1. Opportunities in Agriculture
Sector

2. India is a nation of youth, based on United Nations data, India’s population
has crossed 141 crores, there are more than 65% of population below the
age of 35 presently in the country.
Agriculture provides employment to 58% workforce of India and
contributes to more than 18% of India’s GDP.
Feeding the people will never face a recession or a slowdown. Economists
have pointed out that agriculture is four times more effective than other
sectors in reducing poverty. It can even be a gold mine for young
entrepreneurs.
Agriculture Sector Role in
Economy & Providing Employment

3. India is one of the largest agricultural product exporters in the world. During
2021-22, the country recorded US$ 49.6 billion in total agriculture exports
with a 20% increase from US$ 41.3 billion in 2020-21.
Our e-commerce sector is growing very fast, it is a $110 billion business now,
which is going to be $220 billion by 2025. In this, the share of rural areas will
be 45%. Presently the growth rate of FMCG sector is 37%.
Agriculture Sector Role in
Economy & Providing Employment

4. India Population
Growth
vs Agri Production
Growth
Growth rates from 2000 to 2019 population 29%
Food grains 51%
Vegetable 104%
Fish 117%
Fruits 130%
Milk 132%
Eggs 178%
Poultry 900%

5. Agriculture Education Network
The first State Agricultural University (SAU) was established in 1960 at
Pantnagar (Nainital) on the pattern of the Land Grant Colleges of the
United States by integrating education, research and extension education.
By 1947, India had 17 colleges of agriculture with an annual enrolment of about 1500
students.
There are more than 436 colleges in the country (383 in SAUs, 53 colleges in 25 other
universities) which impart education in the field of agriculture and allied sciences.
The country has one of the largest agricultural education systems with 3 Central
Agricultural Universities, 63 State Agricultural Universities, 4 Deemed Universities and
4 general Central Universities with Agriculture faculty

6. Employment Profile
The industry and services sectors, which constitutes more than 80 per
cent of the gross value added in the country, provides employment to
54.4 per cent of the workforce.
Agriculture, which accounted for 18.29 per cent of GVA in 2019–20, retains 45.6 per
cent workforce.
The agriculture sector of India had the highest number of employees that amounted to
nearly 152 million as of financial year 2021.
The shares of various segments by employment are: 33 per cent in government, 44 per
cent in private, 10 percent in financial, 4 per cent in research and academic and nine
per cent in others.

7. Employment Profile
The major shift in the past three decades is decline in the share of
public sector in employment, which may be due to freezing
employment in government sector as well expansion of opportunities
in the private sector.
This is in tune with the emergence of commercialisation as well as diversification.
India's unemployment rate is around 7.45% at present. It is 7.93% in urban India
whereas only 7.44% in rural India.

8. What are the career
opportunities?
Agri-preneurship
Jobs Govt. or Private
Quality Assurance
Production Manager
Business Development Manager
Field Officer
Operation Manager (Fertilizer Plants)
Food Processing Manager
The youth need to be attracted and their interest need to be rejuvenated to develop
aspiration to become Self Employed Agri-Preneur or opt Job -employment as career.

9. Gap between Industry requirement &
skill sets of graduates
Agriculture universities are providing with best of
agriculture academic education.
However in the rapidly changing “NEW AGE”
market scenario of agriculture sector, a gap is being
created between the skill sets required by industry
& and that of the graduates

10. Future Human Capital
Requirements in Agriculture
and Allied Sectors
Till the time humans are living on this planet, there will be a need
for food which makes agriculture a must for the survival of any
race or being.
As per many reports, the Indian agriculture sector was among
the few. industries that did not suffer a hard blow during the
tumultuous pandemic year. Moreover, it is expected to register a
CAGR of 4.9% during the period (2022-2027).
At present, the existing education system is producing about
24,000 graduates per year of which two-third are in crop
sciences stream.

11. The projections indicate that by 2023 the annual outturn
required would have to be about 54,000, i.e., the demand supply
gap would be 30,000.
As per many reports, the Indian agriculture sector was among
the few. industries that did not suffer a hard blow during the
tumultuous pandemic year. Moreover, it is expected to register a
CAGR of 4.9% during the period (2022-2027).
Discipline wise, the additional annual requirements of outturns are expected to be:
Agriculture-9335; Horticulture 7153; Forestry 1116; Dairy 3005; Veterinary &
Animal Husbandry 4989; Fishery 2181; Agricultural Engineering 1749; and
Agricultural Biotechnology 305.
Future Human Capital
Requirements in Agriculture
and Allied Sectors

12. Attitude of the agriculture
graduates towards Agri-
Preneurship
The perception exist that agriculture means an archaic lifestyle
and a future with limited opportunities. This is basically due to
the lack of awareness on the various employment scopes of an
Agriculture graduate.
It has been observed that the majority (47%) of the students had shown highly
favourable attitude towards Agri-preneurship, a good number of students (36%)
had also shown moderately favourable attitude whereas, only some of the
students (17%) had a less favourable attitude towards agri- preneurship.

