An Introduction to Agricultural Production Functions & Linear Programming

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction to production economics. 2. Classification and features of production functions. 3. Linear production function. 4. Quadratic production function. 5. Cobb-Douglas production function. 6. Square root production function. 7. Mitscherlich-Spillman production function. 8. Transcendental production function.  9. CES and VES production function. 10. Translog production function. 11. Linear programming concepts and assumptions. 12. Linear programming—methods and numeric problems. References.

The book “Introduction to Agricultural Production Functions; Linear Programming” is meant for post graduate and doctorate studies, which would be more helpful to students pursuing degree course in agricultural economics. This book deals with landmarks in the field of Agricultural economics and provides detail knowledge on use of production function and linear programming techniques in agriculture sector. Bairwa Balai Yogi Kumari An Introduction to Agricultural Production Functions & Linear programming The fundamental merits of this book lie in providing absolute clarity on the key concepts of Application of production functions and linear programming techniques. All the basic concept of production functions is logically depicted, which would provide a foundation for the students as they start learning advance application of production economics courses.