Agriculture Programme Aims The Bachelor of Agriculture will enable students to acquire cognitive/intellectual skills, practical skills and key transferable skills. They will be able to apply these skills in
solving agricultural related problems that face the Namibian agriculture and commercial/ communal farming sector. The Bachelor of Agriculture Honours specialises in Sustainable Agriculture or Agribusiness Management and aims to consolidate and deepen the knowledge and skills of students in the main cognate area of learning, as well as developing their capacity to conduct supervised research of an applied nature.
Chapter 13 | Training
Candidates will be considered for admission to the Master of Agribusiness Management if they have a Bachelor of Agricultural Management Honours from the Polytechnic of Namibia, or an equivalent qualification at NQF level 8 from a recognised institution that includes a component of supervised research, Applicants need to provide evidence of having completed Econometrics at NQF level 8.
The Master of Agricultural Management address the knowledge needs of high level specialist and managers who can provide practical solutions to agribusiness management related problems in Namibia and beyond.
Curriculum Bachelor of Agriculture Honours First year semester 1 Research Methodology; Contemporary Agribusiness Management; Natural Resource Economics; Dryland Permaculture; Design Applied Econometrics for Agriculture
First year semester 2 Mini-thesis; Sustainable Animal Production Systems Sustainable Plant Production System; Agricultural Policies; Agricultural Trade Analysis
Master of Agribusiness Management
Curriculum
First year semester 1
Bachelor of Agriculture
Advanced Research Methodology; Agribusiness Management Analysis; Production Economics
First year semester 1 Introduction to Chemistry; Computer User Skills; Introduction to Mathematics; Language in Practice;
First year semester 2 Advanced Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis; Agricultural Supply Chain Management; Project Design; Planning and Management
Introduction to General Biology
Second year semester 3 and 4
First year semester 2
Thesis
Agricultural Mechanisation; Agricultural Economics; Rangeland Science; Agricultural Statistics; Soil Science; English in Practice
Candidates must be medically and physically fit for field work, which forms an integral part of the programme.
Second year semester 3 Information Competence; Small Ruminant Husbandry; Rangeland Management; Large Ruminant; Husbandry; Agronomy; English for Academic Purposes.
Second year semester 4 Agricultural Land Management; Horticulture; Animal Health; Basic Research Methodology; Agricultural Extension; NonRuminant Husbandry
Third year semester 5 Work Integrated Learning (WIL)
Third year semester 6 Contemporary Issues; Agroecology; Agribusiness Management; Financial Management (Agriculture) IV; Food Science and Technology; Rural Development Sociology
For more information For inquires on programme related Issues:
Contact:
Neriene Hoebes Faculty Officer Telephone (061)2072963 Fax (061)2072 1143 E-mail: nhoebes@polytechnic.edu.na
Contact:
Salomo Mbai Head of department Telephone: (061) 2072 1 94 E-mail: smbai@polytechnic.edu.na
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