The viewpoint of the focal group of selected agricultural education experts regarding the Iranian future farmers education sys tem

Agricultural education sys tem mus t prepare the current and future generation of farmers to solve the problems and challenges of the next century, domes tic and global competition, fluctuating preparation and make optimal use of new technologies, keeping up with the growth of the world's population, climate change, the increasing advancement of knowledge and technology in agricultural science. Achieving these goals requires continuous review and updating of agricultural education sys tem and the forecas ting and development of a satisfactory approach to educating future farmers. Despite the main mission of the agricultural education sys tem in preparing the youth and empowering the current and future farmers of the country, this sys tem faces many challenges, including; Weakness in motivating young people to agricultural fields, the low share of the agricultural sector in accepting s tudents in the country's secondary education, the weak scientific and practical foundation of agricultural graduates and the unwillingness of the agricultural production and commercial sectors to attract them. So, the main purpose of this s tudy was to determine the main pillars of an approach to agricultural education in order to train future farmers in Iran from the perspective of experts of agricultural education sys tem. In terms of the purpose, this s tudy is an applied research, and in terms of the method of implementation, it is a descriptive s tudy, and in terms of the paradigm approach, it has used a qualitative approach. The s tatis tical population of this survey included all agricultural education experts employed in universities, research ins titutes and executive organizations who finally 10 people were selected using the purposeful sampling method. The requiered data in this research was collected using interviews and reviewing published reports. After coding the data and extracting the codes, concepts and categories, the elements of future farmers education approach of Iran, including ideals and philosophy, goals, s trategies and solutions, and methodologies of executive plans were explained. Finally, based on the findings, the comments that should be considered in developing the country's agricultural education roadmap were sugges ted.