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
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Practical Tools for Capacity Development
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Countries/Regions:capacity needs; learning needs; organizational performance
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Countries/Regions:capacity needs; learning needs; organizational performance
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Guidelines for Conducting Capacity Needs Assessments for policy research and outreach programs
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Countries/Regions:capacity analysis; needs assessment; capacity needs assessment; policy research; policy communication; policy process; policy making
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IFPRI descriptor:
Countries/Regions:capacity analysis; needs assessment; capacity needs assessment; policy research; policy communication; policy process; policy making
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Learning Participant Identification Tools
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Capacity Development Design Tools
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Learning Needs Assessment Tools
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Tools for Planning Organizational Change
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Coaching Process Guide for Organisational Strengthening
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Agrinatura and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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