The Faculty of Agriculture (FoA) (University of Mauritius) is the only tertiary Education Institution in the country providing graduate training in Agriculture with an annual enrolment of about 100-125 students. Although the relative contribution of the Agricultural sector to the economy has declined over the past decade — share to GDP: 3.0% in 2014 as compared to 6.4% in 2004 [1] the introduction of new schemes in support of Bio- Farming, food processing and value-addition will attract new entrepreneurs to Agriculture. This transformation in the Agriculture sector will create new job opportunities, but has to leverage on skilled human capital. Graduates with good employability skills are of strategic importance to the FoA, in line with the government’s vision to develop a knowledge-based economy. This study aimed at mapping out the set of skills, understandings and personal attributes that will increase the job prospects of the fresh graduate from FoA in Agriculture. The main research question centred on the perceptions of employers, alumni and students of the FoA, concerning the most relevant competences for the Subject Area (key general and key subject specific competences), understandings and personal attributes, which enhance the employability of graduates in Agriculture. Using semi-structured interviews, the study explored and triangulated the perceptions from four key stakeholders’ perspectives, namely: a range of employers, Industry Placement Supervisors, alumni of the FoA and current students. Both quantitative and qualitative insights of the perceptions on the employability skills of FoA undergraduates were obtained from a wide range of employers from the private and public sector. An analysis of data from the interviews and responses was carried out using SPSS. The key attributes that were valued by the key stakeholders have been used to inform the ‘ Employability Skills Subject Area Framework ’, and the ‘ Curriculum Mapping ’, proposed for the degree of BSc (Hons) Agriscience and Technology of the FoA. Published online : 30 November 2016 [1] “Digest of Agricultural Statistics Mauritius,” Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, http://statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/StatsbySubj/Documents/Digest/Digest%20of%20Agricultural%20Statistics%202014.pdf .

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需要提高农业专业本科生的就业能力（知识，技能，自主权和态度）。来自学生看法和雇主期望的证据

农业学院（FoA）（毛里求斯大学）是该国唯一的提供农业研究生培训的高等教育机构，每年招收约100至125名学生。尽管在过去十年中农业部门对经济的相对贡献有所下降-占GDP的比重：2014年为3.0％，而2004年为6.4％[1]引入了支持生物农业，食品加工的新计划增值将吸引新企业家加入农业。农业部门的这种转变将创造新的就业机会，但必须依靠熟练的人力资本。与政府发展知识型经济的愿景相一致，具有良好就业能力的毕业生对FOA具有战略重要性。这项研究旨在规划出一套技能，的理解和个人特质，将增加农业上农业领域的应届毕业生的就业前景。主要研究问题集中在雇主，校友和FoA的学生的看法上，涉及学科领域最相关的能力（关键的一般能力和关键学科的特定能力），理解和个人素质，从而提高农业毕业生的就业能力。该研究使用半结构化访谈，从四个主要利益相关者的角度探讨并划分了看法，这些观点包括：雇主范围，行业安置主管，FoA的校友和在读学生。对FoA大学生的就业技能看法的定量和定性见解均来自私营和公共部门的众多雇主。使用SPSS对访谈和回应中的数据进行了分析。关键利益相关者重视的关键属性已被用于为FoA的BSc（荣誉）农业科学和技术学位建议的“就业技能主题领域框架”和“课程映射”。在线发布：2016年11月30日[1]“毛里求斯农业统计摘要”，财政和经济发展部，http：//statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/StatsbySubj/Documents/Digest/Digest%20of%20Agricultural%20Statistics% 202014.pdf。关键利益相关者重视的关键属性已被用于为FoA的BSc（荣誉）农业科学和技术学位建议的“就业技能主题领域框架”和“课程映射”。在线发布：2016年11月30日[1]“毛里求斯农业统计摘要”，财政和经济发展部，http：//statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/StatsbySubj/Documents/Digest/Digest%20of%20Agricultural%20Statistics% 202014.pdf。关键利益相关者重视的关键属性已被用于为FoA的BSc（荣誉）农业科学和技术学位建议的“就业技能主题领域框架”和“课程映射”。在线发布：2016年11月30日[1]“毛里求斯农业统计摘要”，财政和经济发展部，http：//statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/StatsbySubj/Documents/Digest/Digest%20of%20Agricultural%20Statistics% 202014.pdf。