This course aims to define Project management, needs identification and analysis, project proposal writing, team work for project teams, planning activities; project planning matrix; network diagrams; critical paths; PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique); GANTT diagrams and work breakdown structures; project appraisal; project plan; project scheduling; budget and scope; monitoring and evaluation techniques; project termination and reporting.

Review on the economic role of prices and approaches to the study of agricultural market organization and performance; theoretical models of market structures and performance; spatial and temporal analysis of agricultural markets for policy; horizontal and vertical integration of agricultural industries; market organizational forms unique to agriculture. Overview of trends in international agro-food systems; changing conditions in international industries and markets; international agribusiness marketing policies, international agribusiness marketing strategies and plans; the political economy of trade policies; exchange rates and balance of trade; international distribution challenges; models and patterns of international agribusiness marketing; international commodity agreements; multilateral negotiations, preferential trade areas, international finance, emerging issues in international agribusiness marketing, international marketing institutions.

This course is to provide students with a theoretical and empirical basis for evaluating agricultural marketing organization and actors for market performance and public policy decision, and to enable them develop and use the tools of economic theory to analyze issues related to the marketing of agricultural commodities analyze changes in marketing institutions resulting from problems and different production policies, prices and agricultural marketing.

International Markets and Agricultural Trade bridges the fundamental concepts of international trade with the practical analysis of trade policies. it seeks to develop a solid foundation for future practitioners at industry or public institutions and for those that will undertake more in-depth empirical research involving trade issues.

Decision and decision management framework; problem solving and the decision making process; methods of decision making; strategy and strategic management; strategic planning, vision, mission, strategic objectives, strategy formulation process, strategy formulation models e.g. SWOT; Porter?s forces etc.; decision management for agribusiness; analysis of the competitive internal and external environment; the role of transaction cost theory and resources-based theory; strategy implementation and control.

systems, risk analysis, resource management, logic gates of records management, combinational logic of policies. Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to manage risk management, safety goals and objectives and regulation polices managements, define business needs strategic planning and business analysis.

The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of the various business management decisions involved in the organization and operation of a farm firm for continuous profit and production cost efficiency. Each farm, like any other agribusiness firm, is a complex business. Most farms are organized as sole proprietorships or as family businesses, like many other small businesses, but farmers must understand a broader array of management activities including, managing biological productive processes, evaluating and adopting new technology, devising and carrying out marketing strategies, arranging financing, dealing with personnel, and using communication technology to their advantage. The rapid pace of new institutional developments and of evolving government programs, of changing market environments brought about by more open and competitive markets, and of new technology place, the modern producer is under constant pressure to adapt and change.

Definition and scope of financial management; relationship between finance and other disciplines; economics and accounting; finance and management functions and sources of finance to agribusiness enterprises; importance of financial management to an agribusiness enterprise; need for financial records and basic accounting procedures; preparation of financial statements and ratio analysis; preparation of manufacturing accounts; budgeting and budgetary control; types of budgets; budget preparation and administration;break-even analysis and inventory control management; preparation of business plans and feasibility studies for an agribusiness enterprise; introduction to the capital and money markets; types of shares, bonds and debentures; dividend decisions; issues in dividend policy; valuation of bonds and shares; stock exchange; nature of investment decisions; net present value, internal rate of return, benefit - cost ratios.

Definitions and principles of monitoring, evaluation and reporting, uniqueness and challenges of agricultural and agribusiness projects; monitoring and evaluation approaches: traditional, modern, participatory, project effectiveness and efficiency, project quality, performance, measuring results and reporting progress, the MER (monitoring, evaluation, reporting) system; developing an MER system; results based MER, M&E indicators: identifying, selecting and assessing indicators; monitoring tools, evaluation tools, M&E reporting

This course will covered specific topics include the Deming Quality philosophy (and that of other Quality theorists), Understanding variability of processes through statistical thinking the role of management and leadership in a TQM organization, the role of quality improvement teams and how to organize them, the "seven simple tools”, data collection through surveys and experimental design, basic statistical methods, more advanced statistical techniques such as control charts, statistical process control and experimental design, quality standards (ISO9000), complementary quality techniques such as benchmarking.

