Transforming Education and Training The Context of the Food System Phnom Pehn, MI November 7, 2013

Education and Training Workforce Development Economic Development

Food System as a Case-in- Point* Input companies Farmers Traders Retailers Consumers Food companies * From: KMPG International, 2013 Seeds Fertilizer Animal health Crops Meat Dairy Crops Meat Oils/meal Biofuels Bakery Meat Dairy Snacks Beverages Hyper- markets Super- market Corner shops Urban Rural

Changing Nature of the Food System A major industry in Cambodia and many developing countries Rapidly changing Shift from production to post-production industries Need to address challenges and threats to global food security Climate change, population growth, urbanization, increasing incomes Rising demand for access to information Creating need for new knowledge and skills among food system workers

Relationship of Education and Training to Workforce Development

Change in Value Chain Influencing Workforce Demand

Relationship of Preparation and Supply of and Demand for Skilled Workers

Two USAID Projects Global Center for Food Systems Innovation (GCFSI - MSU) Innovation for Agricultural Training and Education (InnovATE - Virginia Tech)

GCFSI Lab Michigan State University To find solutions to global food system challenges caused by: Climate change Population growth Rapid urbanization, and Skill gaps in the food systems value chain

GCFSI/Team 3 Focuses on the:1 Human skill implications of ongoing food system transformations and threats to global food security Best approaches to producing those skills, and Institutional innovations that are needed if these skills are to be developed in an ongoing, sustainable fashion

Transforming Education and Training for the Food System Multi-sector involvement (Higher ed, VET, private sectors, government, civil society) Participatory (local control and authority) Collaborative (working towards a common goal) Systems approach to change & transformation (all change part of larger entity)

Nature of Change Needed to Address Evolving Skills in Food System Interdisciplinary – multiple disciplines working together to address emerging needs Inter-institutional – universities and vocational schools sharing capacities International – countries developing policies to foster collaboration in training programs