Food Packaging

Food packaging is so important not only in value addition but also it ensures that food gets to the consumer in the best quality ever. It is important in
Transport.
Handling.
Weighing or counting.
Marketing that can include distribution.
Protection from contamination.
Containment and utilisation for example a bottle of drinking water.
Identification and advertising.

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10 unique jobs in Agribusiness

Have you ever wondered who ensures that the product you use is safe? Or perhaps the person who makes sure that the flavour of a snack is just right for your taste buds? Food companies have to hire people to do simple tasks yet so significant in marketing. These persons are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that a product reaches the final consumer in the right form . The consumers' needs and wants have to be satisfied as that are the end of the food value. These are the unique jobs that have to be performed.

A professional coffee taster.

Milking the bucks !

Cattle keeping is one of the most common form of animal husbandry in Kenya and all around the world. In Kenya it is practiced in arid and semiarid areas in form of pastoralism and ranching .It is also carried out in high and medium potential areas in closed housing structures.
Establishing a cattle farm can be costly . This is because the farmer has to take into account the cost of buying the animals, feeds, housing structures, vaccination, land and labour costs. The good news is that there is much for a farmer to gain after investing all that cash. The following will elaborate further.

Milk production.

Financing sources for an Agribusiness enterprise.

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One of the most common challenge for any start-up, if not an established Agribusiness, is finance. Finance enables one to acquire business assets and expand production scale. A farmer can simply source for funds to buy more livestock or tools.There are many vast financial options available especially now where there is increasing globalization .They include:

Banking on that banana

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In Africa, bananas are commonly grown in East Africa with Uganda (which is also known as the matoke land) taking the lead. India is said to be the leading producer worldwide(FAOSTAT-2012).

Agribusiness

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I am an Agribusiness student at The University of Nairobi, Kenya. Every now and then I get questioned on my area of study and why I choose it. Agribusiness management is relatively a new degree course. It came about due to the need of Agribusiness professionals in the value chain of Agricultural produce. So you may ask what exactly is Agribusiness and how is it relevant?

Academic courses in Agriculture

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Are you just from high school and wondering what is the next field of academics to pursue ? Well Agriculture has become quite a competitive field . This is why:

     The next breed of multi-millionaires will come from Agriculture.

Mobile Apps and your farm.

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ICT has become integrated into our lifestyles and almost every adult in the world owns a phone. Some of the most common phone apps are social media apps such as Facebook mobile app.They have changed the way people communicate, share information and market products. It has become a way of life. Applications too can be used to manage the farm. The apps enable a farmer to process information and provide invaluable information about market activities.Some of the farming apps include: 

The leather in thy skin

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$30000. That is the value of the most expensive leather shoe in the world. A House of Testoni design. A while ago I wrote a blog post on business ideas on which sale of hides and skins is listed.leather is a finished product of hides and skins. The hide will undergo several processes through tanning to become leather.In the University of Nairobi, a course on leather technology is offered. This came about due to the need of professionals in value addition of  skins and hides in Kenya.

Small-scale business ideas

Probably you may have thought of starting a business. You may have one or two ideas of a business venture to begin. Starting a business is not that easy but then it is not too hard. One may be a college student looking for a side hustle or an office worker looking for a way to make ends meet.  A business is a good way of investing money but most importantly it is a means of personal development. The following  business  ideas may give you a hint on where to start. Most of them require, relatively, little capital.