Agricultural, Biosystems, and Biological Engineering Education
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Agricultural engineering, developed as an engineering discipline underpinned by physics, applies scientific principles, knowledge, and technological innovations in the agricultural and food industries. During the last century, there was exponential growth in engineering developments, which has improved human wellbeing and radically changed how humans interact with each other and our planet. Among these, "Agricultural Mechanization" is ranked among the top 10 in a list of 20 Top Engineering Achievements of the last century that have had the greatest impact on the quality of life.
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Agricultural engineering, developed as an engineering discipline underpinned by physics, applies scientific principles, knowledge, and technological innovations in the agricultural and food industries. During the last century, there was exponential growth in engineering developments, which has improved human wellbeing and radically changed how humans interact with each other and our planet. Among these, "Agricultural Mechanization" is ranked among the top 10 in a list of 20 Top Engineering Achievements of the last century that have had the greatest impact on the quality of life.

While many success stories abound, the problems of low appeal among students, identity crises, and limited job opportunities in many climes continue to trouble the discipline's future in many parts of the world. Yet agriculture and agricultural engineering remain fundamental to assuring food and nutrition security for a growing global population.

Agricultural, Biosystems, and Biological Engineering Education provides the first comprehensive global review and synthesis of different agricultural, biosystems, and biological engineering education approaches, including a detailed exposition of current practices from different regions.

Key Features:
Describes novel approaches to curriculum design and reformOutlines current and emerging epistemology and pedagogies in ABBE educationProvides a framework to grow agricultural engineering in Africa and other developing regionsHighlights the role of ABBE education in the context of the SDGs
Presented in 3 parts and containing 42 chapters, this book covers the historical evolution of agricultural engineering education and discusses the emergence of biological and biosystems engineering education. It will appeal to engineers and other professionals, education planners and administrators, and policy makers in agriculture and other biological industries.

Chapters 4, 11, 41, 19 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Autorenporträt
Umezuruike Linus Opara is a Distinguished Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, where he also holds the Chair of the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Postharvest Technology, and the founding Director of the Africa Institute for Postharvest Technology (AIPhT). He graduated with degrees in Agricultural Engineering (BEng, First Class Honors; MEng, cum laude) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand and a Certificate in Innovation for Economic Development, from the Executive Education program at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA. He is a Chartered Engineer, Certified Food Scientist, and has leading memberships of several professional agricultural engineering societies, including Fellow of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Institution of Agricultural Engineers (UK), South African Institution of Agricultural Engineers, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, and Life Membership of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering, and the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers. Prof. Opara is currently developing the UNESCO International Centre for Biotechnology in Nsukka, Nigeria, a Category II Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, for advancing biotechnology research and high-level capacity building in the Africa region in the areas of food security, tropical diseases, and bioresources conservation.