Event: Promoting Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Development Course

Venue: Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya.

Event Date: 04th -08th December 2017.

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INTRODUCTION
Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Development are the best hope for reviving weak world economies. Entrepreneurs cannot do it alone; they need an enabling environment in which their business can grow. This course is designed to give insights into the basic requirements for increasing the level of entrepreneurship in communities at local and national levels.
This training is important in building the capacity of development professionals who are actively engaged in the agriculture and food security activities in governmental and non-governmental organizations. The skills to be acquired would be key in supporting efforts in improving survival rates of agribusinesses. This one-week course will provide hands-on training in entrepreneurship and agribusiness development and the application of knowledge to decision making in entrepreneurship and agribusiness development, planning and management.

DURATION
5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for audiences working in governments, funding agencies, and research and non-government organizations for agricultural development programmes. It is also suitable for business owners and representatives from organizations that support entrepreneurship and/or seek to enable an environment in which agribusinesses can flourish.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will:
• Understand the basic concepts of Entrepreneurship and Agriculture Development
• Learn the basic requirements for agribusiness operations
• Know the causes of agribusiness failures
• Learn how to overcome pitfalls in agro businesses

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
• Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• Introduction to Agribusiness Development
• Key concepts in Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Development
• Developing one’s own Agri-business enterprise
• Risk taking, innovation, persistency/resilience and determination in patience when running agribusinesses
• Competitiveness in agribusiness.
• Taking personal responsibility
• Converting situations into opportunity.
• Insights into unique entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship:
• Challenges faced by new agro Entrepreneurs
• How to overcome hurdles and pitfalls faced by new agribusiness starters
• Concept of an enabling agribusiness environment
• How to enhance a fertile agribusiness climate
• Agro Entrepreneurial life cycle
• Agro Entrepreneurship and the economy

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