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Dear, Leaners

Welcome to this Course unit known as Introduction to Perennial Crops and Plantations. 

In this course unit, we shall cover the following: 

1. Types of perennial crops and their importance in East Africa. 2. Analyse the factors affecting their distribution in relation to East African environments. 3. Application of agronomic principles to the production of banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar cane, citrus, and other fruit crops within East African environments. 4. Lastly, cover the propagation, pruning, and grafting techniques as applied to these crops.

Due to standing measures put in place to fight COVID-19 a deadly viral disease, which has affected the entire world, our lectures will be purely virtual. So please adjust accordingly to fit in the NEW NORMAL. Let us not lose hope because in Isaiah 14: 27 (God tells us that; "His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back"). This implies that Our God will take through this storm and one life will come back to normal.

Be blessed!

This course introduces students to the principles and practices of Personal Financial Management, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed financial decisions throughout their lives. It emphasizes the importance of financial literacy in promoting responsible money management, financial independence, and long-term security.

Students will explore fundamental topics such as budgeting, saving, and expense control, as well as advanced areas including investing, credit and debt management, insurance, tax planning, retirement preparation, and emerging financial trends such as digital finance, and sustainable investments. The course combines theory with practical applications, providing real-life case studies, exercises, and simulations that enable learners to apply financial principles to personal and professional contexts.

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Develop personal budgets and savings plans.
• Apply strategies for managing credit, debt, and risk.
• Evaluate investment and insurance options.
• Plan for major life events and retirement.
• Adapt to the changing landscape of global and digital finance.

This course is essential for anyone seeking to build financial discipline, achieve financial independence, and contribute positively to society through responsible resource management.

Causes, principles and practices responsible for losses/wastage of agricultural products in the food systems are explained especially in the developing world context. The consequences of these losses to the agricultural value chains in terms of qualitative, quantitative, nutritional and socioeconomic losses are also discussed. Students are then introduced to various conventional and modern loss assessment and estimation techniques and their limitations. Through case studies and inclusive discussions mitigation technologies and innovations appropriate for zero losses in the developing world for different categories of agricultural commodities and corresponding food systems are studied with special emphasis on comparing advanced and developing country contexts. Consideration is made to discuss the interrelationship between the characteristics of the agricultural products and the facilities, equipment and markets in the respective agricultural product value chains as well as food systems.

The course will cover the following topics:

Introduction to development economics, economic growth and economic development, theories of development, challenges of economic development and education and development.  Others will include health and development, foreign aid and foreign capital as well as country experience in economic development.

This course is called POM. It will be lectured by Norbert Bandale assisted by Mr Asiku Kiiza.

Management simply means a specific process of planning, organizing, staffing directing and controlling the efforts of the people who are engaged in activities in a business organization in order to attain predetermined objective of such organizations.