M.Sc (AgInnovation: Agricultural Innovation & Entrepreneurship)

Course Overview
This Master’s in AgInnovation course, a one-year distance education/blended learning entrepreneurship development programme, aims to fill the gap in terms of entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship skills for the agri-ecosystem in Ireland. Key stakeholders include micro, small, medium and large agri-companies as well as farmers. The aim of this course is to teach people how to identify areas for innovation specifically within the agri-domain, to create innovation-driven enterprises or to create new business units within an existing company. Particular consideration is given to helping students address:

• Challenges around commercializing innovations (ideas and technologies);
• Business constraints and guidelines (margins, CAGR, lifetime value, COCA, etc.);
• Other difficulties related to getting new agri-products to sizeable markets (“crossing the chasm”).