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Hire services as a business enterprise : a training manual for small-scale mechanization service providers

Title
Hire services as a business enterprise : a training manual for small-scale mechanization service providers / authors Brian Sims, David Kahan, Joseph Mpagalile, Martin Hilmi, Santiago Santos Valle.
Author
Sims, B. G.
Publication
Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations : International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, 2018.

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Additional Authors
  • Kahan, David, 1951-
  • Mpagalile, Joseph
  • Hilmi, Martin
  • Valle, Santiago Santos
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, issuing body.
  • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
Description
x, 127 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
Summary
"This manual is specifically designed to help train actual and potential farm mechanization service providers, in order to increase access to sustainable farm power to raise the productivity of smallholder farmers. It focuses on two crucial aspects: the provision of farm mechanization services as a viable business opportunity for entrepreneurs, and the essential criteria of raising productivity in an environmentally sensitive and responsible way i.e. that includes conservation agriculture. Practical guidance on the essential business development and management skills required to successfully run a mechanization service provision business are presented, with a focus on the equipment required to offer services compatible with conservation agriculture. The manual will be of particular interest to policymakers' intent on achieving sustainable intensification in the agricultural sector. It is also a valuable resource for trainers charged with increasing the supply of well-trained and well-equipped entrepreneurial mechanization service providers through the implementation of training courses tailored to the specific course locations."
Subject
  • Farm mechanization
  • Farm equipment
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 9251305137
  • 9789251305133
OCLC
  • on1044864633
  • SCSB-9128780
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library