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Agriculture is the mainstay of our economy. It provides food to our millions and raw materials for our industries. India also has enormous potential as an exporter of our agricultural commodities. Work in the agriculture sector ranges from the totally academic pursuits of research and teaching to inspection and other supervisory work to commercial activities of establishing farms , plantations, orchards and carrying on exports of produce from them. In specific an agriculture engineer's job is to provide solutions for technical problems related to agriculture. Ample opportunities
Ample opportunities for employment are available for agriculture engineers in public and private sector.Agriculture engineering is concerned ith solving engineering problems of providing food and fiber for the people of the world. These problems include designing improved tools to work the soil and harvest the crops as well as developing water supplies for agriculture and systems for irrigating and draining the land where necessary. Jobs can be found in manufacturing companies, water resource management , forestry , food processing, rural development etc. Agriculture engineers can work w
Agriculture Engineers specialse in one of the five major areas i.e. mechanical powers, electrification, soil and water conservation, farm structures and food engineering . Engineers who specialize in farm structures are involved in designing farm houses, animal sheltors and crop storage facilities. Agriculture engineers are also designed in power machines. Agriculture engineers involved in electrification may design an electric power system for arural region. Engineers involved in soil and water conservation develop irrigation, drainage and flood control system.Agriculture engineers involved i
To be an agriculture engineer, one has to puruse B.Tech Agriculture. The Bachelor's degree course covers basic physical, engineering and agricultural sciences. Soil conservation, drainage methods, irrigation practices, farm machinery, dairy engineering, are some of the areas dealt with.An individual can also puruse post graduation as well Ph.D in the same field to improve career prospects. At the postgraduate level, specialization in crop process engineering, farm machinery and power, soil and water conservation, etc. are taken up. At IIT, Kharagpur, and at IARI (Indian Agricultural Resear
If one is keen to puruse to MBA after completin g [B.Tech Agriculture][1] than one should ideally consider doing MBA Agri Business. Agri-business explores production, marketing and trading of products related to agriculture. The [MBA programme][2] also covers improved growing techniques, agricultural machinery, fertilizer, pesticides pre- and post- harvest handling, storage, transportation, packaging and labeling. Critical management issues as financing and technical assistance, preparation of products for exports, overseas marketing issues and government policy are also an integral part
Agricultural engineers develop and install agricultural, horticultural and forestry machinery and processes. They also advise farmers, companies and government departments on countryside issues. These could range from crop diversity through to sustainable land use.There work usually involve:assessing the environmental impact of intensive productionsupervising agricultural construction projects, like land drainage, reclamation and irrigationsolving engineering problems; for example, making it easier for machinery to move over uneven ground in different weather conditions (known as te
As an Agricultural Engineer you will work on the following activities:Work on the various equipments and take the measurements so that necessary data can be collected.They may have to work in the farms or even in the forests to make their observations while doing their research.They also work on the manufacturing and design part of the instruments, equipments and machines that will be used in the agriculture industry. They also work closely on the scientific techniques that can help improving the food processing and the quality of production.As an Agriculture Engineer you w
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