AGRIBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND POLICY | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

ABM 3203

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 3

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

Academic Programs:

Bachelor Of Agribusiness Management

College:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

School:

School of Agricultural Sciences

Department:

Agribusiness & Natural Resource Economics

Course Discipline:

Agriculture

Course Description & Objectives:

Overview of Agribusiness environment and policy; Agribusiness internal environment – business organization, management and structural changes; Agribusiness external environment – political / government (legislature, executive and judiciary), political system, pressure groups, legal environment, socio – cultural environment, technological environment, effect of population growth and composition on agribusiness firms; Agribusiness immediate environment . Objectives:

To give students tools to use to analyse government policy interventions
To enable students to appreciate the range of possible government agribusiness sector interventions
To enable students to understand company policy / strategy development, analysis and implementation