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Introduction to Farm Power and Machinery Management is an adequate textbook for students of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, and Agricultural Mechanisation in Universities, colleges of Agriculture and polytechnics. It lays emphasis on importantly required technical skills in farm machinery management, especially in the area of power estimation, machinery selection/capacity management and the cost implication of machinery use and the ownership. The content includes preliminaries in farm machinery management, farm tractors and the ownership schemes, power and tractor requirements of agricultural implements, field capacity and efficiency of farm machines and implements. Farm machinery selection and cost of machine use are well treated. Students using this textbook are expected to have the basic background in Agricultural Science, Physics, Mathematics and Economics.

This book aims to analyse the differences in business model orientations and governance of major Islamic Investment Banks (IIBs) and countries to which the selected banks belong, with an emphasis on the influence of this governance on the market power of the bank. The book shows that major IIBs tend to invest in trading financing more than profit-loss-sharing financing which is against the respect for the raison d'être of Islamic finance: the profit and loss sharing mechanisms. The analysis also shows that most of IIBs tend to focus more on retail segment than other segments, more on real estate investments and sukuk issuance than other investment instruments. Additionally, the study gives evidence about some issues related to the regulatory system, Shariah governance and corporate governance of these banks. This analysis also reveals the improvement of these banks in term of the new trends of Islamic Finance namely digitalization and financial technology (Fintech). This fact presents a huge potential for developments in areas such as regulatory technology and will certainly shape the future of IIBs and Islamic finance industry.