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Farmer-Driven Agricultural Education for Modern Farming and Sustainable Agriculture Development

The human resource developed in agriculture education system has been instrumental in agricultural transformation in the country. However, the agricultural education system has not kept pace with the rapid technological development-taking place globally. The future strategy for agriculture is going to be very different in view of depleting land resources, depleting genetic diversity, over exploitation of natural resources, increased population, increased demand for food and other commodities and lesser chance of employment. The question before us is how to improve our agricultural education and quality of graduates. It is here that science of educational technologies comes in picture to analyze the process of education and solve the problems of teaching and learning in agriculture for modern farming. The emergence of virtual classroom, open learning systems and distance education has given a new perspective to teaching and learning process. Scattered efforts are being made to initiate distance education, on-line learning and use of internet for agricultural education, but not much infrastructure and expertise is available within the National Agricultural Research system. Thus, this calls for urgent attention of educators to improve the quality and innovations of agricultural education. This paper aims to discuss about the farmer-driven agricultural education technology for modern farming and sustainable agriculture development.