Simply, Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture as a business aims at maximum net return through the management of land, labour, water and capital, employing the knowledge of various sciences for production of food, feed, fiber and fuel. About more than 60% of population is depend on Agriculture in India. Impossible to imagine Human civilization without progress in agriculture. In recent years, agriculture is commercialized to run as a business through mechanization...

1. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Everything can wait, but not agriculture.
-Pandit J . Nehru
The evergreen branch for not only career but life………

3. Agriculture……
 Simply, Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock.
 Agriculture as a business aims at maximum net return through the management of land,
labour, water and capital, employing the knowledge of various sciences for production of
food, feed, fiber and fuel.
 About more than 60% of population is depend on Agriculture in India.
 Impossible to imagine Human civilization without progress in agriculture.
 In recent years, agriculture is commercialized to run as a business through mechanization.
The evergreen field

4. The apex body
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
New Delhi
With 101 ICAR institutes and 71 agricultural universities spread across the country this
is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world
 12thScience(PCMB/PC
B/PCM)
 85% seats: From
entrance procedure
of state agriculture
universities.
 15% seats: From
national level
entrance exam
conducted by ICAR.

5. Plant
Pathology
Agricultural
Botany
Agricultural
Extension
Agricultural
Entomology
Agricultural
Economics
Soil Science and
Agricultural
Chemistry
Agronomy
Horticulture
Animal
Science and
Dairy Science
Agricultural
Engineering

6. Agronomy: The study of principles which are helpful for
production of various crops which includes food crops, fodder crops, fibre
crops, sugar, oilseeds etc.
Weed
science
Crop
Cultivation
Agronomy
Organic
farming
Manures and
fertilizer
management
Agriculture
Meterology

7. Horticulture: the science and art of growing
fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants etc.
Floriculture, Medicinal plant and
landscape development , Post
harvest technology.
Vegetable Science
(Olericulture)
Fruit science
(pomology)
Horticulture

8. Agricultural Botany: Understanding Genetics, physiology, breeding
of important crops and make suitable according to social need.

9. PLANT PATHOLOGY:Plant pathology or phytopathology is the science, which deals with the plant
diseases. It is concerned with health and productivity of growing plants .
Plant
pathology
Principles of
disease
management
IPM
Fungal
Bacterial
viral diseases
Biofertilizers,
Mushroom
Production
Agriculture
microbiology

10. Agricultural Entomology: Entomology deals with the
basic or academic aspects of the Science of Insects. It includes morphology,
anatomy, physiology and taxonomy of the insects which are important
agricultural view.

11. Soil science: is the study of soil as a natural resource
on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and
mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of
soils; and these properties in relation to the use in agriculture.
Soil science
and
agricultural
chemistry
Soil ,it’s types
and
importnace
Micronutrient
managment
Soil chemeistry
Manures
Fertiliser
agrochemicals

12. Agricultural Extension: Agricultural extension is the application of
scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.
And this science is responsible for transfer of technology from research lab to land.
Agricultural
Extension
Entrepreneurship
development and
Agricultural
Journalism
Rural Education
and educational
psychology
Communication
skills and
personality
development

13. Agricultural Economics: the science that deals with
production, exchange and consumption of various Agricultural
commodities/produce in agroeconomic systems.
Agricultural
Economics
Farm
management
Agriculture
act and co-
operation
Agro-based
industries
Agricultural
marketing
Finance and
business
Production
economics

14. Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science:Management of
agriculturally important animals i.e. cattle, buffalos, goat, sheep, poultry etc. Livestock farming is
an integral part of crop farming and contributes substantially to household nutritional security and
poverty alleviation through increased household income.
Animal
Husbandry
and Dairy
Science
Livestock
production
management
Animal
breeding and
nutrition
Sheep, goat
and poultry
Management
Dairy
technology,
Milk and milk
products

15. Agricultural Engineering: The engineering of agricultural production and
processing. A key goal of this discipline is to improve the efficacy and sustainability of
agricultural practices through knowledge of technological principles.
Post harvest
technology
Farm
mechanics
Irrigation
management

16. Career in Agriculture (Public sector)

17. Academics Agriculture journalism
National, State
and Local seed
Testing agencies
Agriculture Cooperative sector
Banking Agriculture Research
and development
Agriculture administrative
officers

18. Career in agriculture (Private sector)

19. Private Agricultural companies:
local/national/International
Seed compony
Own start-up
(Mushroom unit, soil testing laboratory, tissue culture lab,
dairy/ poultry unit, post harvest companies etc.)

20. Agro-based Industries
(E.g. Product supply chain, processing units of your own farm
products etc.)
Farm/Industry consultant
Agri-service centre
Agro-tourism