AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Introduction: Definition: agriculture, business and the concept of food; the agricultural modernisation goal and agro industrial development. The current situation of agro industry in Ghana. A Systems Approach to Agro industrial Analysis: production chain linkages, macromicro policy linkages, institutional linkages, international linkages. Alternative analytical methodologies: Porter‘s value chain approach. Options in Agri food Business Organisation: basic concepts in organisational development, integration, differentiation, the co-operative system, outgrower schemes. Principles of Agro processing: the basic component activities of agro processing (Procurement, processing and marketing). The governance structure: Food safety and environment issues, laws and institutions in Ghana. Case Studies:- The management marketing and financing strategies in the: Egg Production Business, Chicken meat processing business, Palm Oil Processing business, Fruit Processing business, Grain processing business.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
- AGEX 414 — Sustainable Agricultural Value Chain Development
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).