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Interview with Debora van Zee - Netherlands

What made you choose the Mini MBA offered by Agribusiness Academy?

As a Nutrition and Sustainability consultant in the food industry with a more technical background, I was looking to increase my understanding of food supply chains from a business perspective. I wanted good quality, practical, flexible and affordable training to support me in this. The Agribusiness Academy Mini MBA in Sustainable Food Supply Chains ticked all the boxes.

What aspects of the learning did you find helpful for you?

The use of clear (business model) frameworks and relevant case studies, combined with high quality and often inspirational expert speakers. Also, there was the flexibility to get access to extra in dept. learning material (outside the core curriculum) on subjects of my choosing.

How effective was the personalised coaching and support offered to you during the program?

I found the personalized coaching one of the core strengths of the program. My coach supported my reflective learning, which really helped me to transfer the learning onto my day to day consulting business. Besides this A response to queries was always very prompt and my coach would always take the time to listen and reflect.

Are there any specific elements of the program that did not meet your expectations?

At the outset of the program I had hoped for a lot of discussion and connection with the international learner base of the Academy. This did not really happen at that time. However, in Agribusiness Academy programs I have joined since, the approach to community building has been changed and this shortcoming has been more than made up for!

How did the learning and certification help you in your career/business roadmap?

It really helped me to further increase my understanding of international food supply chains and what are the critical elements in a successful and sustainable business model. This in turn made me a better consultant as I am now able to really connect sustainability ambitions to the core business. In addition, since I have started learning at Agribusiness Academy my international network has increased and diversified to include a very broad representation of the global food value network.

Interview with Bassem Mouhammad - Syria

What made you choose the Mini MBA offered by Agribusiness Academy?

I choose Mini-MBA on sustainable food supply chains that offered by Agribusiness academy for several reasons as the following:

• The subject was relevant to my work experiences and background

• The delivering modality was suitable to manage my time between work and study

• The technical expertise that the academy has

I wanted to understand how I can move from value chains into the practicing the supply chains in the food sector and expand my professional network with colleagues and professionals in this sector

What aspects of the learning did you find helpful for you?  

I found the learning journey was very useful for me in term of delivering modality to understand and gain new acknowledge in the food sector, furthermore the technical contents were clear, precise and supportive with useful examples as well.  

How effective was the personalised coaching and support offered to you during the program?

The coaching and offered support were very good those tools helped to keep in track, getting feedback, and discuss the ways of improvement of the learning process in term of technical contents and learning modality  

Are there any specific elements of the program that did not meet your expectations?

I believe that the learning session were covered through the program in proper way according to the training subjects and proposed outcomes   

How did the learning and certification help you in your career roadmap?  

In this regards, the certification gave me the opportunities to improve my skills and scaling up my career level, I designed and implemented several training courses in the food supply chains for the rural women in Syria, through the gained technical skills, I supported those women to understand their supply chains and develop their differentiated value proposition for their services and products.   

“Agribusiness Academy is the future for empowering entrepreneurs in the food industry. Every course is targeted, the learning experience is very relevant and the systematic approach used will give you the tools to scale profitable and sustainable agri-enterprises. 

I have been involved in various areas of the food industry experiencing moderate gains since 2012, but it is the exposure to AA's approach that is really helping my team and I to scale our activities into long term success. Thank you for this great opportunity."

Keneil, Jamaica

“I’ve been really enjoying the learning process designed by the Agribusiness Academy. I really appreciate the opportunity to learn in a self-paced manner due to work commitments.

Whenever I can, I try to take part in live sessions and mentoring, which give very good insights into each topic. I think that this course benefits greatly from the involvement of lecturers who are also practitioners in their respective fields.”

Tatiana, USA