The Human Capital Issue: Ensuring the Future of Food and Agribusiness

Mary Shelman and Aidan J. Connolly

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2012, vol. 15, issue A, 2

Abstract: As the world’s oldest profession, agriculture has historically been a family-based and deeply local way of life, and the people in agribusiness industries are assumed to be traditional and resistant to evolution. Moreover, agribusinesses are generally defined in a manner that emphasizes their place in the food production chain: dairy farmer, feed manufacturer, integrated food company, etc. Yet contemporary agribusiness is sophisticated and dynamic, with change being driven by rapid advances in technology, communications and globalization.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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