Agriculture
Your country’s farming land offers many chances to create jobs and build wealth.
Spotting an Opportunity in Agriculture
- Many of the problems in agriculture today are actually opportunities waiting for young people like you.
- Each challenge hides a chance to create jobs, start a business, or earn income.
- Look around carefully — opportunities are closer than you think.
- This site provides a good starting point to discover some of them.
What to Do When You Spot that Opportunity
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Write it down.
As soon as an idea interests you, note it on paper. -
Give it time.
Come back to it after about a week and ask yourself: Does this still make sense? -
Learn more.
If it still feels good, read about it or ask people who know more. -
Improve the idea.
Use what you learn to make the idea clearer and more practical. - Act at the right time.
Keep the idea and work on it during your studies—or after you finish school.
Results & Implications
- You can spot an opportunity while you are still in school, and start working on it during holidays or after you finish school.
- With time, that idea can grow into a business, create jobs, and give you influence in your community.
- This is one of the clearest and shortest paths toward wealth and positive impact in your country.
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Careers through which you can realise your opportunity or dream in Agriculture
| Career | Description |
| Agricultural technician | -Assists agriculturists in their work and helps with the collection of information. |
| Agricultural engineer | -Applies engineering principles of science and technology, as well as their knowledge of agricultural practice, to agricultural problems. |
| Agricultural extension officer | -A person between research and farmers. He informs agricultural researchers the problems farmers face. He guides farmers into using solutions or new technologies that agricultural research has produced. |
| Agricultural-economist | -Concerned with all economical activities that influence agriculture, and aims at making it more viable/profitable. |
| Animal scientist | -Works to develop better ways of making meat, poultry, eggs and milk. They also inspect and grade food products. |
| Crop scientist/Agronomist | -Helps farmers grow more and better food, but while preserving our natural resources. |
| Farmer | -Grows crops and raises animals for food production. |
| Food scientist/technologist | -Tries to create food products that are healthier, safe, tastier, and easy to use. |
| Forester | -Manages forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. |
| Grain grader | -Responsible for the grading, storage and distribution of food grain. |
| Horticulturist | -Involved in the growing, selling and maintenance of plants for indoor and outdoor usage. |
| Soil scientist | -Studies what is in soils, and how soils help plants grow. They see how things like fertilizer can improve soils. |
| Veterinarian | -Takes care of sick and injured animals. |
| Veterinary nurse | -Works under the veterinarian, and attends to animals; gives them medicine according to prescription, assists with operations and takes laboratory samples. |