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Table 2. Percent Distribution of Attendees to the EMPCFA held at FAUBA in Terms of Their
Degrees.
|
YEAR |
AGRIC. ENG. / |
ACCOUNTANTS |
CHEMICAL/IND |
NO DEGREE |
|
2000/01 |
43% |
33% |
10% |
14% |
|
2001/02 |
85% |
11% |
0% |
4% |
|
2002/03 |
_______55%_______ |
______35%______ |
5% |
5% |
After a successful year (2000), the Executive Management Postgraduate Course in
Food and Agribusiness with seat in Pergamino was forced to close down on its
second year of activities. This was due, in part, to the low number of students
passing the exam and also to poor management by the coordinators in charge of the
venue.
The Executive Management Postgraduate Course in Food and Agribusiness of Mar
del Plata started in October 2000 as a result of a cooperation agreement in the field
of food and agribusiness signed in June that year with the Mar del Plata
Community College (an educational institute owned by the Mar del Plata Stock
Exchange). This training course was enthusiastically welcomed by professionals and
entrepreneurs Southeast of the Province of Buenos Aires, one of the richest crop
farming and stockbreeding regions in Argentina.
Table 3. Percent Distribution of Attendees at the Mar del Plata Venue of the EMPCFA in Terms of
their Professional Activity.
|
YEAR |
PROFESSIONALS (%) |
ENTREPRENEURS |
PUBLIC OFFICIALS |
|
2000/01 |
77 |
______________19______________ |
__________4__________ |
|
2001/02 |
92 |
4 |
4 |
|
2002/03 |
____________79____________ |
______________17______________ |
__________4__________ |
According to the figures, the course was highly valued by private professionals of
different fields of specialisation devoted to issues related to food and agribusiness.
On average, the number of entrepreneurs has been rather low, consistent with the
academic nature of the institutions involved (FAUBA and MdPCC). What is
flagrantly clear is the low number of participating public officials. This can be
interpreted in several ways. One is the lack of interest on the part of government
employees working inland to train and improve their professional background
combined with an extremely low budget allocated by public agencies to train their
medium management ranks.
New training programmes are being set up for the 74 individuals still involved in
the Executive Management Postgraduate Course in Food and Agribusiness of Mar
del Plata. The new courses for 2004 will address topics of interest for the