Reforms in Agriculture Education?
Reforms in Agriculture Education? India is the agrarian country. About 58% population of the country depends on the agriculture. Agriculture is the largest private sector business of the country. It contributes about 17% in the GDP. Hence Agriculture education is the very important aspect in the development of the agriculture. India is the only country in the world having largest agriculture scientists. The need of the agriculture education was identified by the British Government. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, the noted thinker, social reformer and agriculturist of Pune appealed to the British Government to set institutions for agricultural education and research in India. This led to the opening of a branch for teaching agriculture in the College of Science at Pune in 1879 that was subsequently developed into a separate College of Agriculture in 1907. Initially three year diploma of the Bombay University was offered. In 1899 a