Agribusiness Technology
Edgecombe Community College
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Campus location
Rocky Mount, USA
Languages
English
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Earliest start date
Sep 2023
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Introduction
Agribusiness Technology prepares individuals to manage agricultural businesses and agriculturally-related operations within diversified corporations. Potential coursework includes instruction in agriculture, agricultural specialization, business management, accounting, finance, marketing, planning, human resources management, and other managerial responsibilities.
These curricula are designed to provide the entrepreneurial and technical skills necessary to manage a profitable, environmentally sound, community-based small farm or agricultural business. The objective is the development of a workforce knowledgeable in sustainable agriculture practices.
Students will learn the fundamentals of agriculture, focusing on crop production and business. Emphasis is placed on entrepreneurial and field training. Students will also learn the basic principles of our economic system and government policies and programs relating to agriculture.