Upcoming and Promising Careers in Agriculture
Whole nation is facing unemployment issues to a vast extent. Rising sectors have many different types of jobs here is 7 Upcoming and Promising Careers in Agriculture for all.
The Agricultural industry is one of the sectors that will soon require a lot of human resources and will add up to the employment ratio.
In the Agriculture sector but it has many vacant places to be filled, available jobs are not only demanding but promising as well for the future.
Now, if you are curious to explore the careers that you could venture into in the field of Agriculture, let us introduce some of them to you.
Agricultural Engineering
It is a branch that designs, builds and make better farming equipment, machines, and manufacturing processes, increasing the efficiency of farming activities.
The focus is on five main components: rural structure, farm equipment, drainage & irrigation, rural electricity, and soil conservation.
Also, it ensures proper working of equipment and processes via visiting work sites by the engineer.
Top Institutions for Agricultural Engineering
IIT, Kharagpur
Anand Agricultural University in Gujarat
Indira Gandhi Agricultural University in Chhattisgarh
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad
Horticulture
A branch of science that works to improve the quality, growth, nutrition value, and yield of plants and trees.
Science of growing and cultivating vegetables, fruits, herbs, decorative flowers, ornamental trees and maintaining orchards, greenhouses, nurseries, and plantations, etc.
The sector is picking up the pace along with the rise in demand for organic food.
Top Institutions for Horticulture
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University in Hyderabad
Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
Agronomy
It is the branch of agriculture that deals with studying crops and the soil they grow.
It develops methods to improve the use of soil and increase the production of crops.
It includes researching the preparation of good seedbeds, restoration of soil fertility, correct dates for sowing, proper methods of management of soil moisture, conservation and appropriate ways to control weeds and insects.
Top Institutions
● Mahatma Phulke Krishi Vidyapeeth, Pune
● Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore
● Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University in Hyderabad
● Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana
Dairy Technology
A field that is concerned with the production and processing of milk mainly.
Aims to manage milk production along with its collection, storage, packaging and distribution of milk & its by-products.
It also requires looking at its processing, making milk fit to consume, meeting quality and nutritional standards.
Top Institutions
Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu University, Raipur
Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Science and Technology in Patna
Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University in Tirupati
Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Science University, Bidar
Poultry Farming
It aims to raise domestic birds for procuring their eggs and meat.
Helps manage different activities like feed supply, shed management, transportation of the products, nutritional standards of the produce, etc.
Top Institutions
Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar
The Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Bikaner
Bisar Agricultural University, Ranchi
Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University, Tirupati
Fisheries Science
It works to understand the principles of cultivation and harvesting of fish commercially (in freshwater, brackish/saline water or any marine environment). And, focuses on studying the life, breeding, and habitats of various species of fish.
Top Institutions
Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences in Kochi
Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries University in Nagpur
West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences in Kolkata
Agricultural Economics
It teaches to apply the principles of economics to the agricultural industry.
Professionals predict market trends, monitoring trade (import/export) patterns, production methods of farming goods, and consumer preferences.
They analyse the demand and supply of different agro products and helping in determining their market value.
Top institutions
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur
Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology in Udaipur
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
There are other branches too which offers the young aspirants should consider as these are some upcoming fields and would have a lot of scope in future given the fact that India’s economy is still primarily dominated by the agriculture sector.
We would love hear from you pls do share with us in the comments! which of these fields excites you the most?
