TY  - EJOUR
AB  - Improved crop varieties are a key output of agricultural research and have contributed to significantin-creases in agricultural production and productivity However, the benefitsfrom advances in plant breeding have often not reached the majority of poor farmers. This essay tackles the challenge of enhancing human capital development in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in order to enhance impact on food security and poverty reduction. Key changes in strategic planning, leadership, organizational alignment, talent and performance culture along with the need for new ways of thinking and action are outlined.
AU  - Donnet, M. Laura
AU  - Hellin, Jonathan
AU  - Riis-Jacobsen, Jens
DA  - 2012-06-14
DA  - 2012-06-14
DO  - IFAMR (ISSN #: 1559-2448)
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.129184
DO  - Other
DO  - doi
ED  - IFAMR,   IFAMA
ED  - editor
EP  - 103
EP  - 99
ID  - 129184
IS  - A
JF  - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
KW  - Agribusiness
KW  - Food Security and Poverty
KW  - Labor and Human Capital
KW  - Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
KW  - non-profit oganization
KW  - agricultural research
KW  - innovation
KW  - MasAgro.
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/129184/files/_18_%20Donnet4.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/129184/files/_18_%20Donnet4.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/129184/files/_18_%20Donnet4.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/129184/files/_18_%20Donnet4.pdf
N1  - This essay is one of 23 featured authors from around the world discussing the challenges and solutions to filling the global talent gap in agribusiness. www.ifama.org
N2  - Improved crop varieties are a key output of agricultural research and have contributed to significantin-creases in agricultural production and productivity However, the benefitsfrom advances in plant breeding have often not reached the majority of poor farmers. This essay tackles the challenge of enhancing human capital development in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in order to enhance impact on food security and poverty reduction. Key changes in strategic planning, leadership, organizational alignment, talent and performance culture along with the need for new ways of thinking and action are outlined.
PY  - 2012-06-14
PY  - 2012-06-14
SP  - 99
T1  - Linking Agricultural Research with the Agribusiness Community from a Pro-Poor Perspective: the Importance of Human Capital Development
TI  - Linking Agricultural Research with the Agribusiness Community from a Pro-Poor Perspective: the Importance of Human Capital Development
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/129184/files/_18_%20Donnet4.pdf
VL  - 15
Y1  - 2012-06-14
T2  - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
T2  - Volume 15
T2  - Special Issue A
ER  -