This self-paced program offers a flexible learning experience with weekly mini-lectures and interactive discussions.
Course Structure:
- Weekly Modules: Each week focuses on a key aspect of value chain dynamics, delivered through concise and informative mini-lectures.
- Interactive Sessions: Engage with fellow learners through presentations and Q&A sessions on the weekly topic .
- Self-Paced Learning: Learn at your own pace within the flexible weekly timeframe.
- Capstone Project: Conclude the course by creating a [Podcast/Poster/Other Product] that demonstrates your understanding of value chain concepts.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify chain actors, supporters, and influencers along with their roles and create a value chain map.
- Explain data such as product volume, number of actors, selling prices, gross margins, and actors' shares.
- To understand the chain coordination, vulnerabilities, sustainability, information flow, quality, and gender issues.
- Describe the flow of information within and towards the chain and identify key issues in information systems.
- Discuss quality characteristics, factors affecting quality, and their relation to food prices.
- Define micro-economic parameters for agricultural enterprises of value chains.
Who is this course for?
- Mid-career Professionals in e.g., agriculture, Value chains development, development, business
- Professionals interested in understanding the complexities of agri-food chains.
- Those wanting to improve their knowledge of global trade and agricultural food chains.
e-Course Instructors:
- The e-course lead instructor will be Mr. Marco Verschuur, an expert in Sustainable Value Chain Development & Mr. Mehrab Marri (Coordinator)
Telephone +31 634344188 Mehrab.marri@hvhl.nl
Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (HVHL) reserves the right to make changes to a study program, teachers and content if this is necessary to achieve the result or in the event of force majeure.
