Agribusiness Finance and Risk Management Training 27 March 2017

Agribusiness Finance and Risk Management Training

INTRODUCTION

Agribusiness finance plays a key role in setting up an agribusiness enterprise being a major factor of production. Therefore; this training explores the use of specific management tools to improve decision-making within an agribusiness firm so as to ensure effective sourcing and application of financial resources.

Agricultural risk management on the other hand is fundamental as it determines the rate at which an enterprise is to thrive and even last in the market. The aims of this training is to help participants realize their long term organizational goals and objectives which are profit maximization which can only be achieved through cost minimization and output maximization.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the training, the learner will be able to:

  • Gain skills in agribusiness investment and agribusiness finance.
  • Understand how financial statements are constructed in the agricultural sector and the general rules of construction they follow.
  • Acquire skills in agribusiness lending.
  • Identify major agricultural credit risks alongside the other agribusiness risks.
  • Understand risk mitigation and management tools for agricultural investment risks.
  • Understand financial data and what it says about a firm’s condition and direction.
  • Acquire skills in capital budgeting, how cash budgets are used to determine process and how cash resources will be acquired and allocated over time by the agribusiness entity.

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