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Shoji Lal Bairwa ¹, Udhav Prasad Singh ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, BHAGALPUR (BIHAR), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, Trihut College of Agriculture (R.A.U.), Dholi, (BIHAR), IN

Abstract

Agribusiness industry deals with the production, processing, marketing and shipments of agricultural produce. It covers a variety of industrial, manufacturing and processing activities based on agricultural raw materials as also activities and services that go as inputs to agriculture. The development of the agribusiness industry can help stabilize and make agriculture more lucrative and create employment opportunities both at the production and marketing stages. This paper tries to explore the opportunities and challenges of agribusiness sector in the country. There is no doubt that agribusiness industry has a lot of potential to improve rural incomes and can play a very significant role in creation of employment for rural youths. The present study focused on the need to critically look at how can people get the opportunities and how can alleviate the constraints faced by the agribusiness sector in the country. There is also need to review the technological supply chain and storage facilities for a wide range of commodities produced in the country. A well-developed agribusiness system in country can make enables millions of farmers and agripreneurs to capitalize the emerging opportunities of the agriculture and allied sector. The development of agribusiness sector is the need of future to strengthening rural employment, food security and living standard of peoples in the country.

Keywords

Agribusiness, Food Security, Food Processing, Contract Farming and Agri Retailing.

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Shoji Lal Bairwa ¹, Udhav Prasad Singh ², V. Kamalvanshi ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, BHAGALPUR (BIHAR), IN
2 Department of Agricultural Economics, Rajendra Agricultural University, PUSA (BIHAR), IN
3 Department of Agricultural Economics , Banaras Hindu University, VARANASI (U.P.), IN

Abstract

Agribusiness is a fast growing and market oriented academic discipline due to its high demand in corporate and academic sector across the world. The higher agribusiness education is the solution to problems of meeting the need of agribusiness professionals to farming community and dynamic agribusiness industry. In India, evidence shows that agribusiness faculty is lower than agricultural economics faculty in the colleges and universities. Now, the departments expect more agribusiness faculty to teach more courses for growing student's populations and to maintain research expectations in the agribusiness field. The agribusiness students should develop their strengths in practical and problem solving areas such as team building and interpersonal skills; writing skills and presentation skills. The present study focused on the past, present and future perspectives of agribusiness management education in India. It is also explore the need, importance, present status, curriculum, and challenges of agribusiness management education in India. Lack of teaching faculty, Lack of agribusiness research, Lack of dynamic curricula, and lack of relevant literature are the major obstacles in the development of agribusiness education in India. Indian authorities (ICAR and UGC) can follow the recommendations of National Food and Agribusiness Management Education Commission (NAEC, USA) to develop agribusiness curriculum for master's programme and doctoral degree programme. These recommendations helps to provide a roadmap for educators as they assess their current teaching programs and provide input for further revision of those programs in the future to insure dynamic, vibrant and relevant programs in agribusiness management education. There is a need to critically review the existing agribusiness education system and develop a relevant, flexible, and market oriented agribusiness curriculum and syllabi for master and doctoral programme in India.

Keywords

Agribusiness, Higher Education, Agribusiness Curriculum, Doctoral Programme, National Agribusiness Education Commission ((NAEC, USA).

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