National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)

National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)

• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has recently launched Rs 1100 crore ambitious National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP).

• Key highlights:

Aim: To attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country.

#Funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis.

#The objective of the NAHEP for India is to support participating agricultural universities and ICAR in providing more relevant and higher quality education to Agricultural University students.

#In addition, a four-year degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries and Forestry has been declared a professional degree.

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