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 Fiber industry

·         Agribusiness and entrepreneurship development

·         Understanding Consumer

·         Business Behavior 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

General Notes

·         All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants' needs

·         The participant must be conversant in English

·         Presentations are well-guided, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are experts with more than 10 years of experience.

·         Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with a Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)

·         Training will be done at the Foscore development center (FDC-K) centers. We also offer inhouse and online training on the client schedule

·         Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

·         The course fee for onsite training includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.

·         Accommodation, pickup, freight booking, and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.

·         Tablet and Laptops are provided to participants on request as an add-on cost to the training fee.

·         One-year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

·         Register as a group of more than two and enjoy a discount of (10% to 50%)

·         Payment should be done before commence of the training or as agreed by the parties, to the FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us to prepare better for you.

·         For any inquiries reach us at training@fdc-k.org or +254712260031

·         Website:www.fdc-k.org