What is the Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst?

The Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Procurement & Supply Chain.

How long does this certification take?

The programme is 10 Weeks and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Intermediate Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

You can enrol by emailing info@certifications.ac, contacting us via WhatsApp at +254 722 223 084, or filling the enrolment form below.

Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst in Tanzania

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

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Foundations and Professional Context of Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst

Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst: 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

Livestock in the System

Value addition and processing decisions
Feed, fodder and livestock nutrition
Animal health, disease and biosecurity
Cold chain and perishable produce logistics
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
Equipment maintenance, safety and cost management
Appropriate and small-scale mechanisation technologies
Infrastructure planning for water and mechanisation
Precision agriculture principles and site-specific management
Farm management information systems and data platforms
Variable-rate application and yield mapping

Harvest and Post-Harvest

Harvest timing, maturity and yield assessment
Post-harvest loss and handling
Storage, drying and stock management
Dairy, poultry, and small-ruminant enterprise management
Livestock records, performance and productivity metrics
Animal welfare standards and ethical husbandry
Farm enterprise budgeting and gross-margin analysis
Agricultural finance, credit and investment appraisal
Cost of production, pricing and profitability
Agricultural value chains and market linkages
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

Markets, Margins and Records

Market access, buyers and contract farming
Farm profitability, costing and gross margins
Agri-enterprise planning and farm records
Integrated pest and disease management
Water management and irrigation practice
Climate-smart agriculture and seasonal risk
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

Finance, Inputs and Organisation

Agricultural finance and credit for farmers
Input supply, agro-dealers and last-mile distribution
Farmer organisation, aggregation and cooperatives
Climate risk, forecasting and resilient practices
Water stewardship and drought management
Good Agricultural and Handling Practices along the chain
Grades, standards and export certification (GlobalG.A.P.)
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

Soil, Nutrition and Establishment

Soil health and fertility management
Crop nutrition and fertiliser use efficiency
Seed selection, varieties and seed systems
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
Harvest timing, methods and quality optimisation
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and field record-keeping
Livestock species, breeds and selection criteria
Animal nutrition, ration formulation and feeding systems
Breeding, reproduction and genetic improvement
Housing, welfare and environmental management

Protecting and Watering the Crop

Integrated pest and disease management
Water management and irrigation practice
Climate-smart agriculture and seasonal risk
Land-use planning, capability and degradation management
Liming, amendments and rehabilitation of degraded soils
Professional writing: reports, proposals and briefs
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
Herd and flock health planning and biosecurity
Common diseases, prevention and veterinary basics
Pasture, forage and rangeland management

Leadership and Management

Change management in finance
Capstone scoping: a real financial problem or decision
Recommendations and decision support
Reporting quality and earnings management risks
Management reporting and decision support
Capital structure and financing decisions
Working capital management and the cash cycle
Cash flow forecasting and liquidity management
Receivables, payables and inventory management
Financial risk management and derivatives
Pricing, contribution and product decisions
Category management and strategy development
Data quality and master data management
Security governance and management systems
Key account management

Supply and Logistics

Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Management accounts and dashboards
Cost and profitability analysis
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Forecasting and planning
Supply market analysis
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
Public versus private procurement
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Sustainable procurement principles and standards

Operations and Quality

The vehicle sales process from enquiry to delivery
In-process quality control and inspection
Industrial utilities, energy and process safety interfaces
Data visualisation for finance
Energy efficiency and demand management
Mineral processing and beneficiation
Quality management on site: inspections, hold points and defects
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Reporting quality and governance
Decision support and insight
Outcome and process measures
Agro-processing and value addition
Grades, standards and quality
Journey and process redesign
Quality monitoring and coaching

Communication and Advisory

Stakeholder communications
Ethics in communications
Communications strategy and planning
Internal communications
Corporate social responsibility communications
Presentation and public speaking
Professional report and presentation
Metrics and reporting
Voice, communication and delivery
Financial reporting standards (IFRS/GAAP)
Disclosure, notes and integrated reporting
Professional presentation and pitching
Reporting to leadership
Media and public communication
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills

