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Training needs for graduates of the faculty of agriculture to match the requirements of the labor market in Fayoum governorate

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Economics and Management Sciences

Abstract

The research aimed to identify some of the personal, social and professional characteristics of the graduates of the Faculty of Agriculture studied at Fayoum University, and to identify the most important problems they face in obtaining a job opportunity commensurate with their academic qualifications and scientific specializations or while working, and to determine the level of training needs of agricultural graduates from their point of view and the most important factors related to In it, and learn about the proposed training courses from the perspective of the respondents in order to obtain a job opportunity or an income-generating project. The study was conducted in Fayoum Governorate, and a sample of 108 graduates (5%) of the total graduates was taken during the period from 2010 to 2020, and data was collected using a personal interview questionnaire. The results of the study revealed that 61.1% of the graduates studied were male, that they fell in the age group (22 years - 32 years), that 50.9% of them were unmarried that 55.6% of them were rural residents, and that 46.3% of them were unmarried. % of them have high ambition, 48.1% of them have an average degree of openness to the outside world, and 85.2% of them hold a bachelor's degree. The most important sources of information were: personal experience, friends and neighbors, the Internet, scientific books and references, and the College of Agriculture. 82.4% of the surveyed graduates joined work sometime after graduation, and their work experiences were between medium and low, at 43.5% and 37% respectively, 90% of the graduates confirmed that their current work is suitable for the academic qualification, and that 55.6% of them have a neutral orientation towards self-employment. As for the duration of work in agricultural business owner's projects, it was between small and medium, and as for the problems that the respondents faced while seeking to obtain work, the most important were Lack of personal skills, lack of technical skills, and problems related to agricultural business owners, the most important of which are: exploiting recent graduates, draining their efforts for a symbolic wage, bullying them, and preferring those with experience and marginalizing their knowledge. As for the problems they faced while working, the most prominent of which were being assigned tasks that exceed their capabilities, and problems with their employer. Work is due to low sales and failure to achieve the target, and the distance of the workplace from the governorate where they live.

DOI

10.21608/fjard.2024.297513.1052

Keywords

Outputs of higher agricultural education, Knowledge and skills of graduates, Requirements of agricultural business owners

Authors

First Name

Nefisa

Last Name

EL-Hawary

MiddleName

A. H.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt

Email

nah02@fayoum.edu.eg

City

fayoum

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First Name

Samia

Last Name

Barsoum

MiddleName

H. H.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt

Email

shh01@fayoum.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Hanaa

Last Name

Hawary

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt

Email

hmh08@fayoum.edu.eg

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-

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First Name

Shrouq

Last Name

Mftah

MiddleName

K. M.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt

Email

ramadanhh7@gmail.com

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Volume

38

Article Issue

4

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51583

Issue Date

2024-11-01

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2024-06-13

Publish Date

2024-11-01

Page Start

552

Page End

571

Print ISSN

1110-7790

Online ISSN

2805-2528

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391,810

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1,920

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Publication Title

Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development

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https://fjard.journals.ekb.eg/

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Training needs for graduates of the faculty of agriculture to match the requirements of the labor market in Fayoum governorate

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28 Dec 2024