What is the Certified Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Expert?

The Certified Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Expert is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Agriculture & Agribusiness.

How long does this certification take?

The programme takes 10 Weeks and can be completed self-paced or with live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications carry CPD credits and are internationally recognised.

What level is this certification?

This is a Intermediate Level certification.

Email info@certifications.ac, WhatsApp +254 722 223 084, or fill in the enrolment form on this page.

What is included in the fee?

All study materials, study guide, examination, digital certificate and badge. Live option adds tutor sessions and priority support.

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Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

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Foundations and Professional Context of Certified Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Expert

Certified Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Expert: industry context, trends and professional standards
The agricultural sector: systems, actors and global food value chains
Professional roles, ethics and standards for agricultural practitioners
Agroecological zones, farming systems and enterprise selection
Policy, institutions and the enabling environment for agriculture
Smallholder, commercial and cooperative production models
Gender, youth and social inclusion in agricultural development
The business case for productivity, quality and sustainability
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Career pathways and continuing professional development
Setting professional goals and a personal development plan

Cold Chain and Perishables

Cold chain and perishable produce logistics
Post-harvest loss and handling
Market access, buyers and contract farming
Contract farming, aggregation and out-grower schemes
Agribusiness marketing, branding and export readiness
Post-harvest handling, storage and loss reduction
Cooperatives, farmer organisations and collective bargaining
Farm records, bookkeeping and management accounting
Business planning and bankable proposal development
Water resources, catchment and on-farm water management
Irrigation systems: surface, sprinkler and drip design
Irrigation scheduling and water-use efficiency
Water harvesting, storage and conveyance
Farm power, machinery selection and utilisation
Mechanisation of land preparation, planting and harvest

Traceability and Market Access

Traceability, certification and export requirements
Grading, standards and food safety compliance
Market access, buyers and contract farming
Responsible use of agrochemicals and inputs
Animal welfare and ethical production
Cost-effectiveness and value-for-money analysis
Peer review and expert feedback
Crop physiology, growth stages and yield determinants
Cropping systems, rotations and intercropping
Seed selection, quality, treatment and certification
Planting, spacing, and crop establishment techniques
Integrated pest management (IPM) principles and practice
Disease identification, epidemiology and control
Weed ecology and integrated weed management
Plant nutrition, foliar feeding and micronutrients

Where the Losses Occur

Post-harvest loss and handling
Storage, drying and stock management
Harvest timing, maturity and yield assessment
Animal health, disease and biosecurity
Feed, fodder and livestock nutrition
Crop planning, rotation and the cropping calendar
Agribusiness models and strategy
Farm and enterprise business planning
Enterprise budgeting and gross margins
Agricultural finance and credit
Investment appraisal and risk
Entrepreneurship and start-ups in agriculture
Record-keeping and management accounting
Bankable proposal development
Cooperatives and collective enterprise

Drying, Storage and Safety

Storage, drying and stock management
Post-harvest loss and handling
Grading, standards and food safety compliance
Pesticide residues, MRLs and safe use
Cold chain, packaging and shelf-life management
Participatory rural appraisal and needs assessment
Demonstration, on-farm trials and technology transfer
Rural livelihoods, food security and nutrition
Soil health and fertility management
Crop nutrition and fertiliser use efficiency
Seed selection, varieties and seed systems
Integrated pest and disease management
Water management and irrigation practice
Climate-smart agriculture and seasonal risk
Livestock husbandry and productivity

Grades, Standards and Compliance

Grading, standards and food safety compliance
Traceability, certification and export requirements
Post-harvest loss and handling
Insurance and price-risk management
Value addition and processing decisions
Farmer organisation, aggregation and cooperatives
Farm profitability, costing and gross margins
Agricultural finance and credit for farmers
Input supply, agro-dealers and last-mile distribution
Agri-enterprise planning and farm records
Soil chemistry, pH and cation exchange capacity
Soil biology, organic matter and the soil microbiome
Soil testing, interpretation and fertility mapping
Nutrient management planning and the 4R framework
Organic, inorganic and biological fertiliser strategies

