Prof. F. Sonaiya [fsonaiya@oauife.edu.ng] wrote.
>We have an integrated teaching and research farm on approximately
>1400 ha farm land which was established in 1967. In the last 10 years it
>has fallen into a very bad state due to lack of funds and bad management.

many thanks for the interesting message. I am attracted to your message
because I wish to know of what are the ways a large farm can fail. While we
often prefer to talk of success stories, I feel we can also learn equally
as much from unsuccessful stories. Sometimes because we hear only of
success stories, we are taken in great surprises in just to imagine how is
it possible for failures when you have 1400 ha of land.

My first question is what are the bad management or malpractices that can
happen and if left unchecked, how do they lead to the failure of a farm ?

I look forward to hearing from you.

regards
jacky foo
coordinator IBSnet