Course Catalogue

Introduction to food security and food industry, Indicators of food security, The food industry, the rationale for investing on food and nutrition security, Food security vs food industry, cross cutting issues in food security and food industries, world food challenges and opportunities, Effects of food aid and policies on food security and food industries and Relevance of early warning systems on food security and industry.

Course Objective

• This course is to give learners an insight into how relevant food security is to the food industry.
• To equip students with knowledge of food policies 

Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the learner should be able:

• Explain the relevance of food security to the  food industries
• List strategies for quantitative and qualitative improvement of food supply
• Manage a food industry.

The course is intended to introduce students to Gender issues. We expect students to gain an understanding of the role of men and women in Agribusiness and the equality in sharing property and profits from businesses including the ability to break cultural barriers to women's development.
Course Objective

• The lecturers will discuss the role of gender in business growth and development, human rights, and labor laws that protect workers including women. 

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, learners should be able to:

• Briefly explain the historical perspectives of the gender movement
• Relate gender to human rights and business success
• Explain the relationship between gender and development 

This course exposes the student to the basic of principles and practice of agricultural extension education. It further explores Extension methods and Approaches, Role and use of audio-visual aids in extension, Extension programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, Extension Technical writing and reporting.
 

Course objectives

• To make learners appreciate the role of extension in rural development  
• To describe how to plan agricultural extension programs
• To describe how to transfer information to farmers and other categories of the population
• To enable learners execute and write reports on their work and advise agricultural enterprises

Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the learner should be able to:

• Understand the importance of extension as a tool for rural development
• Disseminate important knowledge and information relating to agribusiness
• Plan agricultural programmes, and execute and write reports.
• Advise entrepreneurs on agribusiness development and management.

The course covers an introduction to macroeconomics, economic growth and development, national income, determination of price levels under macroeconomic environment, money & banking, inflation, foreign exchange, labor economics, and unemployment. 

Course Objectives

• To create an understanding of the basic economic concepts, terminologies, and relationships.
• To provide learners with technical skills for the analysis and interpretation of economic phenomena and for rational decision-making.
• To provide the learners with the basic economic tools that will enable them to appreciate the economic systems of the world and how an economy works.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the learner should be able to;

• Describe key macroeconomic principles.
• Explain the methods for measuring national income.
• Explain the functions of money and the role of central and commercial banks.
• Discuss the causes of inflation and unemployment.

The course will help the learners to understand computer hardware and software and their functions in order to utilize them effectively. It covers introduction to computers, computer devices, applications and programming, operating systems, introduction to windows Utilities and the Microsoft applications.

Course Objectives

• To enable students, develop an understanding of the principles and theory behind computer applications.
• To develop skills in using the computer to collect, analyze and edit data.
• To manipulate, process, present and communicate information to the different actors and sectors.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course unit, the leaner should be able to:

• Define basic input and output devices for a computer.
• Use various computer software Applications and hard ware.
• Design and implement agricultural database.

This course introduces learners to the basic concepts in agribusiness management such as the role and organization of agribusiness in today’s changing world, its different components, challenges and relationships with other disciplines, financial management and budgetary control, decision-making process, strategic business management, operations and human resource management, it covers various management aspects of agricultural business entities, emerging trends in production and various changes in the agricultural business enterprises.
Course Objectives

• To introduce learners to the concepts of agribusiness management, human resources, and financial management.
• To equip learners with skills and techniques for planning, control, and decision-making.
• To update the students with the emerging trends and changes in business enterprises.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, learners should be able to:

• Explain the concept of agribusiness management.
• Appreciate the role of agribusiness management in an economy.
• Explain the financial management and control in agribusiness.
• Budget and make correct decisions for agribusiness enterprises.
• Describe marketing, operations and human resource management.

This course introduces students to the concept of agriculture and in particular factors that affect plant and animal distribution in the various agro-ecological zones and farming systems of Uganda. The course also provides basic knowledge on the roles of physiological parameters in relation to crop yield, the factors that influence the life span of crops, and provides means of improving upon crop yield.

Course Objectives

• To introduce students to the concepts of agriculture and agronomy.
• To explain the role of agriculture in economic development.
• To explain the different farming systems and agro-ecological zones of Uganda
• To explain the importance of physiological parameters in relation to crop yield
• To explain how to improve and optimize crop yields under given ecological conditions.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to;

• Describe the role of agriculture in economic development
• To describe the key principles and practices that must be followed for increased crop production
• Explain the different farming systems in Uganda and Africa in general and ways of identifying each
• Describe the different ecological zones of Uganda and factors that enable agro-ecological zoning
• Explain effects of climate on crop and livestock and livestock distribution
• Identify the different yield components for different crops
• Explain the factors that influence the life span of crops
• Use the different parameters  in measuring crop growth
• Modify growth of crops to improve yield

This course introduces learners to the basic principles and concepts of microeconomics. It covers introduction to economics, the theory of the firm, the theory of consumer behavior, types of business units, markets and market structures.

Course Objectives

• To create understanding of the basic economic concepts, terminologies and relationships.
• To provide learners with technical skills for the analysis and interpretation of economic phenomena and for rational decision making.
• To provide the learners with the basic economic tools that will enable them appreciate the economic systems of the world and how an economy works.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, learners should be able to:

• Define the basic economic concepts and terminologies.
• Describe the basic theories of the firm and consumer behaviour.
• Describe the various types of business units and market structures.