Policy, Land and Legal

Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Goal setting and contracting
Traceability, certification and export requirements
Land preparation, tillage and conservation agriculture
Conflict resolution over land, water and resources
Advocacy and policy engagement
Land rights, tenure and equitable resource use
Sustainability certification and standards
Contract farming and out-grower schemes
The regulatory landscape and central banking
Contract law and formation
The media and telecommunications landscape
Contract exit and renewal
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
The regulatory and legal environment

Health and Nutrition

Health records, data and confidentiality
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
Communicating financial results
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Health, safety and compliance in delivery
Customer and brand health metrics
Brand health and measurement
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Confidentiality and health data
Attachment and developmental theory
Health and safety legal duties
Absence, capability and ill-health management
Leadership impact and organisational health metrics
Forecasting and pipeline health

Stakeholders and Partners

Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Relationship management and cross-selling
Wealth, SME and corporate relationships
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Innovation and fintech partnerships
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Stakeholder rights and fair treatment
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Stakeholder identification and analysis

Labour and Workforce

Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Employer branding and employee value proposition (EVP)
Data protection and employee privacy
Belonging, culture and employee resource groups
Future of work and workforce transformation
Customer (employee/manager) satisfaction

Ethics and Responsibility

Ethical principles and codes of practice
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Ethics of technology in practice
Professional ethics and responsibility (PMI)
Professional standards and ethics
Marketing and sales ethics
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Corporate responsibility and community
Ethics and treating customers fairly in insurance
Regulation, ethics and misinformation in media and telecoms

Enterprise and Innovation

Innovation and fintech collaboration
Enterprise risk management in banks
Supplier development and innovation
Business model design and innovation
Emerging tools and innovation
Innovation and continuous delivery
Innovation and new product launch
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Peer support and consultation
Scaling technologies and business models
Duty of care and risk management
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Emerging agri-tech and innovation adoption
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Innovation in service delivery

Strategy and Development

Sustainability strategy and materiality
Leadership and management development
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Organisation development principles and practice
Communication strategy in change programmes
Competency framework development
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks
Vision, mission and strategic intent
Competitive strategy and positioning
Setting strategic priorities and choices
Aligning teams around strategy
Key account management strategy
Competitive and market intelligence
Translating insight into strategy
Organic, inorganic and biological fertiliser strategies

Learning and Adoption

Change and adoption in projects
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Client feedback and satisfaction
Complaint data and learning
Change management and adoption
Cognitive load and learning science
The learning and development profession
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning
Knowledge management and capability building
Benchmarking and best-practice adoption
Continuous improvement and learning organisations
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability

Inclusion and Equity

Brand strategy, identity and equity
Managing risk and difficult cases
Handling vulnerable customers
Brand equity and positioning
Financial inclusion and agency banking
Financial inclusion strategy
The business case for diversity and inclusion
Team diversity and inclusion
Cost, feasibility and impact analysis
Customer experience strategy
Personas and needs analysis
Lessons learned and development

Agricultural Practice

Regenerative and conservation agriculture practices
Psychoeducation and workshops
Agricultural value chain analysis
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Grading, standards and food safety compliance
Soil chemistry, pH and cation exchange capacity
Designing an intervention or programme
Professional case study and presentation
Risk assessment and safety planning
Treatment planning and review
Managing complexity and comorbidity
Workplace and organisational contexts
Change talk and readiness

Markets and Value Chains

Customer and journey analysis
De-escalation and difficult customers
Customer journey mapping
Voice of the customer programmes
Reducing customer effort
Customer effort and sentiment analysis
CRM systems and customer data
Customer service technology stack
Social media customer care
Unified customer view
Customer loyalty and advocacy
Building a customer-centric culture
Designing voice-of-customer programmes
Customer lifetime value
Voice of the customer to the business

