You will have lot many opportunities if you hold a degree in agricultural sciences say from conductor to collector. You should decide what to choose and what not to,
Upon graduation or post-graduation in agriculture, there are ample opportunities in teaching, research and transfer of technology areas in ICAR, State Agricultural Universities, State Departments of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and NGOs. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts an annual competitive examination for recruitment in the Indian Forest Services, for which one of the educational qualifications required is Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture so you can explore in any field.
Moreover, there are large number of local, national and international private business organisations, manufactures and NGOs where agriculture professionals can find decent employment. Software companies are also looking for domain experts in agriculture industry to plan, design and implement different software solutions targetting the agriculture sector. Further important opportunities will be awaiting once you step down from university to work field, here are some
- Competitive Exams
Graduate in BSc Agriculture, like any other graduate is eligible to appear job exams in Banking, Defence, UPSC, SSC and many more organisations. Besides, there are exclusive exams only for agriculture graduates (IBPS AO, FCI, AIC, IIFCO, NSCI etc.)
- Campus Placements
Many reputed companies visit agriculture colleges or universities for recruiting BSc Agriculture students under campus placement program.
- State Government Jobs
Jobs like Agriculture Development Officer (ADO), Class-I (Gazetted), Agriculture Extension Officer, Range Forest Officer, District Horticulture Officer (D.H.O. Grade-I), Superintendent-Govt Garden, District Cane Officer, Assistant Conservator regularly recruited by the respective state governments.
- Central Government Jobs
Agriculture Graduate Trainee in IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, A Multistate Co-operative Society).
- Jobs in Banks and Insurance sector
Field Officers, Rural Development Officers, Junior Associates and Junior Agricultural Associates, Agricultural and Probationary Officers are recruited by different public sector and private banks of India.
- Jobs in Teaching and Education
For those whose passion is teaching, there are plenty of opportunities to make career in teaching at school, college and university level.
- Jobs in Research and Development (R & D)
Agricultural Research Scientist (ARS) and Research Fellow posts are available with many government and private organisations.
- Jobs in Private Sector
There are number of private organisations that recruit Agriculture graduates on regular basis.
- Becoming an Entrepreneur
No industry is best suited for becoming an entrepreneur than the agriculture sector. If your dream is to setup your own business to become an employment giver rather than an employment seeker, there are number of opportunities and promotional schemes from government to establish your own business in the agriculture related industry. Ex: you can own a mushroom production unit, Dairy farming, rabbit farming, vermicompost production etc where you can get subsidy from government for establishing structures.
- Agricultural Journalism
When your passion is writing and reporting, then Agricultural Journalism is the best choice for you.
Choices, alternatives and possibilities are very vast. Proper mindset with a goal is all that is required to explore and chase your dream in agriculture sector.
Scope is wide. There are a lot of Government and Private bodies which recruiting the Fresher Graduates from the Agriculture Background.
Some of the Govt Sectors are :
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
National Diary Development Board
National Seeds Corporation Limited
North Eastern Region Agricultural Marketing Corporation
State Farms Corporation of India
You can become an :
Agriculture Scientist
Agriculture Technician
Agriculturists
Business Development Executive
Data Curator.
Marketing Executive
Rice Breeder
Seed Technologist
Junior Agriculture Specialist
Junior Associate - Research
Education Career Aspects after this Programme :
You have many options to get into after this Graduation Degree.
You are eligible for the following Master Programme's :
M.Sc Agriculture, MBA in Agriculture, B.Ed, Ph.D
The best colleges for this course are:
TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY COIMBATORE
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU KRISHI VISHWA VIDYALAYA
MEWAR UNIVERSITY
LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY PUNJAB
ANNA UNIVERSITY
ACHARYA NGRANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
GOVIND BALLABH PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, PANTNAGAR
- Limited seats (only government colleges) each college have less than 150 seats, some even less than 70. So output is also low, hence competition for job is less unlike engineering
- So many career opportunities like agriculture scientist (central govt), quarantine, NSC
- private input sectors like seeds, fertilizer, weedicide, pesticides
- Lot of government job like ADA- assistant director of agriculture (group-one)- salary upto 70k, AO, AAO(group-b)- salary upto 50k
- Banking sector- every year bank recruits 2k to 3k agril specialist officer- exclusive for agri graduate
- Assistant professor-UGC scale.
- There are plenty of jobs but I can't mention them all
- NABARD will support you to open your own Agri enterprise by giving 35–45% subsidy
- It's an professional degree (Hons) where you are going to study in specific courses!!!
