Human Capital Development in Agribusiness
Global Networks, Global Perspectives and Global Talent
Twenty-Three Essays on the Development of Human Capital in Agribusiness
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Editor's Introduction to Special Issue
The Human Capital Issue: Ensuring the Future of Food and Agribusiness
Mary Shelman*, IFAMA President, Boston, USA and Aidan J. Connolly*, Vice President, Alltech, Dublin, Ireland
Chapter 1. Human Capital in Agribusiness: Challenges and Opportunities
Take Action Now to Attract the Next Generation of Agricultural Leaders
Hugh Grant, Chairman, President & CEO, Monsanto, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Where are the Future Farmers to Grow Our Food?
Hans Jöhr*, Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestlé Vevey, Switzerland
Winning the War for Talent
Gregory J. Duerksen*, CEO, Kincannon & Reed, Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
The People Question: Creating Global Advantage through Global Talent Initiatives
T.P. Lyons, CEO, Alltech, Lexington, Kentucky and Aidan J. Connolly*, Vice President, Alltech, Dublin, Ireland
Chapter 2. Attracting, Developing and Maintaining Talent
Agribusiness: A Great Career Opportunity for Talented People
Vikram Puri, CEO, Mahindra ShubhLabh Services Ltd. Mumbai, India
Doing More with Less in a Rapidly Changing Discipline: Smaller Agribusiness Faculties Teaching More Students
Joshua D. Detre, Assist. Prof. LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Michael A. Gunderson, Asst. Prof. UF, Gainesville, Florida, USA
A Dynamic and Flexible Undergraduate Curriculum: Preparing Agribusiness Students for a Continually Changing Agricultural Sector
Sean Hurley, Assoc. Prof., and Xiaowei Cai, Asst. Prof., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
The Doctoral Program of the French Ministry of Agriculture: An Institutional and Individual Win-Win
Jean-Joseph Cadilhon, French Ministry of Agriculture, Montreuil-sous-bois, France
Human Capital Development for the Management of F&A in India
B.S. Sudarshan Rao, Managing Partner, Food & Agribusiness Management Consulting, Bangalore, India
Achieving Corporate Learning Excellence
Martijn F. L. Rademakers, Managing Director, Center for Strategy & Leadership Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Chapter 3. Human Capital Development in a Global Industry
Powerful Diversity: Fueling Excellence through Ethnically Diverse Teams
Ernesto Brovelli, Senior Manager, Horticulture, Processing & Ingredients, The Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Developing Human Capital for Agri-Food Firms’ Multi-Stakeholder Interactions
Domenico Dentoni, Vincent Blok, Thomas Lans, and Renate Wesselink, Wageningen Univ., The Netherlands
An Agribusiness H.R. Issue: Succeeding at Succession in the Family Business
Frank Bradley, Emeritus Prof., University College Dublin, Ireland; Paul Hill, Chairman, West Liberty Foods, Iowa, and Aidan J. Connolly*, Vice President, Alltech, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Inpatriates and Expatriates: Sources of Strategic Human Capital for Multinational Food and Beverage Firms
Goudarz Azar, Graduate Student, Uppsala, Sweden
Cultural Dimensions of Human Capital Development
Dennis M. Conley*, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska, USA
Chapter 4. Meeting the Needs of a Rapidly Changing World
Human Capital Development for Agricultural Business in Nigeria
S.T. Penda, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
Rural Team-Entrepreneurs: An Answer to Innovative, Multi-Disciplinary Human Capital Education Judit Katona-Kovács, Asst. Prof. and Noémi Bóta-Horváth, Ph.D Student, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Linking Agricultural Research with the Agribusiness Community from a Pro-Poor Perspective:The Importance of Human Capital Development
Laura Donnet, Jon Hellin and Jens Riis-Jacobsen, CIMMYT, Mexico City, Mexico
Technological Transition and the New Skills Required by the Agribusiness Sector
Renato Dias Baptista, Asst. Prof., Univ. Estadual Paulista, Costa Lopes, Brazil
Chapter 5. Innovation in Practice
Building a Talent Pipeline: Development of the ‘Alltech Mini-MBA'
Aidan J. Connolly*, Vice President, Alltech and Kate Phillips-Connolly, Dublin, Ireland
Human Capital Formation for Agribusiness: The Case of Zamorano University
Ernesto Gallo, Prof., Zamorano University, Honduras and Michael A. Boland, Prof. Univ. Minnesota, USA
Dealing with Cultural Differences in Public-Private R&D Projects: The Experience of the Australian Seafood Sector
Domenico Dentoni, Asst. Prof. Wageningen Univ., The Netherlands and Francis English, Researcher, The University of Adelaide, South Australia
The PMA Foundation for Industry Talent
Margi Prueitt, Alicia Calhoun, PMA Foundation for Industry Talent, Newark, Delaware, USA, and Marianne van der Laarse, PMA, South Africa
*Conference Presenters, IFAMA 2012 Annual World Forum, Shanghai, China
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