{"id":241,"date":"2015-07-30T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emergingag.com\/?p=241"},"modified":"2015-07-30T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T15:00:27","slug":"talent-development-in-agriculture-growing-ambitions-for-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emergingag.com\/fr\/talent-development-in-agriculture-growing-ambitions-for-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Talent Development in Agriculture \u2013 Growing Ambitions for Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IAFN<\/a><\/p>\n

The third International Conference on Financing for Development<\/a> recently concluded in Addis Ababa with significant outcomes and much media exposure. The Addis Accord is supposed to be a stepping stone for a new global action agenda for financing sustainable development and a major contribution to the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in September in New York.<\/p>\n

One of our clients, the International Agri-Food Network (IAFN),<\/a> was hosting with five partners a side-event on Talent Development in Agriculture<\/a>. It was fascinating to see how central agriculture was during the entire conference in the Ethiopian capital. No less than 17 side-events focused on agriculture, food security, and nutrition took place over the course of the 4 days. For a detailed review of the Accord and the role of agriculture, please see my colleague Isabelle Coche\u2019s blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The side-event was moderated by Robson Mutandi, Country Programme Director, Angola & Mozambique at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In his opening remarks Mr Mutandi pointed at the role of agriculture as a force of economic growth representing close to 40% of the global workforce and as the world\u2019s largest provider of jobs. Agriculture employs over 1.3 billion people. \u201cTo transform agriculture into a more productive, sustainable, competitive, and efficient sector, demands modern knowledge and skill transfer to develop talent in agriculture\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n

The International Agri-Food Network shared its recently launched Call to Action on Talent Development<\/a>. Given the critical need to attract and train a new generation of farmers, farm leaders, agribusiness workers and managers, a coalition of interested partners have brought in front of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS)<\/a> a call to action \u201cGrowing Ambitions for Agricultural Professionals\u201d to define strategies for improving talent development systems in agriculture. The CFS will be holding a special event on October 15th<\/sup> in Rome on \u201cDeveloping the knowledge, skills and talent of youth to further food security and nutrition\u201d. This interactive discussion will bring <\/em>lessons learned and potential policy implications in how to develop the knowledge, skills and talent of youth. CFS is also encouraging youth to pitch their ideas for making agriculture more attractive to young talent through a new initiative, the CFS 42 Youth for Food Security and Nutrition (Y4FSN) Idea Incubator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of these events, the coalition developed its call to action and focused on 5 key areas<\/strong> that have been identified to work on progressive goals and innovative partnerships. The side-event\u2019s five speakers shared important messages related to the call to action, such as:<\/p>\n