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292 WHOLE-FARM PLANNING


F: ETUDE PREVISIONNELLE
 DE L'EXPLOITATION
S: PLANIFICACION GLOBAL
 DE LA FINCA


Planning involving consideration of the FARM as a whole, as
distinct from a PARTIAL BUDGETING approach to planning.


293 WHOLE-FARM
 PRODUCTION FUNCTION


F: FUNCTION DE PRODUCTION
 DE L'EXPLOITATION
 S: FUNCTION DE PRODUCTION
 GLOBAL DE LA FINCA


A function relating total farm OUTPUT to the use of INPUTS of
land, labour and capital on a whole-farm basis. The variables are
often measured in value terms.


294 WORKING CAPITAL


F: FONDS DE ROULEMENT
S: CAPITAL CIRCULANTE,
 CAPITAL DE OPERATION


Capital needed for the month-to-month running of a FARM as
distinct from INVESTMENT CAPITAL. Specified in accounting terms
as CURRENT ASSETS less CURRENT LIABILITIES.


295 YIELD GAP


 F: ECART DE RENDEMENT
S: BRECHA DE RENDIMIENTOS EXPERIMENTALES


The difference between actual farm yields and either potential
farm yields or experiment station yields.


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