What is the scope of B.Sc in agriculture?

B.Sc. Agriculture is one of the most booming course these days. This programme at LPU equips students with all-round knowledge of sector and normally includes the following: Agronomy: Basics of Agronomy, Kharif and Rabi Crop, Crop Protection, Weed Management, Irrigation Techniques, Water Resource Management, Organic Farming, Sustainable Agriculture. LPU has Hons programme in same as B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture, which is a 4 year course in total. Eligibility for the same is Pass with 60% aggregate marks in 10+2 or Intermediate (with English, Physics, Chemistry and Maths or Biology or Forestry) or 10+2 or Intermediate (Agriculture) or 2 years Diploma in Agriculture after 10th or equivalent.

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Hi Neeraj, In the private sector, agriculture Science 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. Lovely Professional University (LPU) has become India's first private university to get ICAR accreditation. ICAR co-ordinates agricultural education and research in the country under the aegis of the Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (Government of India), where Union Minister of Agriculture is its President. For more information related to fee, eligibility kindly visit LPU website or call on toll free number 1800 102 4431.

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Hi, Agriculture is a primary source of livelihood for the majority of Indians. Thus, generally, it remains the last priority among students choosing a career option. Which is a very wrong assumption. Agricultural graduates have a wide scope of careers in public sector and private sector. In fact, entrepreneurship is a great opportunity to pursue your prospective career in the agricultural field. It is just a myth that Agriculture does not offer job opportunities. Lovely Professional University is the first private University that has got and accreditation from ICAR. The curriculum here is as per the guidelines of ICAR (Indian Council of Agriculture Research) and is designed to train students to understand ways of improving the crop production in a sustainable manner and to provide overall knowledge related to agriculture. The demand for graduates with a degree in agriculture is increasing every day in India and abroad. B.Sc. Agriculture is a 4 year undergraduate professional course offered by Lovely Professional University. Course fees are also considerably lower in comparison to other professional degrees, while rewarding with good jobs and a better packages. Infact one of LPU student has got the package of Rs 1 Crore per Annum. # It has various and variety of career options: Agriculture Officer, Farm Manager, Plantation manager, Research Officer, Quality assurance Officer in related fields, Agriculture Loan Officer in Banks, Production Manager, Operations Manager in Fertilizer Units, Food Development Manager, Self-owned Food Processing Units, SEED Quality Manager and Government jobs are also there. I hope this will be helpful to you.

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Dear Neeraj, Jobs can be got by students of B.Sc. Agriculture with firms of the private or public sectors. With public sector firms, one can get employed as Agricultural Research Scientist (ARS). But to get employed into this position, it will be needed for applicants to write an admission test. Job opportunities are also available for applicants as teachers. They can write the ARS-NET exam and get employed with colleges as lecturers. Jobs are also available for aspirants as Agriculture Development Officers (ADO) or as Block Development Officers. A few other areas where employment is offered to students of B.Sc. Horticulture encompass banks, Dairy consultancies, insurance companies and the animal industry. There is an immense scope of agriculture graduates in private sector, the jobs are increasing day by day due to larger demand for food products and their processing, there are jobs like Managers at Plantations Biochemist Environmental Engineer Bioinformatics Scientist Agronomy Sales Manager Agricultural Engineer Food Scientist Animal Geneticist Agricultural Operations Manage Officers at Fertilizer Manufacturing firms Managers at Agriculture Machinery Industries Agricultural Products Marketing firms Food processing units etc. Agro industries Agriculture Marketing Financial sector with focus on agriculture Micro-finance institutions Fertilizer companies Agri-biotech organizations Agricultural business managers Agricultural equipment salespeople Agriculture inspectors Animal control officers Agricultural managers It is imperative that the qualification must be done from top institutions link LPU which actually have the syllabi and required accreditation from ICAR. Hope this helps DVD.

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Hi Neeraj, Lots of Government as well as Private job opportunities are present in front of Graduates. Talking about Government jobs, State Agriculture Departments recruits Graduates to fill up Officer level posts. Government Banks also recruits Graduates to fill up Officer level posts (generally dealing with Loans). 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 Lakh 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 One may also work as an independent consultant after gaining work experience in the above mentioned fields. After B.Sc. Agriculture, one may also go for M.Sc. Agriculture and take up a teaching job, or even go for PhD and build a career in the Research sector associated with the field of Agriculture. All the best.

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Lovely professional university is the first private university to get accreditation from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). LPU provides the quality education by the well qualified teachers. LPU has become a brand across the globe. It has various national and international tie-ups. LPU provides a proper atmosphere or environment for agriculture students. In this stream as most of the work is fieldwork, there every student is allocated a separate piece of land to perform their tasks in the supervision of the staff. Students here are given the opportunity to work on the live projects. University provides additional professional enhancement classes as part of the curriculum to prepare the students for all types of competitive exams. LPU excels in terms of placement as well. Students of agriculture are availing a good amount of packages from the recruiters. I would like to name a few companies that visit LPU- Nestle, VLCC Health Care, HDFC, Rallis India, and many other firms. In the situation of Covid-19, LPU has relaxed their eligibility norms. Because of which LPU NEST is not compulsory for all the programmes. As for this programme LPU NEST works for scholarship purpose only. Here I am sharing the eligibility criteria of B.Sc. Hons Agriculture programme I. e. Pass with 60% aggregate marks in 10+2 or Intermediate (with English, Physics, Chemistry, Maths or Biology or Forestry) or 10+2 or Intermediate (Agriculture) or 2 years. Diploma in Agriculture after 10th or equivalent. Admissions are going on, to grab the opportunity apply without any delay. Hope this information helps.

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LPU has ICAR accreditation for B.Sc. Agriculture course. After completing degree you can be placed as Agriculture Development Officer, in a bank specially agriculture development bank branch or any other agriculture related company.

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Dear Neeraj, there is a wide scope of agriculture in India and Abroad and there are lot of university in India which are offering agriculture courses, but as per my knowledge We have to choose those colleges which are self-reliant in sources. For this I will recommend Lovely Professional university which is accredited by ICAR and have their own field for research related to agriculture and Best faculty members for agricultural research.

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The scope of B.Sc. Agriculture at JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY: Agricultural Officers, Agriculture Extension Officers, Agriculture field officers, Assistant Plant Protection Officers, Plant Quarantine Officers; Seed Certification Officers; Soil Survey Officers; Agricultural Field Officers in Banks and other financial institutions, Horticulture Officers; Landscape and Gardening Officers, Food Inspectors and various other such posts. Visit: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.jnujaipur.ac.in/courses/bsc-agriculture/120/" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>https://www.jnujaipur.ac.in/courses/bsc-agriculture/120/</a>.

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B.Sc Agriculture is a good course with good placement opportunities, as you can be employed by any private or government firm or you can start your own work or even you can start your career, as a lecturer. There are a lot of government opportunities available for the B.Sc in agriculture graduates. So, it has very good scope.

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