infoDev is glad to announce the availability of a new training course for

professionals looking to use business incubation to enable the start-up

and growth of innovative agribusiness enterprises in developing countries.

This course is a specialized component of infoDev’s Business Incubation

Management Training Program.

The Agribusiness Incubation training course has been designed as an

effective “how to” course for business incubator managers and stakeholders

interested in designing a new agribusiness incubator or strengthening an

existing one.

The training course was developed on the basis of infoDev’s Global Good

Practice Assessment on Agribusiness Incubation, and the inputs of infoDev’s

growing community of practice on the same topic.

The course outlines the challenges associated with incubation in the

agricultural sector specifically; provides an overview of the various types

of agribusiness incubator models that can be pursued and what outcomes

can be expected; and it also engages participants in a discussion on

critical success factors for the establishment and operations of agribusiness

incubators. Concepts are illustrated by practical examples drawn from

agribusiness incubator failures and successes, and a set of templates

for various aspects of the agribusiness incubation planning process and

operations are included.

The aim is to empower agribusiness incubation stakeholders to successfully

develop an effective innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem where

innovative agribusiness entrepreneurs can flourish.

This training course was made possible due to the generous contribution of

the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in the framework of the “Creating

Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy” program.

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Agribusiness Incubation TraininginfoDev to offer new, specialized training module for business incubator management

PROVIDING SERVICES What Can Agribusiness

Incubators Provide?

Advice on strategy, management, operations, marketing and technology

Access to market linkages, technology, finance, equipment and facilities Guidance on regulatory requirements, quality and safety standards

ADDING VALUE Successful Agribusiness Incubators

Enable entrepreneurs to successfully establish and grow their businesses Help entrepreneurs manage risks associated with agricultural products Increase coordination between actors within target value chains Create demonstration cases that catalyze new

business start-ups.

For more information on this program, please visit infoDev’s Agribusiness Program at www.infodev.org/agribusiness or contact us by email at info@infodev.org. For more information on the World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development program, visit www.worldbank.org/ard. To join infoDev’s Agribusiness Global Community of Practice, please e-mail idisc@infodev.org.

infoDev’s Training Program at a Glance

infoDev (www.infodev.org) is a research, capacity building and advisory services program, coordinated and served by an expert Secretariat hosted by the Financial and Private Sector Development Department of the World Bank Group. It helps developing countries and their international partners enable the start-up and growth of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises for inclusive economic growth and sustainable development. infoDev is a leader in business incubation of technology-en-abled enterprises. infoDev’s global business incubation network reaches hundreds of business incubators and more than 20,000 small and medium enterprises, and has helped create over 270,000 jobs across 100+ developing countries.

infoDev’s Business Incubation Management Training Program draws from lessons, models, and examples in business incubation from across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean. It consists of 11 training modules ranging from basic introductory topics designed for professionals who are new to business incubation, to specialized topics such as Technology Commercialization.

 

Stand  Alone  Modules  

These  modules  are  for  incubation  managers  

dealing  with  high  tech  or  looking  at  extending  their  service  offering  

 

Module  10-­‐  Technology  Commercialization    through  Incubation    Module    11-­‐  Setting  up  Virtual  Services      Module  12-­‐  Agribusiness  Incubation      

 

Don’t  need  to  be  done  

sequentially  

 

More  Experienced  

These  modules  are  for  incubation  

managers  and  their  staff  

 

Module  4-­‐  Marketing  and  Stakeholder  Management    Module  6-­‐  Managing  the  Incubation        Module  7-­‐  Monitoring,  Evaluating  and  Benchmarking        Module  8-­‐  Implementing  a  Mentoring  Program  

 

Don’t  need  to  be  done  sequentially  

 

Less  Experienced  

These  modules  are  for  incubation  practitioners  who  are  “beginners”  or  incubation  stakeholders    

 

Module  1-­‐  Business  Incubation  Definitions  and  Principles      Module    2-­‐  Business  Incubation  Models,  Including  Success  Factors        Module  3-­‐  Planning  an  Incubator      

 

Suggested  to  be  done  

sequentially  

 

Module  5-­‐  Financing  an  Incubator        Module  9-­‐  Deals  and  Financing  for  Incubator  Clients      

Suggested  to  be  done  

sequentially