Agricultural Value Chain: Farming and Agribusiness - by Fulvio Valsangiacomo (Hardcover)

About the Book

An agricultural value chain refers to the complete range of activities and processes involved in producing, processing, and marketing agricultural products, connecting farms to consumers. It starts with input supply, providing essential resources such as seeds, fertilizers, machinery, and irrigation systems critical for effective farming practices like planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops or livestock. After production, harvested goods undergo processing and value addition, where they are sorted, graded, packaged, and transformed into marketable products. Following this, storage and transportation play vital roles in maintaining product quality and reducing post-harvest losses; this involves utilizing facilities like cold storage and ensuring efficient logistics to move products to markets. The final step is reaching marketing and distribution channels, where agribusinesses engage in wholesale and retail activities to deliver goods to consumers, often using modern marketing strategies. This book presents the complex subject of the agricultural value chain in the most comprehensible and easy to understand language. It explores all the important aspects of farming and agribusiness in the present day scenario. Also, it is an essential guide for both academicians and those who wish to pursue this discipline further.

Book Synopsis

An agricultural value chain refers to the complete range of activities and processes involved in producing, processing, and marketing agricultural products, connecting farms to consumers. It starts with input supply, providing essential resources such as seeds, fertilizers, machinery, and irrigation systems critical for effective farming practices like planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops or livestock. After production, harvested goods undergo processing and value addition, where they are sorted, graded, packaged, and transformed into marketable products. Following this, storage and transportation play vital roles in maintaining product quality and reducing post-harvest losses; this involves utilizing facilities like cold storage and ensuring efficient logistics to move products to markets. The final step is reaching marketing and distribution channels, where agribusinesses engage in wholesale and retail activities to deliver goods to consumers, often using modern marketing strategies. This book presents the complex subject of the agricultural value chain in the most comprehensible and easy to understand language. It explores all the important aspects of farming and agribusiness in the present day scenario. Also, it is an essential guide for both academicians and those who wish to pursue this discipline further.