ENA Sectors 2024-06-20 16:17:18 <p><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>New Delhi, Jun 20 (KNN)</strong> The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and the Australian Government convened a high-level roundtable on Thursday to review the successful Australia-India Critical Agriculture Skills Pilot Project and explore scaling it up across sectors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The pilot, conceptualised in 2022, mapped 107 emerging agricultural job roles and implemented training programs on five critical roles in four Indian states - Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Roles included Digital Agriculture Extension Promoter, Carbon Farming Practitioner, Livestock Green Management Promoter, Organic Farm &amp; Business Promoter, and Integrated Farming Practitioner - all aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"> This collaboration has delivered meaningful outcomes by upskilling India's agricultural workforce in modern, sustainable practices, said MSDE Secretary Atul Kumar Tiwari, who led the Indian delegation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">Mathew Johnston, Minister Counsellor at the Australian High Commission, joined representatives from India's agricultural, vocational training, and education bodies at the roundtable.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The project partners - ICAR, industry leaders like Mahindra, Australian agricultural colleges, and nonprofits - collaboratively developed coursework preparing trainees for new-age agricultural roles focused on digitization, carbon reduction, organic farming and livestock management.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">With agriculture a bulwark of the Indian economy, Tiwari underscored the need to modernise the sector through such demand-driven, sustainable skill initiatives across more sectors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px">The pilot project establishes a framework for bilateral cooperation in vocational education, a key pillar of the National Education Policy 2020 promoting internationalisation of Indian education.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px"><em><strong>(KNN Bureau)</strong></em></span></p> 38283 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/msde-australian-govt-collaborate-to-upskill-agricultural-sector 2024-06-20 16:17:18 knnindia.co.in