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Report from Sweden Naturbruksgymnasiet Strömma
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1. National system of professional agriculture
training in Sweden

• 49 Natural resource use colleges
• 3 year programme (students age 16-19)
• Farming, Horticulture, Forestry, Equine, Animal
  care, Aquaculture

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Administration economy Natural resource use
colleges

• are run by the regions, municipalities or
  private foundations.
• are free (without costs) for all students
  regardless of who runs the colleges.
• are financed by the Swedish government but the
  money goes through the municipalities and is
  distributed depending on the number of students
  at each school.

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Extended professional training, I

• fast to new conditions, developments and demands
  KY (kvalificerad yrkesutbildning qualified
  professional training) 2 years.
• KY schools are run by boards consisting of
  representatives from universities and trade
  (private companies).
• KY has as a goal to adapt from the trade.
• KY is financed by the government. The budget is
  allocated depending on the need for this kind of
  education / training. No course fee for students.

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Extended professional training II

• SLU (Svenska Lantbruksuniversitetet Swedish
  Agriculture University)
• 2-6 year programmes
• Shorter programmes require professional
  experience longer programmes require theoretical
  preparatory courses of Science (Maths, Biology,
  Chemistry, Physics)
• Financed by the government.The university must
  ask for the money, which is allocated depending
  on the number of students who apply for the
  courses. No course fee for students.
• Run by a board consisting of representatives from
  the Ministry of Education and Science, the trade
  and the university.

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SLU has 8 specialized universities in Sweden
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Assisting services

• No apprentice system in Sweden at the moment.
• A number of advisory organizations provide
  special competences covering all agricultural
  activities (forestry, crop production, animal
  husbandry, building, economy).

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National strategies for making the future leaders
apt to changes in the agriculture sector

• Representatives from different agriculture trades
  (forestry, agriculture, horticulture) influence
  the content and the curriculum of the
  professional training at college level (SYN, NYN,
  TYN).

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• Transfer of research to the practical level
• Extracts from research reports from SLU are
  published in branch magazines. Full reports can
  be ordered or found on Internet.
• Advisory organizations, specialized institutes,
  membership organizations and departments at the
  county councils spread information about where
  and how to learn more about research results by
  letters or e-mail networks to farmers. For more
  complicated matters the farmers are invited to
  attend courses.
• Agriculture teachers and instructors must attend
  in-service training courses to develop their
  competences.

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2. Methods for transmittingbasic knowledge

• Integration of core subjects and specific
  subjects.
• Integration of theory and practical work.
• PBL Problem Based Learning
• Portfolio system.
• Mindmapping.
• Adapting teaching methods and learning situations
  to the students individual learning style (a
  goal).
• Project work (planning, performance, reflection
  and analysis, evaluation)
• EKA, LIA (Lärande i arbete), Storyline, Role play

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Methods for merging the taught theory with the
daily practice at a company

• Good contact is maintained between the natural
  resource use colleges and companies. The company
  tutors are made conscious of the course content.
  The goal is that the students during the work
  placements shall develop their skills and learn
  parts of the courses there.
• Three compulsory courses involve project work
  which can be done for companies or creating their
  own companies.

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Methods for promoting the initiative spirit and
the innovating and creative abilities

• The Swedish grading system promotes these
  qualities.
• Ex of courses Project courses, UF-företag (
  Young Enterprises / Entrepreneurs)

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3. Political and financial framework
There is no statistics that prove the
connection between education and
successful management of companies.
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The Swedish government has the financial and
political responsibility for the agricultural
training. The National School authorities are
given the mission to form the programmes and the
courses.
See picture nr 3!
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Budgets allocated for research

• Companies / farmers pay small fees on de-livered
  products before they are processed (slaughter
  fee, mill fee, pulp, sawmill).
• Hushållningsällskapen (regional private
  foundations) get money from private enterprises
  and the government for experiments with farm
  animals and crops.
• Seed research companies own money and from the
  government.

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• The average size of agricultural companies is
  different depending on in which region of Sweden
  you are.Västra Götaland arable land 37,8 ha
  forest land 24 ha
• Average in Sweden 1,8 million ha of totally 2,7
  million ha are farms with 50 ha or more arable
  land. The tendency is an increasing number of
  farms bigger than 100 ha.

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• The principal products in Sweden
• Flat areas pork production, cereals, rape seed.
• Forest flat areas dairy products, beef cattle,
  forestry products.
• Forest areas forestry products, potatoes.

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The Swedish BNP 2800 billion SKR 310 billion
Euro

• Agriculture 0,6
• Car industry (Volvo SAAB) 1,5
• Forestry including processed products 5
• Manufacturing industry 6

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The trading balance in Sweden

• 208 billion SKR 22 billion Euro from the global
  economy of the country
• Import of products from the agricultural sector
  53 billion SKR (including equipment, animal feed
  food).