Agribusiness This course can also be presented in-house for your company or via live on-line webinar

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1 Agribusiness This course can also be presented in-house for your company or via live on-line webinar The Banking and Corporate Finance Training Specialist

2 Course Content Day 1 Introduction to global agriculture, food and agricultural commodities Why does agriculture matter so much? Land and pricing Demography and Course food Overview production Environmental aspects of agricultural production Case Study: Country of your choice agriculture and its contribution to GDP The Green Revolution and its aftermath Food technologies Yield growth Varietal improvements Agricultural technologies Agricultural Commodities and markets The food chain The international Food Trade The State of Global Agriculture in 2018 Production and consumption of major agricultural commodities Agriculture and Public Policy Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Policy Government agricultural support programmes (eg EU CAP,USDA) International programmes and organizations Group discussion: agriculture and politics in Country of your choice - the crucial interface Case Study - Importing wheat to Region of your choice Case Study - The Institute for Rice Research in the Philippines do cassava and other commodities need an equivalent? Agriculture in Practice Managing a Farm Subsistence farming and its survival algorithms The family farm Production functions and profitability Farm Business Organization Whole Farm Planning Case Study: Agrimaster, farm software, and excel models for farm management compared and contrasted Farm lending and financing Case Studies: Region of your choice bank analysis of agribusiness lending opportunities Farm and Agribusiness Management in the Future

3 Marketing and Selling Agricultural Commodities Marketing agricultural commodities Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis Handling Agricultural Risk Contract farming how it works Agricultural commodity volatility history, underlying determinants and management (forwards, swaps, options and futures, exotics) Modelling risk sensitivity analysis, scenarios and Monte Carlo Case Study Derivative exchanges in Africa and the world how can Indonesian agribusiness hedge its risk? Day 2 International Agribusiness The Industry worldwide Size and scope Exporters and importers Vertical and horizontal integration Case Study: The country of your choice dairy industry Major commodity companies Case Study: Cargill, friend or foe? Smaller commodity trading companies and brokers Case Study: rice brokers worldwide Collaboration and M&A in global agribusiness Case Study: Glencore takeover strategies Investment appraisal and trading in agribusiness Project economics How to forecast agricultural cash flows Decision-making criteria (NPV, IRR, MIRR, etc) Accounting issues Environmental caveats Risk management issues Major exercise: Comparing investment opportunities in agribusiness Course Conclusion: The future of agribusiness Background of the Trainer The Trainer began his career with the MoD as a Soviet and East European analyst, specialising in foreign trade and economic modelling of the Warsaw Pact countries. He subsequently joined the

4 mainstream Civil Service fast stream, where he specialised in major privatisations and procurement at the time of the development of PFI. He then returned to economic analysis and became a divisional forecasting head for DRI McGraw-Hill. After having established a real estate forecasting service for DRI and subsequently worked on a range of derivative contracts for the London Commodity Exchange, in the 1990s he set up his own consultancy with a range of clients from the international property sector including banks and chartered surveyors. Course Summary Agribusiness, from farms through wholesalers and traders through to supermarkets, is experiencing a fundamental shift towards the importance of land and more commercialised farming operations, tighter supply chains, greater third party investment and fluctuating valuations. Never has there been a greater need for this course. With numerous topical case studies and exercises it is designed to build a comprehensive understanding of agricultural commodity markets, the production, distribution and marketing of agricultural commodities worldwide, agribusiness lending, trade, and investment and risk management. Redcliffe has provided in -house training for the following companies:

5 Tailored Learning All of our training courses can be tailored to suit your company s exact training needs. We will work closely with you to help develop a training programme with content that is unique for your organisation. Please us on enquiries@redcliffetraining.co.uk for more information E-Learning This course can also be presented as a bespoke e-learning programme created by you to fit your exact requirements. enquiries@redcliffetraining.co.uk +44 (0)