@article{Martens:6972,
      recid = {6972},
      author = {Martens, Corry and McLean, Scott},
      title = {Agricultural Leadership Development: Insights and  Experiences from Canada},
      address = {2002},
      number = {1026-2016-82003},
      series = {Conference Papers},
      pages = {14},
      year = {2002},
      abstract = {In Canada, agriculture and its related industries are  undergoing rapid and significant changes. Among the many  issues facing farmers and other agri-business people are  the development of biotechnologies, the decline of on-farm  and rural populations, the
emergence of new public  policies, concerns over food safety, globalisation of  markets,
sensitivity to environmental issues, and the  influence of regional and global trade
agreements. Given  the complexity of these issues, and the distinctiveness of  various
regions, sectors and commodities produced in  Canada, there is a need for national
agricultural leaders  who understand the issues, and have the skills and networks  to
construct effective responses to those issues.
The  Canadian Farm Business Management Council has supported the  development and
pilot testing of a national leadership  development program known as Canadian
Agriculture Lifetime  Leadership (CALL). CALL is a two-year program that selects  men
and women with demonstrated leadership potential and  commitment to the agricultural
industry, and provides those  men and women with an opportunity to become more
effective  leaders. In addition to CALL, Ontario and New Brunswick  have provincial
leadership development programs targeted to  agriculture. This paper introduces the
context of  agricultural leadership development programs in Canada. It  then provides a short review of the CALL program and its  provincial counterpart in Ontario. Based on this review,  and on the perspectives provided by program graduates, a  vision for the future of agricultural leadership programs  in Canada is presented.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6972},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.6972},
}