STRENGTHENING OF THE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AS A PREREQUISITE FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY OF THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND RURAL TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA
The concepts of «agricultural education» and «the system of agricultural education» are defined. The information on the volume of training specialists in the system of agricultural education by the educational institutions of the Russian Federation has been systematized. It is found that the existing amount of trained specialists does not fully cover the requirements of the rural labor market in the long term. The key directions and mechanisms of the system of agricultural education in development in the Russian Federation have been determined.