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Agriculture & Food Systems
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Agricultural Technology and Food Systems

Sensors, mechanisation, storage and logistics applied to the yield and post-harvest losses that decide whether farming pays.

BSc (Hons)Campus4 years (incl. co-op)Intake August 2027
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Employment thesis

What this programme is designed to produce

Forward publishes the destination of every programme before you enrol. If the thesis stops holding, the programme is reviewed and, where necessary, retired. Next review: 2031.

Roles

  • Agricultural technology specialist
  • Farm systems and operations manager
  • Post-harvest and processing engineer
  • Agri value-chain analyst

Employer types

  • Commercial farms and estates
  • Agro-processors
  • Agri-input and equipment firms
  • Development programmes and cooperatives

Target outcomes we hold ourselves to

  • 80% in a named role or farming venture within 6 months
  • Measured yield or loss improvement on one real operation
  • 100% completing 12 months paid co-op

Compulsory · The Forward Core

How the Core works →

Every Forward programme, including this one, carries the same five cross-cutting requirements. They are graded, not optional.

  • AI Fluency
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Ethics and African Context
  • Human-Advantage Skills
  • Enterprise

Includes 12 months paid work-integrated learning

Placement across one production season and one processing operation. Read the co-op commitment

Am I eligible?

Check yourself against the published requirements

7 questions written specifically for Agricultural Technology and Food Systems. Every answer is checked against a requirement Forward has published, and the result tells you which page that requirement comes from. Indicative only, the admissions office decides on your full file.

Question 1 of 70%

What is the highest qualification you hold or are completing?

Requirement tested: A completed upper-secondary qualification (UACE, A-level, IB, high-school diploma or recognised equivalent), or a post-secondary award.

Structure

How the 4 years run

  1. 01

    Year 1

    Foundations and Forward Core

    • Soil, crop and water science
    • Data and instrumentation
    • Forward Core
  2. 02

    Year 2

    Technology and processing

    • Precision agriculture
    • Mechanisation
    • Post-harvest systems
  3. 03

    Year 3

    Co-op

    • 12 months paid work-integrated learning
    • Full production season
    • Assessed employer review
  4. 04

    Year 4

    Capstone and enterprise

    • Operations capstone with measured outcome
    • Value-chain economics
    • Forward Core: enterprise