Unit of Study AGRC2008 Agricultural and Forest Value Chains (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

Exposes students to the general principles of marketing, highlights the unique challenges organics present in respect of meeting consumer expectations and explores the variety of strategies and technologies that are used to gain a competitive advantage in the market place.

Unit content

Introduction to the principles of marketing and the concept of value chains
Principles of domestic and foreign trade
Special challenges presented by organics
Processing and handling organics
Managing waste streams
Outlook for Australian products

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain the principles of product development and marketing in a forestry/agricultural context

evaluate the challenges and opportunities associated with domestic and foreign markets

describe and apply processes involved with product sorting for quality and target market

conduct life cycle assessment to develop strategies for reducing waste and recycling in a farm and/or forestry context.

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