Processing and Value Addition

Value addition and processing decisions
Farm profitability, costing and gross margins
Market access, buyers and contract farming
Post-harvest handling and loss reduction
Storage, packaging and cold chain
Grades, standards and quality
Pricing and margin management
Marketing channels and promotion
Financial management and cash flow
Access to finance and de-risking
Digital marketplaces and e-commerce
Monitoring profitability and performance
Soil and water conservation and erosion control
Land preparation, tillage and conservation agriculture
Land-use planning, capability and degradation management

Ethics and Responsibility

Embedding responsible business
Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct in HR
Conflicts of interest and integrity
Ethical use of AI and analytics in HR
Corporate social responsibility and ESG
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Professional ethics and codes of conduct in HR
Ethics and duty of care
Professional ethics and duty of care
Legal and regulatory responsibility
Integrity in reporting and investigation
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Professional ethics in customer service
Responsible and ethical service
Ethics and integrity in banking

Trade and Export

Export readiness and standards
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
International and cross-border tax
Analytical techniques and bias
Global sourcing and trade
Expanding into regional and export markets
Transfer pricing and international tax
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Global and comparative HR contexts
Global sourcing and international trade
Risk treatment and countermeasures
Preparing financial statements

Enterprise and Innovation

Business model design and innovation
Emerging tools and innovation
Innovation and continuous delivery
Innovation and new product launch
Interpreting financial statements
Management accounts and dashboards
Scaling technologies and business models
Budget vs actual and variance
Forecasting and planning
Dairy, poultry, and small-ruminant enterprise management
Farm enterprise budgeting and gross-margin analysis
Supplier development and innovation
Emerging agri-tech and innovation adoption
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Innovation in service delivery

Strategy and Development

Message development and testing
Category management and strategy
Competitive bidding processes
Continuing professional development
Career pathways and professional development
Measuring development impact
Financial inclusion strategy
Strategic analysis: PESTLE, SWOT and Porter’s Five Forces
The learning and development profession
Learning strategy and business alignment
Feedback and developmental conversations
Brand and reputation as strategic assets
Growth strategy and demand generation
Measuring growth and transformation impact
Capstone scoping: a real growth or brand challenge

Learning and Adoption

Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Change and adoption in projects
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Data visualisation for finance
Complaint data and learning
Change management and adoption
Cognitive load and learning science
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Knowledge management and capability building
Presenting learning proposals and impact
Leading learning projects and change
Marketing and promoting learning

Inclusion and Equity

Financial inclusion and agency banking
The business case for diversity and inclusion
Team diversity and inclusion
Decision support and insight
Handling vulnerable customers
Public, private and non-profit governance
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Responsible and sustainable governance
Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Governance frameworks and codes
Regulatory change management
Communicating financial results

Agricultural Practice

Regenerative and conservation agriculture practices
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Attachment and developmental theory
Agricultural value chain analysis
Contract farming and out-grower schemes
Agro-processing and value addition
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Peer support and consultation
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Duty of care and risk management
Harvest timing, methods and quality optimisation
Livestock records, performance and productivity metrics
Agricultural finance, credit and investment appraisal

Markets and Value Chains

Partnering and co-creation with customers
Customer data platforms and segmentation
Market research design and methods
Customer experience and journey mapping
Competitive and market intelligence
Managing difficult customers
Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
Digital and market transformation
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Market systems and price discovery
Market linkages and aggregation
Know Your Customer and enhanced due diligence
Data protection and customer privacy
Data, analytics and customer insight
Customer segmentation and needs analysis

Agricultural Finance

Return on investment and impact
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
Financial statements and the accounting equation
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Ethics and professional standards in finance
The finance function and digital transformation
Financial strategy and capital allocation
Financial risk: credit, market, liquidity, operational
Corporate governance and the finance role
Board reporting and investor relations
Finance transformation and target operating models
Cloud finance and system integration
Cybersecurity and financial data protection
Continuous improvement of finance processes
Options appraisal and cost-benefit

Environment and Climate

Housing, welfare and environmental management
Infrastructure planning for water and mechanisation
Climate risk, forecasting and resilient practices
Water stewardship and drought management
Sustainability certification and standards
Sustainable and green banking
Control environment and risk assessment
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Record-keeping and data protection
The regulatory and legal environment
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Sustainability and climate responsibility
Environmental monitoring and reporting
Continuous environmental improvement
Integration with quality and environment

