Agro-Processing & Agricultural Value Chain Development
An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Agro-Processing & Agricultural Value Chain Development

Project Design, Market Structuring and Competitive Positioning for Value-Added Agri-Industries

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
02 - 06 Nov 2026 Accra $ 5,950
05 - 09 Apr 2027 Kuala Lumpur $ 5,950
30 Aug - 03 Sep 2027 Manila $ 5,950
01 - 05 Nov 2027 Accra $ 5,950

Introduction

Africa loses the bulk of its agricultural value because it exports raw and imports processed. AfCFTA changes that equation. Special agro-industrial processing zones, integrated agro-industrial parks and large-scale processing investments across the continent are reshaping the picture. Across Asia, palm oil derivatives, coffee, sugar and rice, dairy and grain processing are absorbing record investment. The Middle East is building processing capacity through industrial zones and food-cluster strategies in the Gulf and North Africa.

This GLOMACS Agro-Processing & Agricultural Value Chain Development training course covers the full life cycle of agro-processing project development: value chain analysis, market sizing, feasibility, technology selection, financing, operations and exit. It is built for the people doing this work in practice — processor founders and CEOs, FMCG project leads, industrial-zone authority planners, and the project finance teams who back them.

Objectives

By the end of this Agro-Processing & Agricultural Value Chain Development training course, delegates will be able to:

  • Apply Porter's value chain analysis to specific agro-processing opportunities
  • Conduct feasibility analysis for an agro-processing facility across market, technical, financial and regulatory dimensions
  • Select processing technology appropriate to commodity, scale and energy availability
  • Structure agro-processing investments as project finance, equity and development-finance-co-financed deals
  • Design backward-integration strategies linking processors to smallholder and large-farm suppliers
  • Apply HACCP, ISO 22000 and export-market certifications to processing operations
  • Use industrial-park, special economic zone and free-zone frameworks as platform structures
  • Plan an agro-processing operation including labour, energy, water and waste systems

Training Methodology

An applied Agro-Processing & Agricultural Value Chain Development training course combining value chain analysis with feasibility-study methodology. The trainer adapts content delivery to the commodity and geographical focus of the delegate cohort.

Who should Attend?

This GLOMACS Agro-Processing & Agricultural Value Chain Development training course is built for:

  • Agro-processor founders, CEOs, COOs and operations directors
  • FMCG and food manufacturing strategy and project leads
  • Industrial development zone authorities and economic planners
  • Project finance and infrastructure investors in agro-industrial assets
  • Development finance and donor programme managers funding value chain interventions
  • Agribusiness consultancy and advisory professionals
  • Government investment promotion and trade officers
Course Outline
Day 1

The Agro-Processing Opportunity

  • Why agro-processing is the highest-return agribusiness asset class right now
  • The structural shift from raw exports to processed exports
  • AfCFTA, EU duty regimes and Asian regional trade as demand drivers
  • Industrial development zones as platforms: special agro-industrial processing zones, industrial cities, integrated agro-parks
  • Reading an agricultural value chain: where margin concentrates and where it leaks
Day 2

Market Sizing and Demand Analysis

  • Market sizing for processed agri products: top-down and bottom-up methods
  • Demand drivers: dietary transition, urbanisation, export markets, regional trade
  • Competitive landscape mapping: import substitution and export competition
  • Pricing analysis and margin benchmarking
  • Channel structure: B2B industrial, B2C retail, food service and export
Day 3

Technical Feasibility and Technology Selection

  • Process flow design from raw input to finished product
  • Technology selection by commodity: dairy, oil, grain, fruit, vegetable, fish, meat
  • Scale economics and equipment sourcing decisions
  • Utilities: energy, water, steam, refrigeration and waste
  • Food safety and quality systems: HACCP, ISO 22000, BRC and FSSC 22000
Day 4

Financial Modelling and Investment Structuring

  • The agro-processing financial model: capex, opex, working capital, ramp-up
  • Sensitivity analysis: input price, output price, capacity utilisation
  • Capital structure: equity, project finance debt, development finance debt, blended finance
  • Risk allocation: input supply, market, regulatory, technology
  • Government incentives: tax holidays, capital grants, land allocation
Day 5

Backward Integration, Operations and Implementation

  • Backward integration: smallholder sourcing, contract farming, vertical integration
  • Out-grower programmes and the social licence to operate
  • Operational planning: workforce, training, productivity benchmarks
  • Sustainability operations: water reuse, energy efficiency, waste valorisation
  • Implementation roadmap: pre-feasibility, FEED, EPC, commissioning, ramp-up
Certificates
  • Upon successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates. Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Providers

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NASBA
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