Prethodno priopćenje
Peasants' Attitudes Towards a Professional Education in Agriculture
Đurđica Žutinić
Srećko Brkić
Sažetak
The author’s starting point was a presumption that for a successful progress of
Croatian agriculture, particularly that a family households (family farms) as a predominant
form and way of its organization, so called knowledge capital is needed,
shaping of new evolutive abilities of human resources founded upon knowledge
and skills in technology, organization and running business, but them being
enough flexible for quick accommodation and adoption of changes. This statement
is corroborated by a small number of Croatian peasants who have acquired
specialized, professional education in agriculture as well as undeveloped additional
resources and sectors for intellectual services for family farming. The importance
of proffesional education in agriculture is particularly emphasized by the
process of transition, by the fact the a great part of Croatian rural areas are
exhausted, weakened but also vulnerable, as well as by professionalization of the
occupation agriculturist. Researches in the process of post-socialist rural and agricultural
transition as well as those on the factors of development of exhausted and
weakened countyside (rural areas) in developed countries point at necessity of
human resources shaping, and at local cultural resources promotion and use. But,
this presumes in the first place a professional education in agriculture for the
members of peasant’s family households through a researching tuition.
Following these presumptions the authors give in this work the results of the
research of the ways the leaders of vital peasant’s family households (vital family
farms) acquired their personal professional education and experience in agriculture.
They also give peasants’ evaluation of the importance of professional education
of agriculturists (peasants) and on favourable forms of professional knowledge
transfer. A survey research carried out by means of enquiry made by post
on a sample of leaders of vital family households (64,5% farmers replied) showed
that most of peasants are aware of necessity and importance of professional education
in the process of agriculture modernization and of their insufficient (inadequate)
knowledge, as well as that their own permanent professional perfection
is indispensable. Judging the most favourable form/way of professional knowledge
transfer and information communication in agriculture, the peasants gave
high priority to the role of agricultural-advisory service (agricultural extension),
and the self-education through professional literature they considered the least
important.
Ključne riječi
agriculturist (farmer; family farm householder; family farm leader); knowledge in agriculture; family household (farm); professional (specialized) education and information
Hrčak ID:
119969
URI
Datum izdavanja:
10.9.1999.
Posjeta: 1.021 *