'E' issues for agribusiness : the 'what', 'why', 'how' /

• Main Author: Bryceson, K. P., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Agricultural industries.; Electronic commerce.; Information and Documentation.; Agricultural Economics.; Agribusiness.; Agroindustrial sector.; Information technology.; Management.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

The objectives of this book are twofold: (1) to identify, explain and summarize the concepts, technology, industry and management issues facing agribusiness today in an electronically enabled business landscape; and (2) to create an awareness of current and potential electronically enabled business...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : the balancing act
• An agribusiness in the eLandscape
• Creating value in the 'E' agribusiness world
• The KID Triangle : knowledge, information and data in the 'E' world
• Agri-food chains in the 'E' world
• Managing uncertainty in the 'E' world
• Food tracking and traceability in the 'E' world
• Is the agribusiness 'E' ready?
• The practicalities of 'making it happen'
• Egovernance and legal issues in the 'E' world
• Final thoughts : future proofing.