Skill Needs for Sustainable Agri-Food and Forestry Sectors (I): Assessment through European and National Focus Groups

Luis Mayor, Line F. Lindner, Christoph F. Knöbl, Ana Ramalho, Remigio Berruto, Francesca Sanna, Daniele Rossi, Camilla Tomao, Billy Goodburn, Concha Avila, Marg Leijdens, Katharina Stollewerk, Michael Bregler, Christos Koidis, Alexandre Morin, Vesna Miličić, Giulia Fadini, Jonas Lazaro-Mojica and Patrizia Busato
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Luis Mayor: ISEKI-Food Association, Impacthub Vienna, Lindengasse 56, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Line F. Lindner: ISEKI-Food Association, Impacthub Vienna, Lindengasse 56, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Christoph F. Knöbl: ISEKI-Food Association, Impacthub Vienna, Lindengasse 56, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Ana Ramalho: ISEKI-Food Association, Impacthub Vienna, Lindengasse 56, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Remigio Berruto: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Science (DISAFA), University of Turin Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Francesca Sanna: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Science (DISAFA), University of Turin Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Daniele Rossi: Confagricoltura, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 101, 00186 Roma, Italy
Camilla Tomao: Confagricoltura, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 101, 00186 Roma, Italy
Billy Goodburn: Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society, The Plunkett House, 84 Merrion Square, DO2 T882 Dublin, Ireland
Concha Avila: Federación Española de Industrias de Alimentación y Bebidas, Velázquez 64, 28001 Madrid, Spain
Marg Leijdens: AERES, Barnseweg 3, Postbus 331, 3770 AH Barneveld, The Netherlands
Katharina Stollewerk: Lebensmittelversuchsanstalt, Zaunergasse 1-3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Michael Bregler: Hohenheim Research Center for Bioeconomy, University of Hohenheim, Schloss Hohenheim 1, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Christos Koidis: Engineers for Business S.A., Doiranis 17, 54639 Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandre Morin: Association des Chambres d’Agriculture de l’Arc Atlantique, Maison de l’Agriculture, Rue P.A. Bobierre-La Géraudière, 44939 Nantes, France
Vesna Miličić: Gospodarska Zbornica Slovenije, Dimičeva ulica 13, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Giulia Fadini: Confederation of European Paper Industries, Avenue Louise, 250 Box 80, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Jonas Lazaro-Mojica: FoodDrinkEurope, Avenue des Nerviens 9-31, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Patrizia Busato: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Science (DISAFA), University of Turin Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-24

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.

Keywords: education; training; skill needs; farmers; food industry; forestry; focus groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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