Farm management guide
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This manual is for those farmers who wish to start farming as a business. It will also serve as a useful document for Extension Agents wanting to support farmers making a transition from subsistence to commercial or semi-commercial farming. The decision to become a business farmer is not a light one and involves many variables and a lot of effort. With this guidebook, we hope to make the process in Pohnpei and Yap clearer so those interested in farming as a business will understand the work involved. For those willing to put in the effort, we hope this guide will ease the transition from interested party to agribusiness owner.
The first section of this manual is about basic concepts of farm management so that the farmer understands what a farm is, what his/her function is as a farm manager, and what skills and information are needed to successfully manage a farm.
The next sections of this manual are comprised of 12 Tools that will help the farmer move step by step towards running a small or medium scale farm as business. Using these tools will help farmers acquire more knowledge, comply with regulations, reduce risk of failure and raise more funding for farming activities. Each tool has a list of resource at the end for further information.
To become a successful business farmer and have high satisfaction ratings from customers and other stakeholders’, a farmer needs to follow almost all of the steps provided in different tools.