TY - JOUR
T1 - Human capital formation for agribusiness the case of Zamorano university
AU - Gallo, Ernesto
AU - Boland, Michael A.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Zamorano University in Honduras has developed a program which takes a holistic approach to preparing students for careers in Agribusiness. The academic foundation is integrated with the Learning By Doing (LBD) approach giving students real life experiences in food production, processing, entrepreneurship, costs and marketing and supervising. Fifteen business units are operated by the university to complement students' education: cattle, swine, poultry, tilapia, honey, ornamentals, horticulture, feed, seeds, retail supermarket, and similar enterprises. Agribusiness students also undertake entrepreneurial ventures and have international business training. Some of the Zamorano agribusiness educational strategies might be interesting for other universities.
AB - Zamorano University in Honduras has developed a program which takes a holistic approach to preparing students for careers in Agribusiness. The academic foundation is integrated with the Learning By Doing (LBD) approach giving students real life experiences in food production, processing, entrepreneurship, costs and marketing and supervising. Fifteen business units are operated by the university to complement students' education: cattle, swine, poultry, tilapia, honey, ornamentals, horticulture, feed, seeds, retail supermarket, and similar enterprises. Agribusiness students also undertake entrepreneurial ventures and have international business training. Some of the Zamorano agribusiness educational strategies might be interesting for other universities.
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Human capital development
KW - Learning by doing (LBD)
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84876968946
SN - 1559-2448
VL - 15
SP - 121
EP - 125
JO - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
JF - International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
IS - SPECIALISSUEA
ER -