The course aims at providing learners with leadership skills for managing small, medium and large agribusinesses. Introduction to agribusiness management, basic concepts of business, management and agribusiness; legal forms of business; role and organization of agribusiness, financial management and control, marketing, operations, and human esources management: placement to exit. Orientation to the agribusiness sector of agriculture, an overview of the breadth, size, scope and management aspects of the agricultural business complex. Emerging trends in production and changing dimensions of agribusiness.

The course will focus on expanding the learners? understanding of the underlying economic theory of agribusiness marketing strategies as well as their application to various agribusiness situations. An overview of the agribusiness sector and agribusiness marketing; economic theory of agribusiness marketing strategies: demand and supply, economic market structures and effect on agribusiness marketing strategies, measuring market concentration, market structure of the agribusiness sector; development of agribusiness marketing strategies: developing an agribusiness marketing plan, understanding consumer behavior, importance of agribusiness product characteristics; agribusiness marketing strategies: agribusiness pricing strategies, monopoly and oligopoly pricing, processor pricing strategies, retail pricing strategies, pricediscrimination; agribusiness products: product differentiation, research and development; agribusiness packaging/labeling, branding; agribusiness promotion and advertising; agribusiness pricing strategies; agribusiness merchandizing; agribusiness location/transportation; evaluating the agribusiness pricing strategies; agribusiness merchandizing; agribusiness performance; marketing audit.

PESTLE and SWOT analyses of agribusiness policy framework; design of medium large agribusiness enterprises; principles and practices of agricultural and agribusiness policy; agricultural and agribusiness value chain policies; agribusiness investment policy; the policy setting process; agribusiness stakeholder analysis; agribusiness research policy; agribusiness and sustainable natural resource management policies; the agricultural and agribusiness trade; food and nutrition policy, food safety and food quality standards.

SCM concepts and methods, logistics, value chain, supply chain planning, support services in the supply chain, supply chain risk management; outsourcing, transactions costs and subcontracting; the role of information and IT in the coordination of actors.

This course provides the student with the experience in research in service marketing and customer value management. By examining various points of view, students develop a better understanding of changes that are occurring in marketing theory and practice.

The content of the course is to introduce the knowledge of the applying the terms of WTO either from SPS or TBT concept. Students will learn how to apply the required elements of both SPS and TBT for any food shipping container. The elements of this course are the critical elements for allowing or prohibiting an import

This course deals with the concepts and techniques used in the design and analysis of experiments. The concepts and different models of an experimental design will be studied, leading to their statistical analysis based on linear models and appropriate graphical methods. This course will provide knowledge and technical competence: an understanding of appropriate and relevant, fundamental and applied mathematical knowledge, methodologies and modern computational tools. In addition, the course will deal with Problem-solving in agriculture sectors

Adult education in agriculture, advanced issues in extension education, special problems in agriculture and extension education, issues and implications of agricultural biotechnology, experiential learning in agriculture, challenges of applying micro-economic and macroeconomic principles to practical situations.

Definition and importance, types of farming systems, the concept of sustainability in farming systems. Efficient farming system; natural resources (identification and management) production potential of different components of farming systems, interactions and mechanisms of different production factors; stability in different systems through research; eco-physiological approaches to intercropping; simulation models for intercropping; soil nutrients intercropping; preparation of different farming system models; evaluation of different farming systems; new concepts and approaches of farming systems, cropping systems, and organic farming; integrated pest management, integrated crop management (taking into account Good Agricultural Practices).

Definition a project, course concept and characteristics, of a projects, types of projects, project identification and initiation, project preparation, analysis and identification, project evaluation and selection, the scope of the project planning process and development, project control systems, negotiations and conflict resolution in projects, project implementation; monitoring and evaluation of projects. Project feasibility- market feasibility, technical feasibility, financial feasibility, and economic feasibility, social cost-benefit analysis, project risk analysis.