Bachelor of Conservation Agriculture Honours

Description of the Qualification

This qualification of the program is train professionals in the agriculture sector to operate in a sustainable manner. This course will enable students to gain the specialized knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes necessary to contribute effectively and ethically to strategic decision making, opinion forming and operational management for the sustainable development of agricultural and food supply systems. The qualification will contribute to the national efforts of protection, well managed and sustainable utilization of natural resources, while maximizing agricultural productions. The qualification will further equip students with necessary skills, competence and practical strategies to be effective in managing our abundant natural resource while ensuring the sustainable development agenda. Students of this course can purse the following careers: agriculturalists, consultants, planners, activists, sustainability officers, managers, and scientists.

This course prepares participants to become managers of agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity and food security while preserving the environment. Conservation agriculture is a concept for resource-saving agricultural crop production aimed at achieving acceptable profits and high, sustained production levels while conserving the environment at the same time. Graduates can work in agriculture sector.

Admission / Entry Requirements

Students will be admitted to this qualification if they hold a Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) or Namibia Senior Secondary Advanced Subsidiary (NSSAS), or combination of both or equivalent qualification(s), with a minimum of 23 points in five (5) best subjects with minimum of D in English.

Or

A Certificate in Agriculture (NQF Level 5) or in related fields at NQF level 5. Students will also be admitted into this qualification through mature age entry as stipulated in GR 4.1.1 prior learning with 2 relevant years of experience in various fields of water and environment or related fields

Career opportunities

Employment opportunities may be found in the following public and private entities such as; Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform; Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources; Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development (a subsection on environmental/agricultural related); Ministry of Higher Education (subsection on research); GIZ, AgriBank; Banks (Green products); Namibia Commission of Research, Science and Technology;  International University of Management; UNAM; NUST;UNDP, Green schemes, and commercial farms.

Qualification structure