Ower-production of agricultural specialist?

Lakner, Zoltán

Keywords: higher education, agriculture, OECD, comparative analysis

In the last decades there is an intense discussion in public and professional sphere on over-production of agricultural specialists. It is generally accepted, that the agricultural faculties are pouring out a high number of young agricultural specialists on the labour market. The study analyses this phenomenon in the light of international comparison, using the official database of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, calculating the different indices of number of agricultural specialists. It can not be supported the hypothesis, that there is an over-production of agricultural specialists, on the contrary, after some years an increasing shortage of agricultural specialists can be expected.

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