OM A113

Agricultural higher education in the 21st century : a global challenge in knowledge transfer to meet world demands for food security and sustainability

Romagosa I. (ed.), Navarro M. (ed.), Heath S. (ed.), López-Francos A. (ed.). Agricultural higher education in the 21st century : a global challenge in knowledge transfer to meet world demands for food security and sustainability . Zaragoza : CIHEAM, 2015. 229 p. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; n. 113). International Conference : Agricultural Higher Education in the 21st Century, 2015/06/15-17, Zaragoza (Spain).

Résumé    

In the forthcoming decades we will have to double food production on less land per capita, with less water, often under limiting and highly variable environmental conditions, and assuring the sustainability of the agro-ecosystems. Agricultural Higher Education will undoubtedly contribute to fulfill these requirements, but for this it has to undergo profound changes. The challenges consist in attracting younger generations to study agriculture and life sciences, and in finding a way to complement classical agricultural education with new and emerging techniques. Education should motivate and enable graduates to work towards sustainable agricultural development in complex socio-economic and environmental contexts. The International Conference “Agricultural Higher Education in the 21st Century - A global challenge in knowledge transfer to meet world demands for food security and sustainability” was held in Zaragoza (Spain) from 15 to 17 June 2015. It was organised by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza of the International Centre of Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (IAMZ-CIHEAM), the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the Association for European Life Science Universities (ICA), the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) and the Centre for Agricultural Research of the Hungarian Academy of Science, with the collaboration of the OECD. The Conference convened top-level experts from different areas of the world to discuss and propose recommendations for the future development of curricula in Agriculture and Life Sciences to face current global challenges for food production. This issue of Options Méditerranéennes publishes de Proceedings of the Conference including a summary report on the Conference and its conclusions, and 22 articles by the invited speakers, structured in 4 sections: (I) Challenges for agriculture in the XXI century; (II) Are current agricultural educational models suitable to meet global challenges?; (III) Addressing the needs and challenges for innovation in agricultural curricula; and (IV) Globalisation and international alliances.

Thème    

Formation Agricole, Gestion des Savoirs, Formation à Distance, Information

Sommaire    

Agricultural Higher Education in the 21st Century. A global challenge in knowledge transfer to meet world demands for food security and sustainability Conference report and conclusions
Navarro M., Heath S.B., López-Francos A., Romagosa I..
5-11
Challenges and opportunities for food and agriculture in the 21st Century
Moreddu C..
15-22
Main drivers in agricultural research and education to secure food supply and assure sustainability
Mínguez M.I., Connor D.J..
23-26
Developing sustainability competence and 21st Century capacities through Transformative Agricultural Education
Wals A.E.J..
27-33
Ethics in the agricultural curriculum
Knauft D.A..
35-42
Agricultural Higher Education in the 21st Century. Student view: attractiveness and employability
Meulendijks L..
43-56
Are current agricultural educational models suitable to meet global challenges? Case study: Japan
Asanuma S..
59-66
Tertiary agricultural education in Australasia: where to from here?
Meinke H., Batt P.J., McKenzie B., Bonney L., Pratley J., Botwright Acuña T..
67-79
EARTH University Educational Model: A case study for agricultural educational models for the 21st Century
Zaglul J..
81-85
Agricultural Education in the 21st Century: North American perspective
Kennelly J.J..
87-94
Are current agricultural educational models suitable to meet global challenges? Case studies: Europe 1
Ballesta A..
95-96
Current higher agricultural education in Poland – threats and challenges (Case studies: Europe 2)
Stypinski P..
97-104
Agricultural higher education in the 21st Century: Non-traditional educational models
Kanwar A., Balasubramanian K., Balaji V..
107-116
Needs for inclusion of technology transfer skills in curricula
Chet I..
117-120
Recognition of traditional knowledge and innovative developments in agricultural higher education
Balázs E..
121-125
Needs and involvement of the public sector in higher education in emergent economies. The Moroccan case
Ouattar S., Fassi Fihri O., Chtaina N..
127-136
Developing the Industry Ready Graduate
Allan D.G., Rowsell G.D..
137-143
Relevance of biotechnologies in agriculture curricula
Molina A., Ayllón M.A., Benito B..
145-151
Role of quality assurance and programme accreditation in supporting development of innovative agricultural curricula
Shinn G., Navarro M., Briers G..
153-170
China’s Higher Education in Agricultural Science. Coping with challenges through transformative models
Zhou G., Liu Z..
173-182
Joint degrees: the future for agricultural higher education in the EU?
van Huylenbroeck G., Dewulf F..
183-194
Addressing current and future agricultural workforce needs to meet societal challenges – A USDA vision
Qureshi M.A., Ball S.T., Sureshwaran S..
195-204
An international cooperation model: CIHEAM-IAMZ training activities
Romagosa I., Cerezo M..
205-215