Agro Business Management!

The business of agricultural production includes crop rotation, production, distribution, marketing, wholesale and retail sales. And this is what ‘Agro Business Management’ is all about. Though the share of agriculture production in the economy is going down in India, the share of processing, distribution and trade of agricultural products is increasing. Thus
a career in Agro Business Management seems promising.

Agro business refers to a range of activities involved in modern food production. The sector has four sub-sectors. They are production (production of high yielding seeds, nurseries, etc., organic farming - micro bial cultures and flori culture), processing, infrastructure (storage, transport services,packaging and cool chain infrastructure) and trade (contract agreements, retailing, etc).

Agro Business Management -being the main sector of Indian economy-accounts for about 22% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and over 60% of India’s employment opportunities. With the advent of modern technology, agriculture has opened up vast opportunities in Industries like processing, exports and packaging.

Hyderabad, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Anand and Bikaner have standard Institutes where a two year Post Graduate Diploma in Agrobusiness is offered with confirmed assurances of placements.

In Agro Business Management, each individual element connected with agriculture is considered as a unique Agro business, emphasizing the inter- dependence of these various elements within the production and distribution chain.

To study Agro Business Management, successful completion of a
Bachelor’s Degree in any one of the following is preferred – Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Home Science, Agro chemicals, Dairy, Veterinary Science and Food Science. So if your interest is in Agro Business Management, you may choose one of the above as your main subject in graduation.