| |19 AUGUST 2022HIGHERReviewCareer Opportunities to ExploreAgricultural education doesn't confine its students to tradi-tional farming, but recently, many new roles have come up for students who are excelling in this domain. Apart from traditional farming, students having an agricultural degree can work in Government Research Institutes, State Agricul-tural Universities (SAUs), Seed Manufacturing Companies, Food Technology Companies, Banks, Agriculture Fields, MNCs, Fertilizer Manufacturing Firms, and so on. There is abundant availability of jobs for graduates and postgrad-uates in Agriculture across both private and public sectors. Some of the popular agriculture job profiles in India include Agricultural scientist, Production Manager, Food Microbi-ologist, Crop Specialist, Plant Geneticist, Agricultural Engi-neer, Agricultural Inspector, Agronomist, Water Conserva-tionist, Soil Engineer, Agriculture Officer, Food Researcher, Soil Surveyor, Agricultural Food Scientist, Agricultural Manager, Aquatic Ecologist, Soil And Plant Scientist, Hor-ticulturalist, and so on.India's Journey towards Renovating the Agricultural Education EcosystemParents and students often end up associating agriculture with rural landscapes and struggling farmers, however, the segment is currently being led by prolific scientists and re-searchers to produce the best crops. India has always been the land of farming and agriculture, and therefore, the In-dian govt. is not shying away from recognizing the fact that the study of agriculture has indeed become diverse and chal-lenging. Encouraging the universities to upgrade their cur-riculum and teaching methodologies, India is shaping its stu-dents to resume its position as the global agricultural leader in the future as well. Addressing a brainstorming session last month, which was organized by Indian Council of Agricul-tural Research (ICAR), agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, "Agriculture is priority and strength of Indian economy, acts as the backbone in adverse conditions. The government is making rigorous efforts to embrace agricul-ture as part of the school curriculum". Imparting graduates with strong statistical and experimental design skills to man-age the science and economics of the present agriculture arena, the agricultural education segment of India has been able to make a significant mark across the global agricultural podium. A month-long training program for a group of agriculture students from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, has helped them gain hands-on-experience in crop cultivation, farm technologies and also marketing of agricultural products
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