The government and the Ministry of Agriculture provide the foundations for future agricultural professionals

By: STA Date: 2023. 03. 30. 09:30

The knowledge acquired in the field of agriculture always provides a solid foundation and a good livelihood at all times. Because you always have to eat and the raw materials for food have to be produced. Without a functioning, well-producing agriculture, we are vulnerable, said Minister of Agriculture István Nagy at the handover of the renovated building of the Southern ASzC Máté Bereczki Agricultural and Food Technical College in Baja.

The handover of the renovated building of the Southern ASzC Máté Bereczki Agricultural and Food Technical College (Photo: Csaba Pelsőczy)

The head of the ministry emphasized that the government and the Ministry of Agriculture will provide the foundations for the agricultural professionals of the future: with modern education, an institutional system, renovated schools, vocational training and the objectives and resources set out in the new Hungarian Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy launched in 2023. The Déli ASzC Máté Bereczki Agricultural and Food Technical School, Vocational School has been providing excellent professionals for Hungarian agriculture for almost 120 years, its goal has not changed over time: to instill the love of agriculture in the students and watch the bud begin to swell and come to life. The government provided more than HUF 363 million in tender support for the renovation of the building, he added.

István Nagy also spoke about the structural renewal of agricultural vocational training in recent years

In the agricultural vocational training centers maintained by the Ministry of Agriculture, agricultural and food industry companies and companies found reliable partners and became respected and recognized educational players in their social environment. The number of enrolled students has been steadily increasing since 2019, and for the 2022/23 academic year, 4,638 enrolled, 5 percent more than the previous year. He underlined that the number of applicants to the technical school increased again compared to the previous academic year.