Standards, Risk and Compliance

Financial risk in projects
Risk identification and analysis
Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
Risk response and contingency
Integrated risk and quality control
Data quality and governance
Programme governance and assurance
Professional standards and ethics
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Governance of campaigns and spend
Managing price and discount governance
Quality assurance and standards
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise

Communities and Capability

Client feedback and satisfaction
Designing and facilitating groups
Leading groups and workshops
Capacity and resource optimisation
Capacity and performance management
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Corporate social responsibility and community impact
Evidence-based improvement
Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
Training and capability building
Customer and community engagement
Corporate responsibility and community
Reinsurance and capacity management
Capacity planning and line balancing
Microfinance and group lending

Projects and Delivery

Event risk, safety and contingency planning
The vehicle sales process from enquiry to delivery
Demand, master scheduling and material requirements planning
Projects and expansion: connecting the unserved
Range planning and category management
Mine planning and methods: surface and underground
Managing risk and difficult cases
Lessons learned and development
Media planning and buying
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
Leading service projects and change
Banking products, services and delivery channels
Leading banking projects and change
Transaction monitoring and suspicious reporting

Data, Records and Research

Data quality, analysis and reporting
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Portfolio of evidence and reflective practice
Data-driven decision support and analytics
Traceability, blockchain and digital records
Service analytics and dashboards
Text and interaction analytics
Data privacy and consent
Data analytics in audit
Evidence, judgement and scepticism
CRM, sales operations and data discipline
Qualitative and quantitative research
Psychoeducation and workshops
Baseline surveys and data collection tools
Data migration and cleansing

Technology in Agriculture

Digital and self-service transformation
Self-service and digital support
Customer service technology stack
Technology selection and integration
Emerging service technologies
Digital, mobile and internet banking
Digital disruption and the future of banking
Digital transformation in banking
Branch-to-digital migration
Digital banking platforms and APIs
Payment technology and switches
Ethics of technology in practice
Agile and digital transformation projects
Automation in project delivery
Emerging project technologies

Leadership and Management

Value and benefits management
Requirements gathering and management
Project management plan development
Earned value management
Procurement and contract management
Vendor selection and management
Issue and problem management
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Communication planning and management
Negotiation and conflict management
Escalation and decision-making
Sanctions screening and PEP management
Relationship management and cross-selling
Sales performance and pipeline management
Liquidity and funding management

Supply and Logistics

Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Procurement and contract value
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Public versus private procurement
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Supply market analysis and Porter’s forces
Fair trade and responsible supply
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Regulation of transport: authorities, conventions and licensing
Service quality and the passenger experience in transport

Operations and Quality

Outcome and process measures
Quality and delivery metrics
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Quality planning and assurance
Quality control and continuous improvement
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Quality management systems and audits
Journey and process redesign
Quality monitoring and coaching
Customer-centric operating models
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Reporting quality and governance
Designing an intervention or programme
Operational efficiency and productivity

Communication and Advisory

Toolbox talks and safety communication
Communicating vision and telling stories
Executive communication and presence
Cross-cultural communication
Risk registers and reporting
Tax provisioning and reporting
Proposal development and donor reporting
The media and telecommunications landscape
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Communicating with families and carers
Professional writing and reports
Psychoeducation and public communication
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions

Policy, Land and Legal

Contract types and risk allocation
Contract administration and variation
Contract performance and exit
Contract governance and compliance
Policy administration and customer service in insurance
Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
The retail landscape: formats, channels and the informal market
Subcontractor and supplier management
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Goal setting and contracting
Conflict resolution over land, water and resources
Contract exit and renewal
Health and safety legal duties
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Designing an HR intervention or policy

Health and Nutrition

Health records, data and confidentiality
Professional case study and presentation
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Customer and brand health metrics
Brand health and measurement
Herd and flock health planning and biosecurity
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Confidentiality and health data
Evidence-based practice
Cost and profitability analysis
Risk assessment and safety planning

Stakeholders and Partners

Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Stakeholder mapping and partnering
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Managing regulator relationships
The business partner and centre-of-excellence model
Stakeholder engagement and risk management
Categories of spend and stakeholders
Strategic customer relationships
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
The project environment and stakeholders
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Negotiation with clients and partners
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration

Labour and Workforce

Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Communicating risk to the workforce
Performance management systems and cycles
Theories and models of leadership and management
Corporate governance principles and purpose

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