To provide the country with qualified personnel who can work as agricultural economists and are competent in research, appraising, developing, managing and evaluating agricultural development programmes and projects towards the development of the agricultural sector, agricultural business and rural communities.
Qualifications in the programme
Core modules
- AECM111- Introduction to Agricultural Economics
- AEXM211- Fundamental Concepts of Agricultural Extension
- AEXM212- Communication and Agricultural Technology Transfer
- AECM311- Agricultural Micro-Economics
- AECM313- Agricultural Statistics for Research I
- AECM314- Farm Management and Accounting
- AECM315- Food Security Analysis
- AECM316- Agricultural Production Economics
- AECM321- Land Resource and Environmental Economics
- AECM321- Agricultural Macro-Economics
- AECM326- Agricultural Finance
- AECM327- Agricultural Trade
- AECM411- Agricultural Project Appraisal and Management
- AECM412- Research Project and Seminar I
- AECM413- Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics
- AECM414- Agricultural Statistics for Research II
- AECM415- Agribusiness Management
Career possibilities
Agricultural Economist
- Agribusiness Manager
- Agricultural Marketing Specialist
- Agricultural Policy Analyst
- Agricultural Finance Officer
- Farm Management Consultant
- Bank Consultant
- Market Analyst
- Data Analyst/Agricultural Statistician
- Research Scientist
- Academic
- Development Economist
- Agricultural Consultant
- International Trade Specialist
Agricultural Extension
- Agricultural Extension Officer
- Agricultural Advisor / Agricultural Consultant
- Rural Development Officer
- Agricultural Advisory Services Specialist
- Agricultural Research Extension Liaison Officer
- Digital/Agric Media Consultant
- Agricultural Researcher
BSc Agriculture with Agricultural Economics
Programme code: 2FD k01 N401M
Duration: 4 years
- APS: 26
- English level 4
- Mathematics level 4
- Technical Mathematics level 5
- Physical Sciences or Life Sciences level 4
Postgraduate options
MSc Agricultural Economics (2CG N01 N801M)
MSc Agricultural Extension (2CJ N01 N801M)
PhD Agricultural Economics (2EA R03 N901M)
PhD Agricultural Extension (2EA R04 N901M)