Skills for Change in Agrotechnical Schools

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Summary

The project aims to professionalize Argentine, agrotechnical students in their farming careers by introducing management skills in the schools.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

There are 342 agrotechnical schools in Argentina, educating more than 171,000 children who will eventually work at farms. The agricultural sector employs 1.4 million people. More than 80% of farms are small producers that depend on their farms to make a living. But agrotechnical schools are not always competitive and updated with the technology that farms use today. Schools do not educate future farmers how to use abilities, skills, and equipment needed today.

Activities

During capacity-building working meetings, school members design a working plan with the objective of increasing quality of agricultural education. We work with the school in the implementation of the plan.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

More productive and professional agriculture technicians with the necessary abilities to generate value in the agricultural production arena.

Project Message

The program didn´t give us money or goods, as we hoped it would at the beginning. But it gave us something much more precious: the know-how to get the money and the goods for ourselves.
- César Rodríguez, Member of the School N ° 347, Formosa Province

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Carolina Biquard,
Executive Director
Arenales 1457 7th. floor
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1060
Argentina
5411-4811-3149
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Fundación Compromiso
Arenales 1457 7th. floor
(1060)
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1060
Argentina
5411-4811-3149
http://www.compromiso.org

Learn more about Fundación Compromiso and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Argentina and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Argentina, read the Human Development Report on Argentina or the Wikipedia entry for Argentina.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 02, 2005.

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