Both technical and functional capacities are required to advance any theory of change. Following are examples of each.
Technical capacities
- Project management
- Plant science
- Soil science
- Water, irrigation, and drainage
- Agricultural energy and power
- Animal and livestock science
- Social and economic science
- Food products and processing
- Agribusiness and management
- Natural resources and environmental science
Functional capacities
- Capacity to navigate complexity
- Capacity to collaborate
- Capacity to learn and reflect
- Capacity to engage in strategic processes
- Capacity to apply systems and design thinking
- Capacity to learn, reflect, review, and revise
- Problem solving skills
- Communications skills
- Gender integration skills
- Facilitation skills
- Conflict resolution skills
| Practical Tools for Capacity Development | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | 3 | https://www.fao.org/capacity-development/resources/practical-tools/en/ |
| Guidelines for Conducting Capacity Needs Assessments for policy research and outreach programs | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | 3 | https://www.ifpri.org/publication/guidelines-conducting-capacity-needs-assessments-ifpris-policy-research-and-outreach |
| Capacity Development Design Tools | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | 2 | https://www.fao.org/capacity-development/resources/practical-tools/design-capacity-development/en/ |
| Tools for Planning Organizational Change | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | 3 | https://www.fao.org/capacity-development/resources/practical-tools/plan-organizational-change/en/ |
