Seed Economics: Commercial Considerations for Enterprise Management in Developing Countries

Foreword. Acknowledgments. I. Overview of the seed system: 1. Introduction: i. Economics of seed production: brief overview. 2. Development of the seed industry worldwide: i. Introduction. ii. Seed industry development in industrialized countries. iii. Seed industry in developing countries. iv. Conclusions. v. Further reading. II. Technical and institutional aspects: 3. Technical aspects of seed production: i. Introduction. ii. Concept of technical efficiency. iii. Reasons for technical analysis. iv. Technical considerations in seed system analysis. v. Conclusions. vi. Further reading. 4. Institutional aspects of seed production: i. Introduction. ii. Institutional arrangements. iii. Organizational arrangements. iv. Factors determining organizational structure. v. Management system. vi. Conclusions. vii. Further reading. III. Financial, economic, social and environmental aspects: 5. Financial viability analysis: i. Introduction. ii. Reasons for financial analysis. iii. Principles of discounting. iv. Net present value. v. Internal rate of return. vi. Benefit-cost ratio. vii. Comparing discounting measures. viii. Practical example of financial analysis. ix. Risk analysis. x. Sensitivity analysis. xi. Conclusions. xii. Further reading. 6. Economic analysis: i. Introduction. ii. Goods used in economic analysis. iii. Reasons for economic analysis. iv. Estimating economic value of goods and services. v. Estimating economic impact of seed enterprises. vi. Practical example of economic analysis. vii. Conclusions. viii. Further reading. 7. Social and environmental impact analysis: i. Introduction. ii. Social impact analysis. iii. Environmental impact analysis. iv. Conclusions. v. Further reading. IV. Commercial aspects: 8. Components of cost structure: i. Introduction. ii. Classifying costs. iii. Field-level seed multiplication cost. iv. Conclusions. v. Further reading. 9. Cost monitoring, control, and planning: i. Introduction. ii. Cost monitoring and control. iii. Cost planning. 10. Privatization of the seed sector: i. Introduction. ii. Performance of public seed producing organisations. iii. Status of privatization in developing countries. iv. Roles of public and private investment in seed provision. v. Privatizing public sector seed operations. vi. Conclusions. vii. Further reading. Appendix: i. Present worth factors. ii. Annuity factors. Glossary. Index.