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Agriculture and Allied Fields
Agriculture
has always been the mainstay of our economy. This sector employs more than
two third of the labour force in the country and is a major contributor to
the national economy. It meets our basic need for food and also the
requirement, for most of the raw material needed by the manufacturing
sector. Science and Technology have contributed significantly to
agriculture in terms of improving productivity and quality. In order to
gain a footing in the highly competitive global market and to make major
gains in the export market, there is an increasing demand for
professionally qualified people in this sector.
Agriculture
is a vast and diversified field, offering numerous career options. Other
than those directly engaged in farming and other such activities, the
industry needs people in areas of research and development and agro
industry. Then there are specialized areas, with good career prospects,
like Horticulture, Floriculture, Dairy and Poultry Farming and Fishery.
Educational
Qualification:
Although
it is possible to have a career in this sector without any formal training
but given the range and scope of career in the agriculture sector it is
essential to obtain formal training to become successful particularly in
the areas of research and agro-industry. There are large number of
institutes offering (every State has a Agriculture University) graduate
and post-graduate courses in agriculture and allied fields with choice of
several specializations such as agriculture economics, agriculture
chemistry, horticulture, and animal husbandry. Candidates need to have
passed 10+2 with science and clear an entrance exam for the admission to
the 4-year B.Sc course in agriculture. Subjects for entrance exam include
Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Mathematics or Agriculture.
There
are 29 agricultural universities spread in the different parts of the
country. In addition the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New
Delhi, the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (Bareilly), the
National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal and the Central Institute of
Fisheries Education, Bombay fall in the category of deemed universities.
The agricultural education system in the country offers degree programmes
in 11 specific disciplines viz. agriculture, veterinary science,
agricultural engineering, forestry, home science, dairy technology,
fisheries, sericulture, marketing, banking and co-operation, horticulture
and food science with a total intake of about 11,000 students. It also
offers postgraduate programmes in more than 55 fields of specialization
with a total intake capacity of about 5,000 students. ICAR offers about
1200 scholarships and fellowships from the undergraduate to post-doctoral
levels. Special fellowships are also offered for socially and economically
weaker groups.