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What are the education requirements for a agricultural engineer? 

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The competencies addressed by undergraduate agricultural education programs should be assessed so programs are effective in supplying a well-prepared agriculturaland natural resources-oriented workforce, and so human capital is optimized.
The results show that majority (60.3%) of farmers are above 55 years, 51.6% were males, 54.2% had formal education up to High school level, and 97% were willing to participate in agricultural projects.
Agricultural educators accurately perceive that they lack biotechnology knowledge but they support its importance and recognize the benefits of integrated curriculum in agricultural education.
It is recommended that it is essential to identify the existing Agricultural Education and Training problems by considering both teaching and learning processes as well as, the attitude of students and educators towards Agricultural Education and Traini ng in order to produce efficient and capable professionals for the agricultural production and p rocessing systems.
The results of this study should be used when planning, designing, and implementing agricultural extension education programs at the university level.
The findings indicated that employers in the agribusiness industry recognized the need for changes in the agricultural education curricula to include the inccorporation of an agriculturala industry option.
The model for this analysis could be used with other technology preparation projects in agricultural education.
This study provides a model for benchmarking competencies and provides a taxonomy from which to study and understand/consider agricultural education competencies.