Agricultural Finance

SME lending and value-chain finance
Microfinance and group lending
Impact, blended and concessional finance
Digital credit and alternative data
Total cost of ownership
Investment principles and objectives
Alternative investments
Ration formulation and least-cost feeding
The role of finance in organisations and value creation
Return on investment and impact
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
Preparing financial statements
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Budget vs actual and variance

Environment and Climate

Continuous environmental improvement
Integration with quality and environment
Sustainability and responsible sourcing
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
Sustainability reporting and disclosure
Embedding sustainability in sourcing
Non-revenue water, metering and cost recovery
Mine water, tailings and environmental management
Integrated and sustainability reporting
The project environment and stakeholders
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Sustainability standards (GRI, ISSB)
Goal setting and action planning
Sustainability and environmental duty
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)

Standards, Risk and Compliance

Governance of service standards
Governance of the CX programme
Regulatory and fair-treatment obligations
Corporate governance in banks
Regulatory duty and accountability
Risk, compliance and feasibility analysis
Credit risk measurement and mitigation
Liquidity risk and asset-liability management
Operational risk and resilience
Habit change and behaviour design
Model risk and provisioning (IFRS 9)
Project governance frameworks
Compliance and regulatory projects
Leading project governance
Financial risk in projects

Communities and Capability

Training needs analysis
Reinsurance and capacity management
Capacity planning and line balancing
Accountability and follow-through
Designing and facilitating groups
Leading groups and workshops
Capacity and resource optimisation
Capacity and performance management
Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
Training and capability building
Team leadership in sales and marketing
Wellbeing and resilience coaching

Projects and Delivery

Account planning and whitespace analysis
Leading campaigns and sales projects
Monitoring and evaluation with data
Nutrient management planning and the 4R framework
Team leadership in field and project settings
Implementation planning and risk management
HACCP principles and prerequisite programmes
Monitoring profitability and performance
Loyalty programmes and rewards
Leading service projects and change
Banking products, services and delivery channels
Driving measurable delivery improvement
Developing the project business case
Realising and measuring project value
Capstone scoping: a real project or programme

Data, Records and Research

Analytical techniques and bias
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Measuring coaching outcomes
Record-keeping and data protection
Evidence-based improvement
Evidence-based practice
Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Strengths, flow and engagement
Meaning, purpose and values
Project data, reporting and analytics
Predictive safety analytics
Sales analytics and metrics
Comparable sales analysis and market evidence
Measurement and analytics for media and social campaigns

Technology in Agriculture

Digital and market transformation
Traceability, blockchain and digital records
Digital marketplaces and e-commerce
Digital and self-service transformation
Self-service and digital support
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
Agile and digital transformation projects
Automation in project delivery
Emerging project technologies
Digital disruption and modern go-to-market

Professional Leadership Practice

Issue and problem management
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Communication planning and management
Negotiation and conflict management
Team leadership and motivation
Project management software and tools
Portfolio and resource management systems
Document and configuration management
Programme management principles
Portfolio management and prioritisation
Value management and business value
Project management maturity assessment
Value and benefits management
Requirements gathering and management
Earned value management

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CASCA certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with FAO Good Agricultural Practices, GlobalG.A.P. and recognised agricultural and extension standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CASCA?

This certification is ideal for Agronomists and Farm Managers, Agricultural Extension and Advisory Officers, Agribusiness and Value-Chain Professionals and Cooperative and Rural Development Practitioners, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in crop and livestock production, agribusiness management and sustainable farming systems with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CASCA certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 10 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CASCA internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CASCA certification?

The Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 349 and Live Virtual at USD 549. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CASCA certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CASCA?

The Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CASCA?

The Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CASCA while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CASCA?

Graduates progress towards senior agronomy, farm management and agribusiness leadership roles. The CASCA strengthens your expertise in crop and livestock production, agribusiness management and sustainable farming systems and positions you for advancement across agribusinesses, cooperatives, NGOs, research institutions and government agencies.

Certified Agricultural Supply Chain Analyst