Agricultural management training

Abstract

The increasing need for training in agricultural management was recognised in 1972 by the Commonwealth Development Corporation. A short-course, post-experience international training centre was set up in Swaziland. A number of conflicting criteria were reviewed before deciding upon the level and duration of courses, including consideration of the effect of distance on total cost, which, in turn, influenced the duration of courses and the management level for which they needed to be designed. From the outset, human relationships in work situations were of equal importance in the training programme with economic planning and control. In the event, the Centre has concentrated on middle/senior level management, and it is suggested that junior managers should be trained in their own national agricultural management training units. agger;