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Agribusiness

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Agribusiness & Food Processing

Practical agricultural production, food processing, and packaging skills to support food security, employment, and agribusiness entrepreneurship in Lesotho and the SADC region.

Agribusiness & Food Processing Agribusiness & Food Processing

Executive Summary

Agribusiness, Food Processing, and Packaging focuses on hands-on agricultural production and value addition to support food security, employment, and agricultural industrial growth.

Programme Goals

  • Equip learners with practical agricultural and food processing skills
  • Develop agribusiness entrepreneurship and value-addition capacity
  • Promote climate-smart and environmentally responsible farming
  • Train students in poultry and livestock management

Career & Self-Employment Opportunities

  • Farm Management Assistant / Supervisor
  • Food Processing & Packaging Assistant / Supervisor
  • Livestock & Poultry Management Assistant
  • Own a farm, poultry, or livestock business
  • Food processing & packaging enterprise
  • Manure, fertilizers, and animal feeds business

Core Courses

  • Crop Production & Climate-Smart Agriculture
  • Animal Science, Beekeeping, Poultry Management
  • Food Processing, Packaging & Value Addition
  • Agribusiness Management & Marketing

Entry Level: Minimum Grade 7 or equivalent

Duration: 11–36 months + 11 months internship

Mode of Delivery: Partial Online | Full-Time | Part-Time | Block Release | WIL

Fees: M16,500 – M22,000 per year

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