Investing in agriculture human capital: Roles for the private sector
About 1.5 billion people, most of the world’s poor, live on small farms in developing countries. Improving livelihoods requires investing in their “agriculture human capital”: skills, abilities and knowledge, social and personal attributes and experience to enable them to farm productively and susta...
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| author | Franzel, Steven Davis, Kristin E. Gammelgaard, Johanna Preissing, John |
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| description | About 1.5 billion people, most of the world’s poor, live on small farms in developing countries. Improving livelihoods requires investing in their “agriculture human capital”: skills, abilities and knowledge, social and personal attributes and experience to enable them to farm productively and sustainably. These include technical agricultural skills in crops and livestock, business skills in marketing, records, as well as functional skills such as empowerment, leadership, and innovation. There is high demand for human capital development but public agencies often cannot provide it and smallholders cannot afford to pay for it. There is great need for it as agriculture becomes more commercial, information- and skill-intensive and climate change increases weather hazards. This brief aims to assess the private sector’s role in developing smallholder human capital, and the advantages, limitations and challenges of this involvement. It outlines how development agencies and governments can facilitate the private sector to increase investment. The brief concludes with recommendations on how development agencies and governments can support and facilitate private sector investment. The main providers of non-formal agricultural train ing are extension and advisory services (EAS), mainly government, private companies, NGOs and farmer organizations. Other providers include agricultural technical and vocational education and training centres, on-the-job training such as internships, and informal interaction between farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1402472025-11-06T07:05:58Z Investing in agriculture human capital: Roles for the private sector Franzel, Steven Davis, Kristin E. Gammelgaard, Johanna Preissing, John extension programmes weather hazards development investment agriculture smallholders private sector developing countries livelihoods poverty climate change About 1.5 billion people, most of the world’s poor, live on small farms in developing countries. Improving livelihoods requires investing in their “agriculture human capital”: skills, abilities and knowledge, social and personal attributes and experience to enable them to farm productively and sustainably. These include technical agricultural skills in crops and livestock, business skills in marketing, records, as well as functional skills such as empowerment, leadership, and innovation. There is high demand for human capital development but public agencies often cannot provide it and smallholders cannot afford to pay for it. There is great need for it as agriculture becomes more commercial, information- and skill-intensive and climate change increases weather hazards. This brief aims to assess the private sector’s role in developing smallholder human capital, and the advantages, limitations and challenges of this involvement. It outlines how development agencies and governments can facilitate the private sector to increase investment. The brief concludes with recommendations on how development agencies and governments can support and facilitate private sector investment. The main providers of non-formal agricultural train ing are extension and advisory services (EAS), mainly government, private companies, NGOs and farmer organizations. Other providers include agricultural technical and vocational education and training centres, on-the-job training such as internships, and informal interaction between farmers. 2023-03-28 2024-03-14T12:09:10Z 2024-03-14T12:09:10Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140247 en https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7126en https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7134en https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6534en https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2747en Open Access application/pdf Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations International Food Policy Research Institute Franzel, Steven. 2023. Investing in agriculture human capital: Roles for the private sector. Investing Brief. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4370en. |
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| title | Investing in agriculture human capital: Roles for the private sector |
| title_full | Investing in agriculture human capital: Roles for the private sector |
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