Agriculture Statistics - scope, careers, colleges, skills, jobs, salary

Definition

“Agriculture was the first occupation of man, and as it embraces the whole earth, it is the foundation of all other industries”. ~E. W. STEWART

“Agriculture seems to be the first pursuit of civilized man. It enables him to escape from the life of the savage, and wandering shepherd, into that of social man, gathered into fixed communities and surrounding himself with the comforts and blessings of neighborhood, country, and home. It is agriculture alone, that fixes men in stationary dwellings, in villages, in towns, and cities, and enables the work of civilizations, in all its branches, to go on……’.~EDWARD EVERETT

Agricultural Statistics is an annual publication with data on agricultural production, value, storage, trade and much more.

Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy, provides data on agriculture area, production, institutional finance, wages, workforce, horticulture etc.

The Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute is an institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with the mandate for developing new techniques. The purpose is for the design of agricultural experiments as well as to analyze data in agriculture. The institute is affiliated with and is located in the campus of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, a deemed university, at PUSA in New Delhi.

Fundamental Specialization areas in Agricultural Statistics are:

• Agronomy
• Plant Breeding and Genetics
• Agricultural Entomology
• Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
• Plant Biotechnology
• Plant Pathology
• Agricultural Extension
• Agricultural Meteorology