and which is aimed towards standardizing and improving transparency in agricultural trade practices across states under a single licensing system. The book deliberates on the potential of developing innovative financial instruments into the value chain framework by supporting tripartite agreements between producers, lead firms and financial institutions. Its fourteen chapters are divided into three parts—Agriculture Value Chain Financing: Theoretical Framework, Agriculture Value Chain Financing in Cases of Select Commodities; and Institutional Framework for Agriculture Value Chain Financing. Since the concept of value chain financing is being considered as a future policy agenda, the book is of great interest to corporations dealing with agricultural inputs and outputs; commercial, regional, rural and cooperative banks; policy makers; academicians and NGOs.


Climate Change Mitigation Finance for Smallholder Agriculture

Climate Change Mitigation Finance for Smallholder Agriculture

Author: Leslie Lipper

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789251070826

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Building on FAO policy advice and incorporating lessons from ongoing agricultural carbon finance projects of FAO and other organisations, this document aims to provide an overview of potential mitigation finance opportunities for soil carbon sequestration. The first part provides an overview of the opportunities for climate change mitigation from agricultural soil carbon sequestration. The second part is aimed primarily at carbon projects developers and decision makers at national level concerned with environmental and agriculture policies and incentives and farmers' associations working towards rural development and poverty alleviation.