Agro-based industry includes companies that are involved in cultivation, under controlled conditions of horticultural and agricultural crops, inclusive of post-harvest operations on fruits and vegetables, cultivation of vegetables and floriculture.

This industry can otherwise be referred as an extended arm of the agricultural sector and the development of this industry can stabilize the agricultural sector and can make it more stable and lucrative in creation of employment opportunities not only at the production stage, but also at the marketing stage. In India, some public sector organizations are operating under the Agro-based industries sector and the names of these organizations are as follows:

Public sector companies in Agro-based industrial sector:

• State Farms Corporation of India Limited

• North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited

• National Seeds Corporation Limited

• Andaman & Nicobar Industrial Forest & Plant Development Corporation Limited

• Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited

In addition to these, most of the state governments in India have their own Agro Industries Corporation Limited as Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited.

Recent government job notifications in the Agro-based industrial Sector:

The following public sector organizations operating in the Agro-based industrial sector called for applications from eligible candidates for the corresponding positions given below:

• Fertilizer Clerk – Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited

• Finance Director – National Seeds Development Corporation Limited

• Field Trainees - National Seeds Development Corporation Limited

• Junior Mechanic Grade II - National Seeds Development Corporation Limited

• Assistant Seed Officer - National Seeds Development Corporation Limited

• Deputy Manager (Administration) - National Seeds Development Corporation Limited

• Marketing Officer & Junior Engineer - State Farms Corporation of India Limited

• Quality Control Assistant - State Farms Corporation of India Limited

• Financial Advisor & Chief Accounts Officer - State Farms Corporation of India Limited

• Chief Administrative Officer - State Farms Corporation of India Limited

What is the Educational qualification should I possess to find government jobs in Agro-based industrial sector?

Candidates who hold degrees and diploma in the field of agricultural and allied disciplines can find employment opportunities in government organizations in the Agro-based industries sector. Even candidates with other qualification are recruited by the public sector companies in this sector like Administrative Officer, accounts officer, etc… and therefore candidates from other educational fields can also find public sector jobs in this sector.

Future job prospects in agro-based industry:

Since agricultural industry and agro-based industry are inter-related and the development of one sector will have an impact on the development of the other and therefore agro-based industries sector will be able to create more and more employment opportunities.