Strategic guidelines for the development of agrarian education: foresight case of Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy

The national goal of achieving a sustainable and dynamic economy for the system of higher agricultural education primarily relates to the human resource supply of the agro-industrial sector. Today, the agro-industrial sector of our country needs new-breed workforce, possessing unique skills and competencies, as well as high creative potential. This, of course, requires revision of strategic guidelines for the development and improvement of the system of continuous training of workforce for agriculture related to the priority development areas of the national agro-industrial sector. The aim of the study is to identify strategic guidelines for the development of agricultural education in Russia in the context of achieving technological sovereignty of the country. In 2023-2024, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy carried out targeted work to identify strategic benchmarks for the development of agrarian education. This task was accomplished by the expert community using the method of expert assessments, surveys, brainstorming, foresight analysis and generalization. About 180 leading scientists of Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy and external experts took part in the discussion. The foresight case showed that the strategic objectives set by Russian agrarian universities in the field of educational policy correlate with the aim to ensure variability and flexibility in the training of agricultural specialists, changes in the content of training programs, strengthening their scientific component, improving teaching techniques and the whole system of continuous agrarian education, as well as promoting agricultural careers. As a result, the research team has identified seven groups of strategic objectives for the development of agrarian education in Russia.

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