The aim of the programme is to build the capacity of students to be able to manage and evaluate agricultural projects. The programme is for a duration of two academic years (2 years) organize during regular academic year session hosted by the Department of Agricultural and Food Economics.

The specific objectives of the MPhil Agricultural Project Management and Policy are to:

1. train graduate students to acquire the theoretical concepts and approaches to managing agricultural programmes, projects and policies
2. build the capacity of graduate students to acquire analytical and research skills to be able to evaluate agricultural projects, programmes and policies
3. train students to acquire the professional knowledge, ethics and values require in agricultural project management
4. train student to acquire advanced and applied academic knowledge to enable them to teach in agricultural training institutions.

Employment Prospects of Graduates       
Graduates of the MPhil Agricultural Project Management and Policy programme may find employment as: 

1. Agricultural Project or Policy Development Officers
2. Agricultural Project or Policy Managers
3. Agricultural Management Research Officers
4. Agricultural Policy Analysts
5. Agricultural Policy Researchers or Lecturers
6. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officers

The institutions or agencies or organizations graduates can work in include

1. NGOs and International Organizations: Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), USAID, International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Rice Research Institute, Wienco Ghana Limited, AGRIMAT; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA), African Continental Free Trade Area (AfTCA) 
2. Corporate Institutions: Commercial Banks, Microfinance Institutes, Venture Capitals, Insurance Companies, Mining Companies etc.
3. Crop Research Institute; COCOBOD; Universities, Agricultural Colleges, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI); Savannah Agricultural Institute (SARI), Animal Research Institute, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI), Bank of Ghana etc 
4. Graduates of the programme can also establish their own consultancies and or become agripreneurs along the agribusiness value chain.