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Objective of the Module
The objective pursued in the context of this module is to teach students how to analyze in a systematic and comprehensive way a given agribusiness and regional situation, as well as to define in a participatory process the agribusiness development strategy and the measures to be taken. It will also make it possible to express early agricultural needs and ensure a regionally coordinated approach with other territorial claims.
Content: Introduction on the school of agricultural entrepreneurship, how to make profit in agriculture, know the units to know his resources, manage his farm for enough food, exit and entry of money, find out if you are doing good business, make decisions in agribusiness, seize opportunities to diversify your farming activities for more income throughout the year, how to make a agribusiness enterprise more competitive, how to manage farm business capital throughout the year, how to get good financial services in agribusiness.
Why is agricultural planning timely? What is agricultural and regional planning? To whom is regional planning useful? Examples of Successful Applications, how does regional planning work? Who gives the mandate of a regional planning? How does regional planning relate to the projects and plans that triggered it? What are the factors leading to success?
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed the module, students should be able to:
Define and organize agribusiness, and describe the major farming systems found in Rwanda and elsewhere in the world;
Understand the principles of agribusiness management, environment and regional agricultural planning
Use approaches of systems analysis to analyse to undertake new business in agriculture
Describe the major uses of different low external inputs technologies (Animal manure, compost, rotation, improved fallowing, biomass transfer and Alley Cropping) in relation to direct benefits
The following textbooks are recommended for reading:
Francis, C.A., 1986. Multiple cropping Systems. MacMillan Publishing Company. New York, USA. Pp 1 to 82 and 133 to 183
McIntire, J., Bourzat, D. and Pingali, P. (1992) Crop-livestock Interaction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, USA. The World Bank. 245pp.
Mowo, G.J, Shem, M.N, Kanuya, N.L, Njeru, R. and Nyagahungu, I. 2006. Integrated Watershed Management. Appropriate Approach to Natural Resource Management in Rwanda. ISAR, Kigali Rwanda
Joyce, L.M., Okigbo, B.N. 1986. Understanding Africa’s Rural Households and Farming Systems. Westview Press, USA.