Finance for Agriculture or Agriculture for Finance?

Multifunctional Agriculture: Agriculture Renewal as a Modern Paradigm for Agriculture and Rural Development

Multifunctional agriculture (MFA) has emerged as a key concept in science and politics with respect to the future of agriculture and rural development in the recent decade. Overall, MFA implies that in addition to their main function in production and support of rural livelihood, the agricultural activities have some other advantages for the environment including the conservation of water and s...

Islamic finance for small and medium enterprises: challenges and solutions

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the economy. In developing countries, these companies play an important role in creating employment, especially for women. Investing in the development of SMEs is a long-term and smart strategy with sustainable returns. SMEs constitute the vast majority of companies. Globally, SMEs constitute more than 95% of all productive units, when fo...

Floodwater Harvesting for Improving Dryland Agriculture

Food and agriculture Chemicals for agriculture

Agricultural production relies heavily on manmade chemicals used as fertilizers and pesticides, and to regulate plant growth. Pesticides are released intentionally into the environment to control insects, weeds, plant diseases and other pests that affect crop or animal production, as well as to control insects that spread human diseases. Pesticides have a well-established role in agriculture an...

Business Finance for Scientists

Welcome to the course page for Business Finance for Life Scientists This content is designed provide an overview of financial statements, and basic finance principles used in financial planning and decision making. The goal of this workshop is to help prepare scientists who want to start their own labs, and inform scientists who want to go into industry. This page includes the lecture videos, c...