Agriculture Science

It is a 4 year long undergraduate Bachelor degree program. B.Sc agriculture program consists of topics such as- agriculture science, use of modern scientific equipment and techniques in agriculture, land surveying, soil science, water resource management, animal and poultry management, basics of biotechnology, etc. The main aim of this program is to use the above-mentioned concepts to train students to improve agriculture productivity, manage products and pave way for future developments through research activities.
Some important subjects that you will be studying in this course are:
Agronomy, Plant Genetics, Soil Science, Entomology, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture Engineering, Agricultural Meteorology, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Agricultural Extension.
Lots of government as well as private job opportunities are present in front of graduates. Talking about government jobs, state agriculture department recruit graduates to fill up officer level posts. Government bank also recruits graduates to fill up officer level post (generally dealing with loan).
Talking about private sector jobs, graduates may find jobs as managers at plantations, as officers at fertilizer manufacturing firms, agriculture machinery industries, agricultural products marketing firms, food processing units, etc. Average starting salary is generally between 2-4.5 lakhs rupees per year.
Some well-known job posts available in front of graduates are:
Research Officer
Quality Assurance Officer
Agriculture Officer
Agriculture Loan Officer (in Banks)
Production Manager
Operations Manager
Farm Manager
Thank you and best of luck.