Agribusiness

Overview

The professional bachelor's degree in agribusiness prepares students for management and trade careers in agricultural value chains. It combines a solid grounding in agriculture with skills in economics, marketing, accounting and entrepreneurship.

Students learn to analyse a value chain, build a business plan and run a business that collects, processes or distributes agricultural products.

Objectives

• Understand how agricultural value chains are organised.
• Manage an agricultural business or cooperative.
• Market agricultural and food products.
• Design and finance an agricultural project.

Target skills

• Draw up a business plan and a forecast budget.
• Keep accounts and analyse the profitability of an activity.
• Carry out market research and define a sales strategy.
• Manage purchasing, stock and logistics.
• Negotiate with suppliers, customers and financial partners.

Curriculum

First year (S1-S2): general economics, introduction to agricultural production, financial mathematics, accounting, computing, communication skills.

Second year (S3-S4): value chain economics, agricultural marketing, production management, business law, statistics, food processing.

Third year (S5-S6): entrepreneurship, project design and financing, cooperative management, trade and logistics, professional internship and final dissertation.

Indicative curriculum: the distribution of courses may change from one academic year to the next.

Career opportunities

• Agricultural business or cooperative manager
• Agricultural product sales officer
• Agricultural loan officer
• Entrepreneur in processing or distribution
• Value chain project officer

Career outcomes also depend on internship experience and each student's career plans.