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.
In order to build the capacity of Development professionals who are actively engaged in the Agriculture and food security activities in governmental and non-governmental organizations to support efforts in improving survival rates of Agribusinesses that currently have a high rate of failure, (I.e. 70 to 80 percent of new businesses end their operations in their first year. And of those that survive, only half remain in business after five years), 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.
The workshop offers intensive training that will enable the learner to know how to address these challenges. It focuses on the things entrepreneurs care most about, and that ultimately affect their bottom line: How to raise money, make money, save money and help others to do so.
DURATION
5 days
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for audiences working in governments, funding agencies, and research and non-government organizations for Emergency response and other 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 businesses 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 business operations
Know the causes of many business failures
Learn how to overcome pitfalls in businesses
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Definition of Entrepreneurship
Definition of Agribusiness Development
Key concepts in Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness
Developing one’s own Agri-business enterprise
Risk-taking i.e. working in uncertainty to achieve a goal.
Innovation
Persistency and resilience
Determination in patience
Competitiveness
Taking personal responsibility
Converting situations into opportunity.
Insights into unique entrepreneurs/entrepreneurship:
WHAT
HOW
- Apply to Financial Institutions
- Provisional Registration
- Obtain Licenses
- Apply for shed, Land, and Power, etc.
- Arrange your capital
- Plant Layout
- Construct shed
- Obtain utilities
- Order for raw materials supply etc.
- Recruitment and training of manpower
- Arrangements of sales network
- Train run/sales promotion technique
- Introduction of product
- Commercial production return.
Challenges faced by new Entrepreneurs
How to overcome hurdles and pitfalls faced by new business starters
Concept of an enabling business environment
How to enhance a fertile business climate
Entrepreneurial life cycle
Entrepreneurship and the economy
We are proud to offer this course in a variety of training formats to suit your needs.
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