Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100901

Funded Activity Summary

Agricultural skill development in India: Assessing acquisition and impact. This project aims to investigate the impact of new agricultural vocational training programs in rural India on processes of skill acquisition and youth livelihood trajectories. As India rapidly expands its capacity for formal skill development in agriculture, this study will be among the first to employ an innovative qualitative longitudinal research design to assess these programs’ ground-level impacts. Expected outcomes include deeper understandings of how agricultural skill development occurs in social contexts over an extended period. Research will inform policy in India and other developing countries on how to maximise the social impact of these initiatives. It will also provide insights on how Australia can deepen engagement with India in areas of vocational training.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-05-2018

End Date: 16-10-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $348,273.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Social and Cultural Geography | Anthropology of Development | Human Geography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Education and Training Systems Policies and Development | Workforce Transition and Employment |

Other Keywords

Anthropology of Development | Education and Training Systems Policies and Development | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Human Geography | Social and Cultural Geography | Workforce Transition and Employment

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