Agribusiness skills ii questions.

His Excellence Mr. Kassim Majaliwa argued that, “One of the contributing factors for poor uptake of agricultural research findings in Tanzania is due to wrong communication pathways employed by Extension Staff”. Do you agree? Justify your answer with relevant examples.

1. Brifly explain what it means by: fertilizers, pestcides, fungicides, acarcides and herbicides.
2. Management of both horticultural and fiel crops requires fertilizers,pesticides, fungicides as well as herbicides. Mention any five inputs that you know in each category mentioned above.

The District Commissioner of Kilolo district considers introducing fish farming in the district so as to improve both income and nutrition of Kilolo residents. Suppose you are contracted as a consultant to undertake feasibility study of this project, which ten important aspects will you take into consideration? Each mentioned item should be clearly explained.

Briefly discuss the major five decision making techniques that a successful manager uses in operations.

A curriculum vitae (CV) is an essential marketing document that advertises a job applicant to the prospective employer. A job applicant should never underestimate its significance, since failure to prepare a comprehensive CV may mean the difference between getting to the job interview stage and going straight to the rejection pile. In light of the above statement please explain major steps in preparation of a comprehensive CV.

Write short notes on the following concepts

1. Agribusiness
2. Market intelligence
3. Standards
4. Break-even analysis
5. Niche markets

Explain what you understand by the term SWOT analysis and discuss how it can be used in marketing plan.

Pricing strategy is an important part of the marketing strategy. What are the basic things to consider during agricultural product price assessment?

Setting a product price is both a FORWARED and a BACKWARD analytical process. Discuss this statement.

Direct marketing simply means that the business  is marketing products directly to the consumer . DIscuss various ways in which agricultural firms can undertake direct marketing.