India's government is trying to make it easier for young people to land a job in the country's increasingly competitive agriculture industry.
To that end, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is designing a new agriculture-based curriculum for primary, middle, and secondary levels to attract more youth, the Times of India reports.
ICAR's deputy director general of the Agricultural Education Division of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) says, "We should characterize farms as an industry, farming as a business and the farmer as a businessperson.
If this orientation doesn't occur, and youth retention won't be achieved, and youth recruitment cannot be improved, and youth retention won't be achieved."
To that end, ICAR has launched the "One Student One Farm Family" program, which links first- and second-year students to farmers in the field, so they can get to know about their day-to-day operations.
"Use of AI can change the entire scenario: technology-driven agriculture is the need of the hour," says the vice-chancellor of Central Agricultural University in Bihar, per the Times of India.
He adds that "new tools and techniques are important to address the current challenges where youth
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