Thursday, August 7, 2014

Management in Rural & Agribusiness: An Uprising Career option



Rural And agri business
Indian economy is fully dependent on agro-based activities as about 65% of the population living in rural areas is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood.  A majority of them spend over 90% of their earnings on basic needs such as food, fuel and health care. India has cultivable land of about 394.6 million acres, and ranks second largest in the world after United States. Witnessing green revolution makes our country sustainable in food security and alleviates malnutrition. At present India’s agriculture has become globalized it has enormous potential as an exporter of agricultural commodities ranging from flowers to spices, cereals, oilseed and vegetables.

Rural & Agribusiness Management: -

Rural and Agribusiness management encompasses many aspects of the economy such as: agricultural producers, businesses that provide supplies and services to the producers including cooperatives, businesses that add value to agricultural products. It demands processes like planning, organizing, directing and controlling co-operatives, and concerns in the agribusiness and allied fields.

Rural & Agribusiness is popularly known as the food and fiber industry which is a chain of industries directly and indirectly involved in the production, transformation and provision of food, fiber, etc. The primary roles in this chain include:
  • Primary production of assets such as food grains.
  • Processing of commodities e.g. milling.
  • Inputs and supply to the primary and tertiary sectors.
  • Retail and wholesale of the products.

Career opportunities in Rural and Agribusiness sector:

Agribusiness managers have great opportunities in agriculture production, agricultural marketing, food processing, supply chain, dairying and retailing sector in national and Multinational Corporation.

MNCs are interested to invest in industries like agrochemical, organic farming, cattle feed industry, horticultural based industries, poultry, plantation, agro forestry, and ayurvedic industry.

Government support for export of agri-products has also evoked considerable interest among the large business houses which have worked out agreements for technology transfer, marketing tie-ups, and management and trading contacts with leading foreign counterparts.

Horticulture with its offshoot floriculture has become a focus of export activity. Exports of flowers like roses, carnations, gladioli, jasmine and other tropical plants and flowers are touching new heights. This situation creates employment opportunities in the economy directly. 

Various positions are available with rural and agribusiness sector such as plantation managers, with plantation field, Estate managers, commodity traders with commodity exchange, procurement managers, warehouse managers, quality managers with food retail firms, etc, most of these positions are well paid and consist of good career growth.

Why Welingkar PGDM HB: -

The PGDM program is transformed into hybrid learning mode and is structured for professionals. Industry expert based on the market and industry demands delivers his teachings through various effective online and offline methodologies.

Welingkar’s Education offers a 2 years’ Post Graduate Diploma in Management as a Hybrid PGDM in Rural & Agribusiness management. The hybrid learning management program helps students to enhance their domain knowledge and gain expertise through in-depth theoretical learning. Students are exposed to professional, functional and soft skills training to meet with the high-level corporate demands effectively, efficiently and confidently. 

This management program is at par with any best MBA programs in India. Agribusiness management has been designed to enable the learners to:

  • Understand dynamics and complexities of the field of agribusiness in the emerging global context.
  • Acquire professional skills in using appropriate management tools and techniques in the context of agribusiness.

This management program combines knowledge of business management and agricultural systems with an understanding of how the market economy works and the appropriate role of government regulation. Growth and production in the economy are examined in the context of natural resource conservation and agribusiness management.  

Welingkar Education is devoted to produce excellent managers with broad based sense of knowledge in agricultural sector that would help in enhancement of the agri-sector in the coming future. To Enroll with Hybrid learning management program at Welingkar Institute of Management, Click Here: http://bit.ly/1gGBPx0

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