KALINGA INSTITUTE INDUSTRIAL OF TECHNOLOGY DEEMED TO BE

UNIVERSITY, BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA

School of Rural Management

Course of Postgraduate: MBA (Agribusiness Management)

Level I, I Semester

TOPIC: QUIZS

PROFESSOR:
STUDENT:
V Venkatakrishnan
Armando Mateus Moiana

Mozambique, December 2021

 1. Identify the various development challenges by your country and provide suitable
suggestions on how to address them (10 marks)

Challenge Suggestions
Food security and Intensify the production of high protein foods, e.g.: soy, aquaculture products
Nutritional Design and implement social projects for rural regions.
Reaching Zero Design strategies and agrarian development policies on how to end hunger.
Hunger Monitor the implemented projects.
Provide incentives to small farmers.
Apply the knowledge of food biotechnology to produce food in all periods and thus avoiding
their seasonality.
Apply improved food production technology.
Ensuring the availability of food in all seasons.
Apply modernized irrigation systems and not rely solely on rainfall.
To apply the best methods of food conservation and processing.
One health Knowing that the health of man, environment and other animals are interconnected and
thus ensure the welfare of man, animal and the environment.
Take measures to prevent.
and control the occurrence of diseases whose transmission cycle can occur from man to
other animals and the environment or vice-verse.
Access to quality Investing more in the training of highly competent staff.
education and Improve education system and health system.
improved Build more classrooms, hospitals and health centers nationwide, especially in rural areas.
healthcare Ensure the existence and access to school materials, medical care and medication for all.
system
Inclusive Design and implement projects of access to education for all, regardless of race, color,
education disability, culture, religion, social class, political and partisan position
Potable water Implement projects of production, treatment, conservation and management of water.
Perform wastewater treatment and reuse.
Climate change Intensify and create an alert system for the population, and a monitoring system for
manager weather forecasting and climate change in the relevant entities.
Conduct risk assessment, analysis, management and communication to the population as
early as possible when disasters occur.
Design and implement projects aimed at ensuring environmental sustainability
Equitable Ensure that existing natural resources are distributed equitably.
distribution of Implement social projects looking at all stakeholders.
existing
natural resources
Trade nationally Implement value chains that enable the flow of products and trade domestically and
and Internationally.
internationally Improving access routes, such as bridges, roads and railway lines.
Implement programs that help traders avoid technical barriers to trade.
Food processing Do the development of new products to respond to market and consumer demand
Do the industrial processing of food as a way to extend its shelf life, diversify food, improve its
sensory characteristics, add its nutritional and commercial value, ensure the existence of food
in all seasons, ensure food security and nutritional.
Process food by going according to the special characteristics and specific needs for each
food group.
To make the reuse of by-products and waste generated in the food production chain as a
way to ensure economic, environmental and social sustainability.
Sanitation and the Build latrines and toilets for the population.
environment Open pits for sewage system.
Digging pits for rubbish or depositing rubbish in containers.
Recycle waste.
Implement systems for the treatment of liquid and solid waste, sewage treatment.
Definitive peace Putting down weapons and relying more on dialogue between the parties concerned.
Know and make use of the legislation that speaks about human rights.
Thinking of others.
Food sovereignty Design strategies that help people to produce, distribute and consume food, also controlling
the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution.
Fair prices in the Buying products at fair and transparent prices.
marketing of Avoid interference from intermediaries.
products Avoid the unnecessary application of tax tariffs.
Avoid price speculation.
Do not create a barrier to small traders.

2. Discuss about the problems faced by agriculture in your country and propose suitable
solutions (10 marks)

Problems
Post-harvest losses
Lack of food industry
Lack of appreciation of professionals trained in the
area of agricultural sciences and technology
Type of agriculture practiced that depends mostly
on rainfall (rainfed agriculture)
Poor management of implemented projects
Solutions
Use the knowledge of food science and
echnology to apply the best methods of food preservation
and processing according to its specific characteristics and
intended purposes.
Store food in appropriate and adequate places and
packaging.
Perform shelf-life monitoring of agricultural products
Perform industrial food processing.
Marketing agricultural products.
Implement hygiene programs and self-control systems
(quality management standards and food safety, food
legislation and codes of good practice) aimed at ensuring
the quality and food safety.
Implement good agricultural practices.
Continually train and educate producers along the food
production chain.
Do pest control.
Design long-term projects aimed at implementing more
food processing industries.
Value and provide incentives to professionals in the field of
agriculture.
Give fair salary, benefits and allowances that go according
to their effort, academic level and professional career
Open more places for these professionals to perform.
Put into practice the ideas of these professionals.
Investing in commercial agriculture.
Hire highly competent staff trained in agricultural project
management to work in this area
Carry out the feasibility study of projects to verify their
profitability.

Technical barriers to national and international trade
Lack of value chain for the disposal of agricultural
products
Lack of appropriate technology for production
Lack of pest and weed control programmer
Bad interference of intermediaries in the marketing
of agricultural products
The lack of trained and highly qualified personnel
Insecurity food and nutrition
Lack of technical assistance by extensionists in
primary production
Lack of irrigation system
Do the monitoring and evaluation of projects to be
implemented.
Train staff on good agricultural practices, good hygiene
and production practices, use of codes of good practice,
legislation and standards of national and international food
quality and safety systems to avoid technical barriers to
domestic and international trade.
Improve access roads and distribution and sales outlets
that facilitate the flow of agricultural products.
Investing in new modernized technologies to reduce labor
and streamlining and increasing production
Design and implement disease, pest and weed control
programs.
Apply sanction or penalty to intermediary hands.
Investing in the training of more professionals
To design and implement projects aimed at guaranteeing
the availability of food of sufficient quality and quantity to
all, in a permanent manner and encouraging correct and
healthy eating practices. Implying the dignified and integral
existence of the human person.
Provide continuous technical assistance to primary
producers.
Use irrigation system with motor pumps to not only depend
on rain.