Agricultural Sciences

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Agricultural scientist in the grain field at work

The Agricultural Sciences (rare agricultural science or agronomy ) deal with all matters relating to the primary production of human and animal food and renewable resources ( agricultural sector ). One of the founders is Albrecht Thaer . In addition to the inclusion of many sub-areas from other scientific areas, there are independent subject areas of agricultural sciences. A common basic division divides them into crop science , animal science and agricultural economics .

Agricultural engineer / agronomist

Agricultural engineer or agronomist is a professional title for the production-technical and scientific field of agriculture. Agricultural engineers are specialists or managers at the interface between science (biology, chemistry, technology and economics), administration and agricultural practice. Other fields of activity are agricultural policy , marketing of agricultural products, nature conservation, spatial planning and structural development of rural areas. Agricultural experts are also deployed on an interdisciplinary basis in development aid projects in the Third World for the development of rural areas (e.g. GIZ ) or special projects for multilateral cooperation. All-round qualities or coordination functions between different specialists are required. Further specialties are plant doctor, horticultural engineer, etc.

statistics

According to the Federal Statistical Office, 63,873 students of agricultural, forest and nutritional sciences as well as veterinary medicine were enrolled at German universities in the 2017/2018 winter semester, in bachelor's and master's degrees.

Fields of activity

The agricultural degree is an interdisciplinary, broad degree. There are therefore many possible uses afterwards; so z. B. in research , breeding , technical advice , as well as in journalism . Agricultural engineers are also employed outside of their own field; z. B. at banks , insurance companies or in the administration of the public service .

Branches and disciplines

Academic degrees

In the past, the academic degree of agricultural engineer or agricultural engineer (Dipl.-Ing. Agr.) Was awarded in diploma courses in Germany . Qualifications from universities of applied sciences can usually be recognized by the addition (FH). In the course of the Bologna Process , most universities in Germany now offer the tiered study system with the degrees Bachelor and Master . Some universities also offer international double degrees, such as the Master’s course “Organic Agriculture and Food Systems (EUR-Organic)” at the University of Hohenheim.

Study locations

You can study agricultural sciences in Germany at the following universities and technical colleges with different focuses and subject areas:

Postgraduate courses are offered in the fields of international agricultural development, agriculture in the tropics and subtropics, and phytomedicine. It is possible to study agricultural sciences in Switzerland at the ETH Zurich and Bern University of Applied Sciences with different emphases and disciplines, as well as at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna in Austria.

The central specialist library in Germany for agricultural sciences is the ZB MED at its location in Bonn .

See also

literature

  • Reiner Doluschitz, Clemens Morath, Jens Pape: Agricultural management: Corporate management in agriculture and agribusiness: [Basic knowledge Bachelor] . Ulmer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8252-3587-1 .
  • Otto Strecker, Paul Pottebaum, Josef Reichert: Marketing in the agricultural and food industry: Basics, strategies, measures . 3rd, completely revised edition. VerlagsUnion Agrar, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7690-0539-2 .
  • Ulrich Koester: Basic features of agricultural market theory . 5th revised and expanded edition. Verlag Franz Vahlen, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-8006-5037-8 .
  • Gerhard Henkel: The rural area: the present and processes of change since the 19th century in Germany: with 15 tables . 4th, supplemented and revised edition. Borntraeger, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-443-07109-0 .
  • Joachim Sauerborn: Agroecology . Ulmer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8252-2793-6 .
  • Kord Baeumer: General crop production . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8252-0018-3 .
  • Werner Mühlbauer: Contribution of agricultural technology to food security . In: Göttingen contributions to agriculture and forestry in the tropics and subtropics . No. 115 . Göttingen 1996, p. 93 ( gbv.de [PDF; 210 kB ]).
  • Horst Eichhorn, Julius Konrad: Landtechnik . 6th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-8001-1043-1 .
  • Alfons William, Henner Simianer: Animal breeding . 2nd, revised edition. Uni-Taschenbücher, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-8252-4805-5 .
  • Heinz Jeroch, Winfried Drochner, Ortwin Simon: Nutrition of farm animals: nutritional physiology, animal feed, feeding . 2nd, revised edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8180-9 .

Trade journals

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Web links

Commons : Agronomy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Course description on the website of the University of Hohenheim. Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
  2. Agricultural Research Switzerland becomes a free online publication. (PDF) In: agrarforschungschweiz.ch. Retrieved January 5, 2020 .
  3. Agricultural Research Switzerland - Welcome. In: agrarforschungschweiz.ch. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .