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Holistic Management
A Whole-Farm Decision Making Framework
This assignment is due no
later than 9 AM, Friday February 6
Instructions:
Answer the following questions, based on the information
provided in the ATTRA Web Site section entitled: Holistic Management: A
Whole-Farm Decision Making Framework located at:
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/holistic.html
Please submit your questions and answers electronically to
your instructor as an email attachment in Microsoft Word™ format.
- Briefly define the concept of holistic management as
described in this article
- What is the so called centerpiece of holistic
management?
- According to the article, in holistic management projected income or
profit is planned ahead of actual production. With profit taken out of
available resources the remaining financial resources are allocated into 3
categories. What are those 3 categories? Briefly describe each category.
- Complete the following table with information from the
article. State one economic principle or lesson you would elucidate based on
this table.
Table 1. Distinctions between holistic financial planning
and cash flow planning.
| Holistic |
Cash-Flow |
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Production is the Goal |
| Profit is |
Profit is |
| Expenses put into categories |
Expenses put in overhead and variable costs |
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Annual monitoring? |
- Complete the following sentences that provide a concise description of the
core philosophy of holistic resource management.
The very essence of the term "holistic" is that nature functions
_________ __________________________, not in parts, and that we will
understand nature better when we manage it ______________________________
_______________________________________________.
Holistic Management gives people a way to make decisions that _______________
_______________________________ (in wholes) and thereby ensure that our
farming is truly sustainable over time.
- List 3 examples of how biodiversity may be increased in farming.
- True / False (If the statement is false, rewrite it to make it true)
Because nature is so complex that we can only begin to
understand it, decisions affecting the landscape are assumed to be correct and
monitoring will not be required.
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