Background
Rae, Allan Neville was born on January 2, 1943 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Son of Alexander and Irene (Flemming) Rae.
(This book on agricultural management and decision making ...)
This book on agricultural management and decision making differs from other texts which tend to describe production economics followed by the presentation of analytical approaches. Instead, the processes of agricultural production and their management are couched in terms of activity analysis, since this permits greater integration of theory with practical evaluations. Analytical tools developed in the book involve the construction of spreadsheet models, and readers are able to construct their own PC spreadsheets from the book’s examples and case studies. Economic principles are presented that will assist in improving the design of agricultural processes and technologies, in guiding their appropriate combination in a business setting, and with the making of decisions through time and in recognition of noncertainty. Activity analysis models that allow the design and combination of agricultural activities to be optimized are also discussed. These include single versus multiple objective models, investment models, and approaches that allow decisions to be optimized under conditions of noncertainty
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Rae, Allan Neville was born on January 2, 1943 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Son of Alexander and Irene (Flemming) Rae.
Bachelor Horticultural Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1966. Master Horticultural Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University New England, Armidale, Australia, 1972.
Senior lecturer department agricultural economics, Massey U., Palmerston North, 1971-1979; professor, Massey U., Palmerston North, since 1980; head department, Massey U., Palmerston North, since 1988; director Centre Agricultural Policy Studies, Massey U., Palmerston North, since 1985. Author: Crop Management Economics, 1977, Agricultural Management Economics, 1994. Contributor articles on agricultural economics to professional journals.
(This book on agricultural management and decision making ...)
Member American Agricultural Economics Association, Australian Agricultural Economics Society, International Association Agricultural Economics.
Married Yvonne G. Ellery, May 6, 1967. Children: Rachel, Stewart.