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From Farm to Export: Value Chains for Specialty Crops

Map a value chain, meet buyer requirements and prepare your first export shipment.

AgribusinessAdvancedGlobal/Online
A busy market stall stacked with sacks of specialty crops
Duration
10 weeks
Weekly hours
5 hours / week
Format
Online
Language
English
Certification
Professional Certificate

Overview

Understand how specialty crops move from farm gate to foreign buyer, where value is added and lost, and what paperwork, standards and contracts you need.

What you will learn

  • Map a specialty crop value chain
  • Identify buyer quality and food-safety standards
  • Prepare export documentation
  • Price for export with landed-cost math
  • Negotiate a simple supply contract
  • Plan logistics and cold chain
  • Build a traceability record

Modules

  • Actors and margins40 min
  • ⚑Map a chain you know120 min

Field assignment

Instructor

Sample instructor

Simone Thibodeaux-Grant

Agribusiness and Export Advisor · Global/Online

Simone, a Louisiana-born daughter of Haitian farmers, has spent two decades connecting Caribbean and African producers to specialty markets.

Value chainsExport complianceCooperative finance

Certification

Professional Certificate

Recognises applied, job-ready skills assessed through field work and a capstone.

Requirements to earn it

  • Complete all lessons
  • Submit every field assignment for mentor review
  • Pass a capstone project assessed by an instructor

Prerequisites

  • Agribusiness basics or business experience

Who this is for

  • Cooperative managers
  • Export coordinators
  • Agri-entrepreneurs

Next start: 16 February 2027

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Confirm enrollment

You are enrolling in “From Farm to Export: Value Chains for Specialty Crops”, starting 16 February 2027. You can leave the course at any time.

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