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Certificates focused on the global food system from production, distribution, economic, consumption, and policy perspectives.

Fall 2026

PRINCIPLES OF AGRIBUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP (PACE 560)

When: Friday, November 13th, 2026 | 1PM – 4PM

Description:
This course covers the applied entrepreneurship and some business skills needed to identify and create an opportunity in agribusiness. Students will be introduced to several Agribusiness skills – including Ag-economics, Ag-marketing, Ag-management and Ag-finance. This course will examine the following sub-topics – how to conceive new business ideas, how to evaluate the ideas, and how to turn the ideas into new ventures in Agriculture. Students will be encouraged to develop their own real business ideas, and they will be guided through to their execution. At the end of this course, students will present their new ideas.

Learning Outcomes:

• The basics of Ag-economics, Ag-marketing, Ag-management and Ag-finance
• Develop and evaluate new business ideas
• Turn business ideas into new ventures in Agriculture
• Understand Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Industry
• Instructor: Dr. Anthony Negbenebor, Assistant Vice President of Business Partnerships and Professor of Economics
• Where: GWU Campus, Boiling Springs, NC
• Cost: $99
• Credential: 3 CE credits from Â鶹Æƽâ°æ

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Instructor Bios

Dr. Anthony Negbenebor is Assistant Vice President for Business Development and Partnerships, Dean Emeritus and Dover Chair of Business at the Godbold College of Business, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ. He is also Professor of Economics and International Business, and Sam Walton Fellow and adviser to World Trade Club (WTC). Anthony received his Ph.D. from Mississippi State University. He completed summer studies on International relations at Universite De Paris (1), (Pantheon-Sorbonne) in Paris, France, and advance studies on Economic Development for Developing Nations at the London School of Economics, London, England.

Anthony is the current past President of ACBSP and Chair of Accreditation Governance Board. He has held several positions as Chair of the ACBSP Baccalaureate Board of Commissioners, Chair of ACBSP Marketing Committee, member of the ACBSP Board of Directors and is the ACBSP champion for Â鶹Æƽâ°æ, where he led the accreditation efforts for the Godbold College of Business. He also served as President of ACBSP Region 3 and as an evaluator and mentor to several schools both domestically and internationally. He has served in many regional and national ACBSP sub-committees. Anthony has also attended several ACBSP evaluation training and state and national Baldrige training sessions.

He has published in leading journals and also authored several books both in his discipline and out of discipline. He is an international consultant and speaker.