Job prospects in Horticulture

What are the job prospects in Horticulture?

• There are wide range of job opportunities for graduate and post graduate studying this discipline in India as well as in foreign countries.

• Horticulturists can venture into various fields in industry, government or educational institutions or private concerns.

• Horticulturists can work in a wide range of areas in
- agribusiness,
- arboriculture (planting and care of woody plants),
- botanical gardens,
- conservation,
- crop management,
- floral design,
- food chemistry,
- fruit and vegetable production,
- garden centers,
- greenhouses,
- grounds management,
- landscape construction and management,
- nurseries,
- management and sales,
- marketing/public relations,
- research and development,
- teaching/instruction,
- technical writing
- publishing

• Those working in the government sector are accountable for the maintenance of parks, public gardens, official lawns etc.

• With the commercialisation of horticulture there are vast opportunities for salaried jobs as well as entrepreneurship.

• While salaried jobs with various government and private concerns provide a regular income, entrepreneurship can get you profits.

• Students completing horticulture courses in India are offered placements as farming experts in vineyards, plantations, and fruit groves.

• City planners appoint horticulture experts for the beautification of a town.

• There is a vast employment opportunity in the commercial or environmental sectors as well as in research and journalism.