Sustainable Internship for Students as the Movement Towards Professionalism in Agro-Industrial Complex’ Economy

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the organization of internship in educational programs of economic and financial direction on the example of higher agricultural education. In the course of the research we conducted at the theoretical level a review of modern approaches to the implementation of internship of economists and financiers in university education in various countries of the world. The empirical part contains the opinions of 1,297 students who took part in an online survey based on the results of internship at enterprises and organizations in the agro-industrial complex (AIC) economy in the South of Russia. The survey database was processed in the SPSS Statistics program (version 24). The movement towards professionalism in the activities of future economists and financiers of AIC through systematic internship is associated with increased attention to the main process, the economic support of which is carried out; the introduction of a section in internship related to testing the level of their own digital skills and familiarity with applied computer programs that are used in the practical activities of the agro-industrial organization (enterprise). Nowadays knowledge concerning ecology and environmental law in regulating the activities of agrarian enterprises is becoming important for the training of a modern economist in the agricultural sector. Thus, climate policy focuses on issues of economic assessment of carbon emissions. Future economists should not only know modern approaches and understand the process of environmental monitoring, but also possess the tools for such an assessment.