Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, continue to face insurmountable challenges in building and sustaining capacity for development... This paper reports on a preliminary exercise to examine training and its contribution to developing capacity in the Ministry of Food and Agricul...

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Main Authors: Babu, Suresh Chandra, Mensah, Raymond, Kolavalli, Shashidhara
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2007
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160172
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author Babu, Suresh Chandra
Mensah, Raymond
Kolavalli, Shashidhara
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description Developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, continue to face insurmountable challenges in building and sustaining capacity for development... This paper reports on a preliminary exercise to examine training and its contribution to developing capacity in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, as an input to developing a larger research and development agenda to strengthen the capacity of the ministry to effectively implement its strategies. The paper is structured as follows. A brief review of relevant issues is presented first. Then section, the authors describe how the study was done and offer the findings, followed by some implications for developing a strategic framework for capacity development in the last section.
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spelling CGSpace1601722025-11-06T05:04:03Z Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture Babu, Suresh Chandra Mensah, Raymond Kolavalli, Shashidhara capacity strengthening capacity development training agriculture Developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, continue to face insurmountable challenges in building and sustaining capacity for development... This paper reports on a preliminary exercise to examine training and its contribution to developing capacity in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, as an input to developing a larger research and development agenda to strengthen the capacity of the ministry to effectively implement its strategies. The paper is structured as follows. A brief review of relevant issues is presented first. Then section, the authors describe how the study was done and offer the findings, followed by some implications for developing a strategic framework for capacity development in the last section. 2007 2024-11-21T09:50:11Z 2024-11-21T09:50:11Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160172 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Babu, Suresh Chandra; Mensah, Raymond; Kolavalli, Shashi L. Does training strengthen capacity? Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture. GSSP Working Paper. 9. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160172
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Mensah, Raymond
Kolavalli, Shashidhara
Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
title Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
title_full Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
title_fullStr Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
title_short Does training strengthen capacity?: Lessons from capacity development in Ghana, Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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agriculture
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