Skill Needs for Sustainable Agri-Food and Forestry Sectors (I): Assessment through European and National Focus Groups
Sustainability
; 14(15):9607, 2022.
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in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1994190
ABSTRACT
The agri-food and forestry sectors are under increasing pressure to adapt to climate change, consumer concern, technological and economic change, and complex global value chains. In turn, such challenges require that the necessary skills and competences are identified at various levels and within specific areas of the sectors. For that purpose, eleven focus groups in nine different EU-countries and two at EU-level were organized within the ERASMUS+ project “FIELDS” with the participation of farmers, cooperatives, agri-food companies, foresters, forest industries, advisors, and education providers to identify the skills needed in the agri-food and forestry sectors. The focus group participants identified business and strategic management skills, communication skills, and other skills related to sustainability, entrepreneurship, digital and soft skills to be most important for the agri-food and forestry sectors as a whole.
Environmental Studies; education; training; skill needs; farmers; food industry; forestry; focus groups; Climate change; Soft skills; Food; Communication; Entrepreneurs; Sustainability; Agribusiness; Agricultural cooperatives; COVID-19; Economic change; Sustainable agriculture; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Bibliometrics; Agricultural economics; Small & medium sized enterprises-SME; Workforce; Data collection; Communication skills; Agricultural production; Professionals; Strategic management
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Language:
English
Journal:
Sustainability
Year:
2022
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Article
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