Youth in livestock and the power of education, the case of “Heirs of Tradition”

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationProductos Naturales de la Sabana SAS “Alquería”en_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken_US
cg.coverage.countryColombiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2COen_US
cg.coverage.regionAmericasen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth Americaen_US
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbeanen_US
cg.creator.identifierNatalia Triana Angel: 0000-0003-4427-0355en_US
cg.creator.identifierJacobo Arango: 0000-0002-4828-9398en_US
cg.creator.identifierStefan Burkart: 0000-0001-5297-2184en_US
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-LAM_LivestockPlusen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.tropentag.de/2020/abstracts/posters/106.pdfen_US
cg.number106en_US
cg.placeCali, Colombiaen_US
cg.subject.ccafsGENDER AND SOCIAL INCLUSIONen_US
cg.subject.ciatGENDER AND EQUITYen_US
cg.subject.ciatLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ciatTROPICAL FORAGESen_US
dc.contributor.authorTriana Ángel, Nataliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorAriza, Mauricioen_US
dc.contributor.authorArango, Jacoboen_US
dc.contributor.authorBurkart, Stefanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-01T11:58:24Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-02-01T11:58:24Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/111081en_US
dc.titleYouth in livestock and the power of education, the case of “Heirs of Tradition”en_US
dcterms.abstractJoint, collaborative efforts between private companies and research centres in the cattle sector are still scarce. Limited resources and divergent agendas have hindered the consolidation of such alliances that can improve our understanding of the challenges and possibilities of the livestock industry, and a deeper comprehension of producer’s needs. Here we approach those subjects through a close examination of the case study “Heirs of Tradition”, an initiative carried out by Alquería’s (a major Colombian dairy company) farmer training programme. The objectives of this work are first, to assess the impact achieved through Alquería’s educational programme amongst young farmers over the last seven years. Second, to highlight the company’s recent alliance with CIAT and the CCAFS/Livestock Cross CGIAR Research Programs (CRP) in the context of the Heirs of Tradition program, and how this partnership strengthens the programmes’ productive, socioeconomic and environmental components during the 2020-2021 period. We based our analysis on information obtained through workshops, focus groups, in-depth interviews and the review of primary and secondary sources. Preliminary findings first suggest that cooperation between different actors is crucial to address a major threat in livestock production: generational relief and the massive migration of young people from rural to urban areas. Second, education initiatives and technical support can both transform, to a certain extent, the low levels of schoolings amongst rural producers and contribute to closing the gender gap that persists in the Colombian livestock sector. Third, alliances, such as the one between Alquería-CIAT-CCAFS/Livestock CRP, are critical for enriching and bolstering existing programmes by introducing new, urgent areas of expertise. Finally, we seek to shed light on the achievements and the lessons learned from “Heirs of Tradition”, highlighting the subjects and issues that could be better addressed, and overall emphasising how the continuity of these ventures favours knowledge transfer, empowers communities and benefits livestock producers across the country.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.audienceExtensionen_US
dcterms.audienceNGOsen_US
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen_US
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTriana-Ángel, N.; Ariza, M.; Arango, J.; Burkart S. (2020) Youth in livestock and the power of education, the case of “Heirs of Tradition”. Presented at the Tropentag 2020: Food and Nutrition Security and its Resilience to Global Crises, Virtual Conference, 9–11 September 2020. Cali, Colombia: CIAT.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfTropenTag2020en_US
dcterms.issued2020en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://www.tropentag.de/abstract.php?code=TVGLzUk0en_US
dcterms.subjecteducationen_US
dcterms.subjectprivate sectoren_US
dcterms.subjectpartnershipsen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectknowledge managementen_US
dcterms.subjecteducaciónen_US
dcterms.subjectsector privadoen_US
dcterms.subjectcoparticipaciónen_US
dcterms.subjectgéneroen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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