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Are you born with an inquisitive mind? Do you like studying about plants and animals? Then perhaps you might be a future Agriculturist. Agricultural Science focuses on the science and technology behind principles and practices of agriculture. Through this course, you will be able to develop the knowledge, skills and practices that deal with the maintenance of agricultural resources and how to use these resources properly. Moreover, this course will touch on topics such as soils, the structure of plants and crops.
Malaysia is blessed with natural advantages. Given this, the agricultural sector’s contribution to Gross National Income is expanding the production of high-value diversified items such as swiftlet nests, herbs, seaweed, palm oil, rubber and large-scale rice paddy farming. No longer considered the “poor man’s sector”, agriculture is slowly changing through the help of research and development.
At present the Universiti Putra Malaysia has been tasked to restructure existing syllabuses to ensure sufficient emphasis on core fields such as animal nutrition, animal husbandry, animal breeding, agronomy and agriculture ICT.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE CAREERS IN MALAYSIA
Most agricultural scientists work in research universities, private industry or the government. They work in offices, laboratories and in the field. At present agriculture employs about 16% of the Malaysian population but that is expected to gradually increase in the coming years.
According to the Economic Transformation Programme, it is estimated that 4,000 aquaculturists, 2,000 animal nutritionists, 500 agronomists, 200 pathologists, 200 entomologists, 200 soil scientists, 100 veterinarians and 50 plant physiologists will be required in 2020.
Under the 10th Malaysia Plan, the agricultural sector is expected to grow with an annual rate of 3.3% and achieve a 6.6% share in Malaysia’s GDP by the year 2015. This means, more qualified individuals especially those in agriculture biotechnology and agriculture logistics will be needed for this sector.
Despite present opportunities, the industry will have to address some certain challenges such as the predominance of small-scale and ageing farmer community, lack of compliance awareness and focus on low-value products. This is where agricultural scientists could step in by helping the industry to develop large-scale agribusinesses that are market-driven to produce value-add products.
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