AGRIBUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET LINKAGE COURSE

AGRIBUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET LINKAGE COURSE

 

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:

v Agriculture as a business

v Economic approaches and business strategies in agribusiness and enterprise development

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

v Economic principles related to agriculture and agribusiness

v Developing agribusiness plans

DURATION

5 days

TARGET AUDIENCE

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

v Introduction

v Agribusiness system, food and Fiber industry

v Agribusiness and entrepreneurship development

v Understanding Consumer

v Business Behavior and Market Equilibrium

v Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics

v Agricultural Policy and the Role of the Government in Agribusiness Development

v International Agricultural Trade and

v Marketing Management in the Agriculture

v Cooperative Society of the system cooperative society development

v Challenges and the Future of the Agriculture and the Whole Agribusiness (Agri-Food) System

TRAINING VENUE, LOGISTICS AND PAYMENT

v Training will be held at Afriex Training Centre, Nairobi Kenya.

v The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

v Accommodation and airport transfer are arranged upon request by the participant.

v This training can also be tailor made for your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our training Centre or at a convenient location.

v Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with an Afriex Training Ltd certificate.

No. of Days:

5