Perceptions of Costa Rican agricultural employers regarding skills and competencies needed by agriculturalists

Abstract

Distribution of crops for 1984 and the average yield of each crop in Costa Rica Research population questionnaires distributed and return rate Respondents' return rate according to their job responsibilities and type of entity they represented Nationality of potential employers of agriculturalists in Costa Rica by 58 ix LIST OF FIGURES Distribution of potential employers of agriculturalists in Costa Rica by gender Distribution of potential employers of agriculturalists in Costa Ricy by selected age groups Highest level of education attained by potential employers of agriculturalists in Costa Rica Number of years respondents had worked for an agricultural entity Job responsibilities held by the potential employers of agriculturalists in Costa Rica Definitions of institutions that are potential employers of agriculturalists in Costa Rica Principal operation of the entities that are potential employers of agriculturalists in Costa Rica Percentage of companies/entities and number of years the entity has been active in agriculture Percentage of organizations/entities by size Respondents' perceptions regarding the importance of completion of an internship in association with academic preparation Proposed model for curriculimi and program review at EARTH College