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Financial Management for Agribusiness and Farming Enterprises

Farming and agribusiness ventures across Africa deal with seasonal cash flows, biological assets and weather driven risk that ordinary accounting struggles to capture. This course helps farm managers and agribusiness finance staff plan enterprise budgets, cost crops and livestock, and manage cash through the production cycle. Participants leave able to make sound investment and financing decisions in an unpredictable sector.

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What you will be able to do

  • Prepare enterprise budgets for crop and livestock operations.
  • Cost inputs, labour and machinery across the production cycle.
  • Manage seasonal cash flow and financing needs on the farm.
  • Value biological assets and produce for reporting purposes.
  • Assess the financial impact of yield, price and weather risk.
  • Evaluate investment in land, equipment and expansion.

Course outline

  1. 01Financial Realities of Agriculture
  2. 02Enterprise Budgeting for Crops and Livestock
  3. 03Costing Inputs, Labour and Machinery
  4. 04Seasonal Cash Flow and Financing
  5. 05Valuing Biological Assets and Produce
  6. 06Managing Yield, Price and Weather Risk
  7. 07Investment Decisions on the Farm

Who should attend

Farm managers, agribusiness owners, cooperative finance officers and lenders serving the agricultural sector.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Kampala3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Online3US$900Register
4 to 6 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000Register
11 to 13 Nov 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register
18 to 20 Nov 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
24 to 26 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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