Agriculture is broad and plagued by numerous problems that are hindering production and promoting food insecurity.The administrator should go pass normal work rules,they should inject emotional intelligence to their routine .
The best workers are the highly motivated, you can only get the best out of workers if your rules,laws have a human face. The agri business that will be productive must ensure good working conditions for staff to prevent sabotage of venture.
Food security.
The farm hands that are poorly paid,neglected or relegated and unappreciated carry out their duties shabbily.The routine vaccinations,medications and other biosecurity protocols are neglected resulting in losses of animals.
When workers are not properly compensated ,this will result in a lot of theft/compromise on their part and financial losses on the part of investors.
Emotional intelligence.
We have all heard the devastating news of the cyanide poisoning that has claimed the lives of 71 elephants at Hwange national park in recent weeks,” “We need to motivate our rangers so that they do not engage in poaching activities,” “It was noted that a number of issues such as low staff morale, lack of community benefits and hunting quota anomalies are fuelling poaching in Zimbabwe,” Oppah Muchinguri told a meeting of conservationists, government and security officials on Thursday while calling for improvements in their working conditions.
This is a classical case of lack of emotional intelligence and the cascading effect on economic growth.( culled from the guardian). Food security.
Working conditions are very important to the growth of any economy.
The poaching in the various parks also stem from poor working conditions; salaries, health insurance,conducive environment will motivate workers on all spheres resulting in desired economic growth. Emotional intelligence.
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