Agriculture Education in Uttarakhand

Agriculture in India employs the largest number of people but is still underdeveloped sector. Mostly unskilled labour with very little training are engaged in agricultural employment. Educated, trained and professionally educated workforce is the need of the day for agricultural economy of India. Uttarakhand is no exception. Educated and skilled agricultural workers are much needed. Realizing the potential in this field many students chose to pursue agricultural courses including diploma, degree and research programmes in Uttarakhand. 

Slowly but steadily, professionalism is making its presence felt in agriculture sector of ad Uttarakhand. Prospects of agricultural scientists and educated agriculturists are increasing, and a good number of universities are offering courses like B.Sc Agriculture, BE Agri, B.Tech Agri, and M.Sc Agri, M.Tech Agri etc with various agricultural specializations like horticulture, forestry, marine fisheries, inland fisheries, sericulture, apiculture (bee keeping) aquaculture, tissue culture, plant breeding, plant biotechnology, environment management, irrigation, soil quality management, etc. Many universities and institutions also provide short training programmes in Agriculture and agricultural specializations.