During the course, you will get familiar with business planning tools to ensure that (new) business ventures are based on sound business principles, and practice your skills and new-learned tools on actual cases.

Upon completion of the course you will:

• have become sensitive to imbalances within agrifood value chains and how these issues can be addressed;
• have strengthened your capacity to promote rural wealth creation;
• have strengthened your competence in the area of market access of microl entrepreneurs;
• have the ability to identify pro-poor, smallholder inclusive and/or gender-friendly agribusiness development opportunities;
• be able to apply the tools that support private sector driven innovations in agrifood value chains.

For more information and online application: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/centre-for-development-innovation/short-courses/Shortcourses2017/CDIcourse_rural_entrepreneurship_2017.htm

How to apply: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/centre-for-development-innovation/short-courses/how-to-apply.htm

More information on fellowships: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/centre-for-development-innovation/short-courses/scholarships.htm