Programme Name: |
PHD AGRIBUSINESS |
Programme Type: |
POSTGRADUATE |
Certificate Awarded: |
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN AGRIBUSINESS |
Department: |
DEPARTMENT OF AGRIBUSINESS |
About The Programme
The main objective of the PhD Agribusiness programme is to deepen the research capacity and analytical competencies of agribusiness professionals in the agribusiness sector.
Specifically, PhD Agribusiness programme seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- Emphasize independent, high-quality, and specialized research in order to enable agribusiness experts to contribute in-depth to the growth and development of the agribusiness sector.
- Equip students with skills and tools required to understand and facilitate policy formulation and implementation.
- Contribute to industry knowledge by facilitating quality research in agribusiness and related sectors.
Prospects for Graduates of PhD Agribusiness
Graduates of the programmes will be particularly useful in the under listed public, industry and academic fields:
Public Sector
- Teach in various tertiary training institutions such as Universities, Colleges of Education and Colleges of Agriculture
- Work as researchers in local and international institutions such as CSIR (Savannah Agricultural research institute, Cocoa research institute, Crop research institute, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute) etc., National Development Planning Commission, Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Ghana Statistical Service, (IFPRI), etc.
Private sector
- Local and International financial institutions such as the Agricultural Development Bank, Ghana Commercial Bank, the World Bank, the African Development and the International Finance Corporation, micro-finance institutions, investment and asset management institutions, etc
- Agro-based industries such as manufacturing and processing companies (Unilever, Cocoa processing company, Olam, AVNASH etc), production (e.g. Commercial poultry farms, high value horticultural export production value chain etc)
- Local and international NGOs with agricultural oriented projects such as the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) USAID ADVANCE, USAID FINGap, ACDI