Department of Agriculture

The Agriculture Department at DCAST was established in the year 2000-01. DCAST is also known as the oldest self-financed Agriculture Institute in Uttarakhand. The Department offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture and M.Sc. (Ag) Agronomy.

The Agriculture department at DCAST is an excellent resource for those interested in Agriculture, Agronomy, Agri-business and Natural resources. Students pursuing Agriculture course will study a wide variety of subjects, including agronomy, soil sciences, horticulture (fruit science & vegetable), plant breeding and genetics, entomology, plant pathology, animal sciences, extension education, plant biochemistry, agriculture economics, basics of biotechnology, etc. The syllabus is as per the guidelines of ICAR (Indian Council of Agriculture Research) and is designed to train students to understand ways of improving the crop production in a sustainable manner and to provide overall knowledge related to agriculture and related disciplines.

The infrastructure of the institution is committed to providing students with an exceptional learning experience. The department is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities that enable learning, research, and innovation in the field of agriculture. The Institute has a large farm site with a specific area provided to the respective domain for practical training of students regarding various agricultural operations such as land preparation, plant protection measures, sowing methods, cultivation, harvesting, etc.

The Department offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture and M.Sc. (Ag) Agronomy

Career Prospects after Agriculture
There’s always more to a career in agriculture than any other field as it provides society everything from cradle to coffin as well as support system to national economy. Agriculture is a vast subject and professionals in this field can have job opportunities in a variety of sectors like as breeder, Seed testing officer and Quality control officer in seed industry, Area sales executive, area manager, field officer in Fertilizer and Pesticide and insecticide industry, dairy industry, poultry product industry, Food processing industry and in various capacities with cooperative bodies like IFFCO, KRIBHCO, NAFED, AMUL etc.

In addition to these there are multiple job opportunities in public sector in the field of research as scientist in various research institutions, Lecturers and professors in colleges and universities, banking sectors as specialists for agriculture finance, and in administration. Following are some of the administrative jobs linked with this sector are;

• District Agriculture Officer
• District Extension officer
• Livestock extension officer
• District Horticulture Officer
• Plant Protection Officer
• Block Development Officer
• Village Development Officer
• Soil & Water Conservation Officer
• Technical Officer (State and Central Government)
• ICAR (Agriculture Recruitment Services Scientist) in different discipline of Agriculture