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Hello:
You are invited to participate in our survey on opportunities for new entrants in the potato sector. By helping provide the fullest possible picture, you’ll be contributing to the development of a new entrants initiative for the potato sector which will form part of a major drive to encourage the best new entrants to join the agricultural and horticultural sectors, providing sustainability for the sector. It will only take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.
As stated in the NFU Farming Delivers report farming will need to deliver tens of thousands of new career opportunities over the coming years, if the industry is to fulfil its mission of producing more, whilst impacting less. Figures quoted suggest that there will be a requirement for 60,000 new farmer and farm-worker entrants by 2017. As farming becomes ever more diverse and technologically driven, many of these jobs will be for skilled workers.
Potato Council would like to understand how students can access opportunities in the potato sector. Our plan is to put together a showcase for BP2013 (27/28 November, Harrogate) and encourage new entrants to attend the event to meet leaders in the potato industry.
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact [email protected].
Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
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| * Q1. Please provide your position/job title in your organisation/business | | |
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| * Q2. Approximately what percentage of your students go on work placements? |
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| * Q3. And what percentage of these work placements are in the potato industry or a closely related business? |
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| * Q4a. Do you track the next destination of your alumni? |
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| * Q4b. Approximately what percentage of your former students have entered the potato industry in the last 5 years? |
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| * Q5. Would you and/or your students value an overview of the potato industry and the opportunities that exist within it? |
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| * Q6. Would you value case studies that feature the career paths of individual in the potato industry? |
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| * Q7a. Do you plan to bring a group of students to BP2013 (27-28 November 2013, Harrogate. www.bp2013.co.uk)? |
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| * Q7b. How many are likely to be in your group, please state? | | |
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| * Q8a. Would your students be interested in taking part in a competition to produce a plan for production of potatoes on a virtual farm (we would supply, soil type, outputs of nutrition tests, end market details)? |
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| * Q8b. Would there be time to engage them in this activity this year? |
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| Q9. If you have any further comments, please provide these in the box below. | | |
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| * Q10. We may wish to follow up with respondents to ask for more information. Are you willing to be contacted? |
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| CON. Please could you provide your contact details below?
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| Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. |
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