Interaction
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue: 3

Higher education in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities of Telangana state

  • Author:
  • P. Prashanth1, M. Malla Reddy2
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Page Number: 68 to 78

1Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural College, Jagtial, PJTSAU

2Professor and Head, Department of Agronomy, Agricultural College, Jagtial, PJTSAU

Online published on 14 November, 2017.

Abstract

SWOT Analysis was carried out to assess the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of agricultural higher education in Telangana State. Hence, there is a need for adequate allocation of resources for providing quality education through budget allocation, reducing the gap between the strength of Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professors, and capacity building of agricultural faculty. In this context this paper describes the status of Agricultural higher education in Telangana State highlighting the challenges and suggesting strategies to overcome them.

Keywords

Agricultural Higher Education, State Agricultural Universities, and SWOT Analysis