With the growing economy, technological revolution and booming development, India is steadily touching the realms of progress. Almost 17% of India's total GDP is generated by the agriculture sector alone. Moreover, India improved its ranking on the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’ report for the second straight year, jumping 23 places to the 77th position on the back of reforms related to insolvency, taxation and other areas of economic development. This shows the massive development witnessed by India in recent years.
Apart from this, the agricultural sector employs over 60% of the total population of India. But India's lack of agricultural planning, credit facility, saturated development of agriculture in one area, use of conventional ways for farming, lack of electricity and other resources, etc. make it difficult for farmers to continue with their agri-activities. They don't even want their inheritors to continue with farming in such unfavourable conditions. Heirs of farmers are advised to work in private firms or government organisations and discontinue agri-activities. This, eventually, leads more and more farmers to leave farming and choose alternate earning sources.
Indian farmers are illiterate and not used to handling modern machines, banks procedures and other paperwork required in this field. However, the youth of India is smart, educated and can handle machines and do paperwork with ease. With proper guidance and direction, the agriculture sector of India can be flourished. One of the prerequisites for this is empowering and generating keen interest in seeing farming as a business venture. For this, more awareness related to farming and its scope should be given in schools and colleges to help students cultivate an interest in this field. This will lead to the development of innovation in the agricultural sector. Various prominent courses related to agriculture that have a potential career scope are here:
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture:
Students can gain some in-depth knowledge of soil science, water resources and its management, animal husbandry management, land surveying, and few aspects of biotechnology from this course. The fundamental methodology behind the course curriculum is to train students to create modern and effective ways of agriculture to enhance the overall productivity of agricultural output. Students can learn all these basic aspects and implement them while practically performing them in the field. Agricultural science also has disciplines such as agronomy, horticulture, plant pathology, entomology, soil science, food technology, agricultural economics, home science, fisheries, forestry, and veterinary science. Students interested in this can opt for such optional subjects too.
B.E. or B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering:
Through Bachelor of Engineering and B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering, students are provided with a syllabus of Agricultural Engineering which deals with various theoretical and practical aspects of farming. Various areas of concepts are food processing, production planning, food production, machinery, etc. More emphasis is given on the practical side of the farming sector during this course. This course also tries to unleash the innovative and creative side of the students to help them have a promising future in upcoming years.
BBA in Agriculture:
Generally, BBA stands for Bachelor's of Business Management, but its scope is not limited to its name. Management has a wide-scope which can be applied to various fraternities including agricultural business. BBA certainly helps candidates to apply principles of management, marketing, and other aspects of management. This course trains students and turns them into management professionals who may then work in the agri-business to bring innovation and effective management in picture to help generate more agri-output. Refined management helps in proper marketing of agri-products, its distribution and forming an effective networking channel to enhance the management of agri-activities.
These courses related to Agricultural Business not only give a promising career scope but also helps in strengthening the economy of the nation. Awareness related to this must be imparted to the youth from colleges and schools to save the feeding sector of the country that treasures high potential when it comes to generating revenue.
