Entrepreneurship
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Farmer-entrepreneurs
continuously seek ways to improve efficiency, cut costs and increase productivity... ... and share risks by reducing the costs of owning and operating machinery, equipment and implements Entrepreneurial responses to change 31 ENHaNCINg aND maNagINg EffICIENCIES IN PRoDUCTIoN Farmer-entrepreneurs continuously seek ways to improve efficiency, cut costs and increase productivity. It could be by reducing the level of money invested in equipment or looking for inputs that cost less, but give the same or better production results. It could be by changing the production system to one that is less costly. This may mean giving up the way one normally does things – even if it has been done that way for a long time. There is a trade-off when changing production systems. Farmers have to balance the goal of increasing productivity with the initial costs of the investments required. This requires careful investigation and includes considering such things as purchasing fewer inputs and materials, using more on-farm resources (such as labour and waste products) and making better use of equipment and machinery. Another option is to share risks and reduce ownership costs. An example is sharing machinery ownership to reduce ownership costs, and benefit from better mechanical technology. Shared ownership agreements work well among farmers who have similar sized farms and produce similar products. Under such agreements farmers agree to pay their own running costs and share repair and maintenance costs in proportion to their land use (regardless of where the machine breaks down). Decreased ownership costs resulting from sharing is usually larger than any yield/income losses caused by delays in mechanical operations caused by sharing. * * * |
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