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Transforming Education and Training The Context of the Food System
Phnom Pehn, MI November 7, 2013
Education and Training
Workforce Development
Economic Development
Food System as a Case-in-Point*
Input companies
Farmers
Traders
Retailers
Consumers
Food companies
* From: KMPG International, 2013
Seeds
Fertilizer
Animal
health
Crops
Meat
Dairy Crops
Meat
Oils/meal
Biofuels
Bakery
Meat
Dairy
Snacks
Beverages
Hyper-
markets
Super-
market
Corner
shops
Urban
Rural
Changing Nature of the Food System
• A major industry in Cambodia and many developing countries
• Rapidly changing
• Shift from production to post-production industries
• Need to address challenges and threats to global food security
• Climate change, population growth, urbanization, increasing incomes
• Rising demand for access to information
• Creating need for new knowledge and skills among food system workers
Relationship of Education and Training to Workforce
Development
Labor Market NeedsA. current
B. next generation skills
Next Generation Agricultural Professionals
Improved Food System Performance
AET Institutions
C. Effective,responsive content
•curriculum • pedagogy
D. Sustainable AET institutions• financial management
• human resource management
• continuous quality assessessment
Change in Value Chain Influencing Workforce Demand
Legend:
Distribution
Packaging
Processing
Farming
Consumption
Public sector
(extension &
research)
Private sector(food
industries)
Past 40 years Next 40 years
Small employment
Large employment
Demand for AET Graduates
Relationship of Preparation and Supply of and Demand for
Skilled Workers Educational
Level
Ph.D
M.Sc.
B.Sc.
Vocational
Secondary
Primary
Legend:
AET Supply
of Skilled Workers
Demand for
Skilled Labor and Research
Informal Formal Private Sector Public Sector
= enrollment & employment pyramids(width at each educational level is proportional to enrollment)
Skilled labor & research
Communication & feedback
Curriculum adjustments
Two USAID Projects
• Global Center for Food Systems Innovation (GCFSI - MSU)
• Innovation for Agricultural Training and Education (InnovATE -
Virginia Tech)
GCFSI Lab
Michigan State University
• To find solutions to global food system challenges caused by:
• Climate change
• Population growth
• Rapid urbanization, and
• Skill gaps in the food systems value chain
GCFSI/Team 3
Focuses on the:1
• Human skill implications of ongoing food system transformations and threats to global food security
• Best approaches to producing those skills, and
• Institutional innovations that are needed if these skills are to be developed in an ongoing, sustainable fashion
Transforming Education and Training for the Food System
• Multi-sector involvement (Higher ed, VET, private sectors,
government, civil society)
• Participatory (local control and authority)
• Collaborative (working towards a common goal)
• Systems approach to change & transformation (all change part of
larger entity)
Nature of Change Needed to Address Evolving Skills in
Food System
• Interdisciplinary – multiple disciplines working together to address
emerging needs
• Inter-institutional – universities and vocational schools sharing
capacities
• International – countries developing policies to foster collaboration
in training programs