Chinese Agricultural Training Courses for African Officials: Between Power and Partnerships

Tugendhat, H.; Alemu, Dawit

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.01.022

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“…Existing evidence is mixed, and the Chinese presence has not sufficiently transferred significant technology or built much local capacity in Africa (Elu & Price, 2010). Related training courses for African officials (Tugendhat & Alemu, 2016) and demonstration centres (Xu et al, 2016) are often fragmented and lack proactive initiatives from Africans to upgrade priority sectors (Ado et al, 2017).…”

Section: Africa's Global Value Chain Upgrade: Role Of Chinese Investmmentioning

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Africa–China Cooperation: Potential Shared Interests and Strategic Partnerships?

Abdoulkadre

Osabutey

2018

AIB Insights

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This paper explores the nuances of Africa–China relations, focusing on Chinese presence in Africa and its impact and potential for African development. Combining the perspectives of international relations, knowledge and technology transfer, and global value chains with FDI and institutional views, we analyze China-Africa cooperation’s current outcomes and suggest the path(s) forward toward Africa’s industrialization. The paper reconciles China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Africa’s Agenda 2063, and FOCAC consultations to build a common ground for improving Africa-China cooperation, especially regarding knowledge transfer toward African countries and the realization of the African continental free trade area, integration, and infrastructure development.

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Section: Africa's Global Value Chain Upgrade: Role Of Chinese Investmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Africa–China Cooperation: Potential Shared Interests and Strategic Partnerships?

Abdoulkadre

Osabutey

2018

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“…Many factors impact the progress of developing nations, including economics, infrastructure, political volatility, and perhaps most importantly, agriculture (Tugendhat & Alemu, 2016). Long recognized as the foundation of developing nations, agriculture provides food, fiber, natural resources, and a livelihood for many citizens (Csaki, 1999).…”

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“…Just as developing nations receive assistance in economic and political development, so must these nations also receive assistance in the development of agricultural education (Miller & Madou-Bangurah, 1993;Tugendhat & Alemu, 2016). As leaders in both American and international agricultural education strive for improved knowledge and understanding of the global impact of agricultural education, the first step should be examining what has already been researched in international agricultural education.…”

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International Agricultural Education from 1975 to Present: A Research Synthesis

Wright¹,

Vincent²,

Epps³

2019

JAE

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With the increasing interdependence of international agriculture, agricultural education has, and will, continue to play a significant role in the success of all nations' agriculture. The purpose of this research synthesis was to examine the literature on international agricultural education since 1975 to identify major research themes and determine if the transformative learning process is present. Inclusion criteria for this synthesis included a) publish date after 1975 in a peer-reviewed journal, b) address international agricultural education, c) demonstrate at least one stage of transformative learning, and d) be identified through search strategies. Seventy-one articles were identified. Themes in current research included studies on education abroad, explorations of other nations' agricultural education systems, globalization of American curriculum, and extension efforts abroad. The most common stage of transformative learning present in articles was the critical assessment of assumptions. Recommendations include further research on the impact of international experiences on secondary agriculture teachers and to increase the use of the transformative learning theory (Mezirow, 1991) as a theoretical lens in international agricultural education research.

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“…As a consequence, more and more developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America show their interest in the 'China model/Beijing Consensus' or the 'Singapore model' as alternative paths (Ramo 2004, Bell, 2015Lai, 2016, Liu, Lee, & Wang, 2017Zhao, 2017;Liu & Wang, 2018). For example, China has been invited to serve as development consultant for Grenada (Chan, 2017), and large number of officials from Africa and Southeast Asia were sent to China and Singapore to receive governance training (Ganapathy, 2017;Tugendhat & Alemu, 2016).…”

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An emerging Asian model of governance and transnational knowledge transfer: an introduction

Wang

2018

Journal of Asian Public Policy

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Although Asia has a long history of governance practice, its modern governance has been disproportionately influenced by the Western models. Given the shifting global political economic landscape and a re-emerging Asia in recent decades, there is an urgent need to explore the potential of Asian models of governance. Could there be an Asian model of governance that is distinct from the Western ones? If so, what are the key characteristics? In conjunction with the special issue, this introduction article attempts to partially answer these questions. Based upon the existing literature and critical reflections, the authors propose a preliminary analytical framework for an emerging Asian model of governance by incorporating two interlinked phenomena: shared cultural, historical norms and trajectories, and intra-regional transnational knowledge transfer. Six articles constituting the special issue are also briefly introduced within this framework, with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of Asian governance experiences and theoretical debates on the evolving modes of public governance.

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Chinese Agricultural Training Courses for African Officials: Between Power and Partnerships

Cited by 36 publications

References 20 publications

Africa–China Cooperation: Potential Shared Interests and Strategic Partnerships?

Africa–China Cooperation: Potential Shared Interests and Strategic Partnerships?

International Agricultural Education from 1975 to Present: A Research Synthesis

An emerging Asian model of governance and transnational knowledge transfer: an introduction

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