Opportunities in higher education for agricultural engineering graduates

Abstract

Application of engineering in agriculture is known as agricultural engineering, and thus agricultural engineering aims at performing the agricultural work more easily and effectively with the engineering and technological inputs. Development, fabrication and operation of agricultural machines and equipment, efficient utilization of energy in different field operations, soil conservation, irrigation and drainage and efficient conservation and utilization of water, reclamation of degraded lands, processing of agricultural produce, preservation of food, renewable energy are some of the major subjects covered under agricultural engineering. With the increase in population leading to proportionate decrease in the land availability for farming, with less labour availability for farming operations, the scope and usefulness of agricultural engineering is increasing day by day.