Agricultural education is the most emphasized sector in producing graduates who contribute to enhanced agricultural productivity. Establishment of the first agriculture school in Nepal in 1957 AD was a milestone to developing agricultural professionals entailed to remodel the prevailing subsistence farming system to a commercial farming system. To date, 35 different agriculture colleges established through Nepalese universities produce almost 2154 graduates per year. A significant number of graduates reflects the positive impact of national agriculture policy that at the same time lacks in connecting those graduates in evolving commercial agriculture, raising concerns about the efficacy of agricultural education. In this chapter, we emphasize plotting the prevailing agriculture education system and possible connections among agriculture stakeholders to realize a synergetic effect to transform the agriculture sector in Nepal. In addition, a brief history of formal agricultural education, a review of the academic curriculum of different universities, and their development pattern through comparative studies reflects the inside story of Nepalese agricultural education. Results from individual surveys, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions with agriculture experts are utilized to configure the future direction of Nepalese agriculture education with an aim of transforming the existing subsistence agriculture system to a modern agriculture system. The chapter also suggests an amendment to be made in the current agricultural education system to develop market-driven agricultural professionals and fulfill modern agricultural demand.

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Structuring Nepal’s Agricultural Education Toward Commercialization

  • Ajay Jaishi,
  • Janarjan Adhikari,
  • Roshan Subedi,
  • Kumar Lama

摘要

Agricultural education is the most emphasized sector in producing graduates who contribute to enhanced agricultural productivity. Establishment of the first agriculture school in Nepal in 1957 AD was a milestone to developing agricultural professionals entailed to remodel the prevailing subsistence farming system to a commercial farming system. To date, 35 different agriculture colleges established through Nepalese universities produce almost 2154 graduates per year. A significant number of graduates reflects the positive impact of national agriculture policy that at the same time lacks in connecting those graduates in evolving commercial agriculture, raising concerns about the efficacy of agricultural education. In this chapter, we emphasize plotting the prevailing agriculture education system and possible connections among agriculture stakeholders to realize a synergetic effect to transform the agriculture sector in Nepal. In addition, a brief history of formal agricultural education, a review of the academic curriculum of different universities, and their development pattern through comparative studies reflects the inside story of Nepalese agricultural education. Results from individual surveys, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions with agriculture experts are utilized to configure the future direction of Nepalese agriculture education with an aim of transforming the existing subsistence agriculture system to a modern agriculture system. The chapter also suggests an amendment to be made in the current agricultural education system to develop market-driven agricultural professionals and fulfill modern agricultural demand.