Agri-Business, Enterprise Development and Market Linkage Course

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Organizer: Upskill Development Institute

Introduction

Agribusiness and Enterprise development is a course oriented towards imparting knowledge about different activities, economic concepts and tools related understanding agriculture as a business. The course modules: Economics of Production, Agriculture as a business, Micro-enterprise Development and Management, Financial planning, Principles of Business Management and Marketing, Entrepreneurship Development and Networking.

Course Objective:

•         Agriculture as a business

•         Economic approaches and business strategies in agribusiness and enterprise development

•         Understand the nature, importance, and role of agribusiness firms in the domestic and the international markets in which farmers compete

•         Economic principles related to agriculture and agribusiness

•         Developing agribusiness plans

Duration

5 days

Who should attend?

National governments, UN partners and NGOs, Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials and policy makers) working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Research organizations

Course content

• Introduction
• Agribusiness system, food and Fibre industry
• Agribusiness and entrepreneurship development
• Understanding Consumer
• Business Behaviours and Market Equilibrium
• Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural Policy and the Role of the Government in Agribusiness Development
• International Agricultural Trade and
• Marketing Management in the Agriculture
• Cooperative Society of the system cooperative society development
• Challenges and the Future of the Agriculture and the Whole Agribusiness (Agri-Food) System

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: [email protected] Tel: +254 721 331 808