Is it essential the digitization in agriculture? Experiences in Curriculum Development for Agri-digitalization engineer at BSc level

Authors

  • László Várallyai
  • Róbert Szilágyi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17700/jai.2020.11.2.592

Abstract

The paper examines the role and tasks of agricultural digitalization education. The major challenges and possibilities of agricultural digitization are inevitable. With the help of modern technology, agriculture has great benefits. This article has been based on a qualitative review of the literature to prove why digitization is necessary for agriculture, and also created a proposal for Curriculum for agriditization at BSc level. There are five suggested subjects groups: Basics of economics, Agronomy basics, Agricultural economics and entrepreneurship, Agricultural digitization and the Differentiated professional knowledge. We also suggest subjects for the knowledge groups and also propose credits to each one. We summarize the Training and Output Requirements (TOR) for the suggested course. We think that new education programmes and new approaches to extension would be also needed to accelerate the transition to digitized agriculture.

Author Biography

László Várallyai

László Várallyai works at University of Debrecen, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Department of Business and Agricultural Informatics as professor assistant. His specialist areas of work are the following: Software developing, Internet-based developing, Database systems. He was taking part in more research projects and has 10 years experience of computer application in agriculture. The most important project is: Support Collaboration Argumentation-based e-Learning in secondary schools, supported by the European Commission, Framework 5 Programme (IST-1999-10664). He was the secretary of the Organizing Committee of the EFITA2003 Conference that was supported by EU. He is member of some professional bodies (Hungarian Association of Agricultural Informatics, John von Neumann Computer Society). He is author or co-author of more than 90 publications.

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Published

2021-02-09

How to Cite

Várallyai, L., & Szilágyi, R. (2021). Is it essential the digitization in agriculture? Experiences in Curriculum Development for Agri-digitalization engineer at BSc level. Journal of Agricultural Informatics, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.17700/jai.2020.11.2.592

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Journal of Agricultural Informatics

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