13. Some Initiatives paving ways
toward the Solution
The target of making India is a $5 trillion economy has been set
by our Prime Minister. With this, the Startup India standup India
program has been started to increase exports from India, to
make India the production hub of the world and to provide
employment to the Indian youth.
As a result of this, 61,000 startups have been recognized by the Department for
Promotion of Industrial and Internal Trade so far.
There are 600 startups working in agriculture sector.
Indian rural Market size is US $ 54.25 billion.

14. Sector wise Startups
1. For smooth operation of kharif sowing, the study said startups
such as Agrostar, BigHaat, Efasal ,Behtar Zindagi, Unnati,
Gramophone, Freshokartz, AgriBolo, DeHaat, Bharat Rohan, and
Bharat Agri are offering solutions to optimise the use of
agricultural inputs and enable delivery to farmers.
2. To reduce labour cost through mechanisation, some start-up companies like
Sickle innovations, Distinct Horizon, Tractor Junction, Khetibadi and J Farm
service are offering mechanisation solutions for harvesting and sowing.

15. Sector wise Startups
3. Many startups are trying to connect farmers with buyers,
including retailers, e-commerce, processors, cloud kitchens and
even direct to consumers. Startups working in this area include
Ninjacart, Jumbotail, Bigbasket, ShopKirana, SuperZop,
WayCool, MeraKisan, Kamatan, DeHaat, KrishiHub, Agrowave,
Loop, Crofarm, FreshoKartz, Agribolo, Himkara, Kisan Network.
4. To provide quality assaying of agricultural commodities, startups like
Intellolabs, Agricxlab, Zense, Raav Tech, Occipital, Amvicube and Nanopix are
attempting to solve the problem of standardisation through mobile imagery and
digitisation. To address post harvest challenges, the study said some startups
have begun work on near farm, modular and affordable storage and processing
solutions

16. Sector wise Startups
5. These storage facilities are intended to give farmers an option
to sell the produce at the right price and at the right time, instead
of immediate or distressed liquidation of their produce after
harvest. The startups in this category include Our Foods, Agri
Bazaar, Star Agri, Arya Collateral, Ecozen, Origo, it added.
6. In addition, some of the startups have focused on accurate and timely
assessment of soil moisture and developing data-driven controlled irrigation
models. The startups in this category include Satyukt Analytics, Flybird,
Kritsnam, Agrirain, Manna Irrigation, the study added.

17. Sector wise Startups
7. That apart, some agritech startups can provide farmers
advisory for crop monitoring, including institutional credit and
crop insurance. CropIn, SatSure, Farmguide, Niruthi, AgRisk,
Skymet. Startups like Samunnati, FarMart, Jai-Kisan, PayAgri,
Bijak are specifically working in value chain financing.
8. Agriculture Land Sfarmsindia, AGnext, Crofarm, Fruitbox, Agricx, FASAL,
Ugaoo, Agribazar, Arya collateral,

18. E-FASAL has introduced its franchise chain with a new approach to Indian agribusiness.
Opportunities with
E-fasal is endeavouring to create an alternate model of "Factory to
Farm" ( input linkage) and "Farm to Factory" ( output linkage) model
wherein we are building a robust network of agro solution centers ,
called Harit Vyapar Kendra.
The first-time entrepreneurs in this business are fully supported by the E-FASAL team
to make their business successful. In order to enable the businessman to, facilitate to
getting licenses, give them authorisation for selling products, provide loan facility,
provide minimum two marketing executives, training is given under a systematic
program for new techniques, tools, and expertise.

19. The Certificate Course by E-FASAL Training Institute - Karmasetu is designed to fill the
gap of practical skill requirements of the industry and students for self & job
employment.
On the E-FASAL platform, the need of farmers like fertilizers, seeds,
pesticides, bio, micronutrients, water-soluble, fruit-vegetable seeds,
fodder seeds, agricultural equipment and machinery, horticulture
material and animal feed, etc. are available in a single platform.
Participants are getting placement by acquiring practical skill qualification as per market
demand.
Opportunities with

20. 1. Crop based PoP Technical Training
2. Personal Mentor
3. Mock Interview
4. Group Discussion
5. Real Time Projects
6. Computer Training
7. Soft skill development
8. Personality Development
9. Resume Preparation
The placement-oriented training courses are as follows-
Due to this, employment opportunities increase and the salary package becomes
according to other sectors of the market.
Opportunities with

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