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Joint Master's Program Launched to Bring Latin American Rural Businesses Into International...

Byline: The Tropics Foundation

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two of the top graduate centers in Latin America are launching a joint master's program in international agribusiness management designed to train professionals who can initiate, successfully manage and advise businesses at all levels of the supply chain, from production to the consumer.

The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) and INCAE Business School, both headquartered in Costa Rica, created the master's program to increase the region's rural

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