Modernization of the agrarian university model based on modern trends in the development of the agro-industrial complex

Issue № 2, 2024, article № 3, pages 25-37

Language: Russian

Original language title: МОДЕРНИЗАЦИИ МОДЕЛИ АГРАРНОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА НА ОСНОВЕ СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ТРЕНДОВ РАЗВИТИЯ АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО КОМПЛЕКСА

Keywords: HIGHER EDUCATION, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, MODEL OF AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY, EDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES, KAIZEN PHILOSOPHY

Abstract: This study is devoted to solving modern problems of higher agricultural education. This is due to several circumstances. On the one hand, at present, the issue of ensuring food security is very important for our country, and it is the agricultural sector that is the basis for ensuring it. Modern trends in the development of the agro-industrial complex largely determine the competencies that graduates of agricultural universities should own, and the model of agricultural education should be formed in an inextricable relationship with the model of ensuring economic security. This is due to the fact that geopolitical processes and sanctions pressure are unpredictable in terms of the duration of the course. On the other hand, a persistent stereotype has developed in society that agriculture is not interesting, not fashionable; there is little innovation in it. And accordingly, young people are reluctant to study and work in this industry. However, modern agriculture is a very innovative and exciting activity. The purpose of the study is to identify the development vectors of higher agrarian education based on the analysis of modern agricultural development trends, and to propose an optimal sustainable model of an agrarian university that meets the current economic conditions. The article structurally contains a brief literary review on the problems of higher agrarian education and the transformation of agricultural production. Modern development trends characteristic of the agro-industrial complex of Russia have been identified and analyzed, the needs of the agro-industrial industry in personnel have been analyzed, and the level of digitalization of agriculture has been assessed. Key areas for the modernization of higher education were identified and the author’s model of an agricultural university with a dynamic organizational structure in the system of kaizen transformations was developed. The article is aimed at managers in the fields of higher agricultural education and agricultural production, responsible for the transformation of this industry, as well as for all researchers of the problems of higher education.

Authors: Katkov IUrii Nikolaevich, Kachalov Vladislav Viktorovich, Derkachev Pavel Vladimirovich