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Indian agriculture faces numerous challenges with rapidly changing
business environment, pace of technological change, globalization,
competitive environment and changing role of government. These
challenges will place unparalleled demands on the capabilities
of tomorrow’s managers. IIMA is one of the few management schools
in the world, which offers Post Graduate Programme in Agribusiness
Management (PGP-ABM) to prepare managers, business leaders and
entrepreneurs in food and agribusiness sector to respond to the
challenges faced by the sector. The institute's commitment and
expertise in agribusiness sector dates back from its inception
when the institute had accepted managerial issues related to undermanaged
and socially important sectors – particularly food and agriculture
- as part of its thrust area.
The Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM)
is a full-time two year residential programme specially designed
to prepare students for careers in management related to agriculture,
food, agri-business, rural and allied sectors of the economy.
What makes this sector-specific programme special compared to
many other agribusiness management programmes is that it is firmly
rooted in IIMA's "management" culture and proficiency
as opposed to either technical or economic-based backgrounds and
cultures present in other programmes.
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main objective of the programme is to develop young men and
women as competent professional managers for agriculture, food,
rural, and allied sectors. The programme caters to the needs
of enterprises serving these sectors, both domestic and international.
The programme specifically attempts to:
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Equip students with requisite knowledge, skills,
and attitudes for managerial decision making and implementation
in the unique context of agri enterprises; |
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Encourage entrepreneurial spirit in students to make
them effective change agents in the agri enterprise sector;
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Develop in students capabilities to become leaders and
nurture in them a commitment for integrity and ethics informed
by social purpose. |
The programme prepares students for managerial and entrepreneurial
careers in enterprises serving or dependent on agriculture and
allied sectors.
These enterprises may be engaged in activities such as:
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Production and Marketing of Inputs such as
seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery and equipment,
livestock feed, irrigation, and credit; |
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Production, Procurement, Processing, and Marketing of
Output such as agriculture (includes crops, livestock,
fisheries, forestry, agro forestry, horticulture, dairying)
marketing, agro processing, and food processing; |
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Providing Services to Agriculture such as export and import,
rural banking, financing agri projects, insurance, logistics,
water management, research and development, and rural energy. |
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