The Agriculture sector in India has lots of employment opportunities for the students from the B.Sc Agriculture. The Bachelor of Agriculture is a under graduate program which is for a duration of 3 years. This course is offered by many universities in the country. As to join this course, the candidates need to pass 10+2 in the science stream. The candidates must have Biology as a core subject. The candidates must have more than 50% of marks in the +2. The candidates who have supplementary papers in the +2 are not allowed to join the course. The candidates must also have studied English as a compulsory subject in their 12th standard.

There are many specializations which student’s of B.Sc Agriculture can take up. Some of them are Agronomy, Agricultural Economy, Agricultural Biochemistry, Agricultural Meteorology and Physics. The students will also have an option to learn subjects like Genetics, Animal Science and Biotechnology, Instrumentation and Environmental Sciences. The jobs the candidate gets after the completion of the graduation will be allied with these specializations.

Private Sector Jobs after Bachelor of Agriculture

There are many private companies which recruits candidates from the Agriculture background. Most of these types of companies will mostly involve in Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Forestry, Sericulture, Veterinary Science etc. Some other companies which also recruit B.Sc agriculture candidates also include Dairy Technology, Food science, marketing of agro products, banking and financial Co-operation etc. Some of the job profiles to which the candidates are absorbed includes:-

• Agriculture Scientist
• Agriculture Technician
• Agriculturists
• Business Development Executive
• Data Curator.
• Marketing Executive
• Rice Breeder
• Seed Technologist
• Junior Agriculture Specialist
• Junior Associate - Research

Government Sector Jobs after Bachelor of Agriculture

There are also many government and public sector organization which recruits B.Sc agriculture students. There are many public sector companies in India in relation to agriculture. Some of the companies are:-

• Indian Agricultural Research Institute
• National Diary Development Board
• National Seeds Corporation Limited
• North Eastern Region Agricultural Marketing Corporation
• State Farms Corporation of India

Job Prospects Abroad after Bachelor of Agriculture

The job prospect of candidates with Bachelor of Agriculture will be very less in other countries. But if the candidates would take up a Masters in Agriculture and get in to the research field then the opportunities available will be comparatively high than for candidates with a bachelors degree.  Few of the employment areas include Research Organizations, Educational Institutes, Agricultural and Food Products Related Companies etc.