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Agribusiness Management

AREC 428
Closed
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Sabine Liebenehm
Assistant Professor
(2)
5
Timeline
  • September 27, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 8, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 22, 2020
    2 week check-in
  • November 5, 2020
    Midway check in
  • November 19, 2020
    6 week check in
  • December 3, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
3/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Agriculture, Food & beverage, Hospitality, Government, Environment, Trade & international business, Liquor, wine & spirits, Mining, forestry & fishery
Categories
Accounting Market research Operations Project management Product or service launch
Skills
business analytics economic analysis competitive analysis sales & marketing business strategy
Learner goals and capabilities

Are you looking for interested individuals to provide economic and business-related insights into your agricultural company?

Our 4th year BA students are eager to assess your agricultural practices on a variety of aspects. Students can provide a business analysis, that takes business management practices, as well as a range of different financial analyses and recommendations into account. All aspects of the student work will be tailored to the business issue as you have identified it.

If interested, you'll be taking on a group of students for a multi-week project.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
50 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The exact nature and scope of the deliverables will depend on your company's need and wants. Students in general will provide:

  • A detailed report, including analysis and recommendations
  • An executive presentation, outlining the high level findings
Project timeline
  • September 27, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 8, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 22, 2020
    2 week check-in
  • November 5, 2020
    Midway check in
  • November 19, 2020
    6 week check in
  • December 3, 2020
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students can work on a variety of topics. They have been trained to work on the following aspects of agribusiness:

  • Firm expansion
  • Corporate strategy and Stakeholder analysis
  • Investment analysis
  • International business
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Break even analysis
  • Sustainability

Previous examples of work completed include:

  • SWOT analyses of palm-oil agribusinesses in Indonesia
  • Porter's 5 forces for Canadian crop agribusinesses
  • Quantitative and qualitative risk analysis of a farming business
  • An investment analysis of a livestock enterprise
  • Supply chain analysis of an ag-tech startup and a vertical farm
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Companies should provide live firm data to students.

The dedicated contact should also be available for sporadic calls with the instructor.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.