IGNOU invites applications for online programmes in Agriculture

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is accepting online applications for several programmes. Interested candidates can apply for online courses at the official website, ignou.ac.in.

There are currently 16 programmes at various levels, including a certificate (6 months duration), a diploma (one-year duration), a postgraduate certificate, a postgraduate diploma, and a master's degree.

IGNOU offers degrees in emerging areas such as dairy farming, organic farming, beekeeping, poultry production, sericulture, agriculture policy, agricultural cost management, water and watershed management, dairy technology, meat technology, value-added products from fruits and vegetables, horticulture, agribusiness, food safety, and quality management.

The School of Agricultural, one of the university's 21 schools of study, is responsible for developing marketable skills in a variety of stakeholders, including farmers, rural youths, technicians, farm women, and others, in order to enhance their livelihoods through Open and Distance Learning in agricultural and associated areas. For this, the university is accepting applications for its online courses.

“The programmes in the area of agriculture and allied sectors offered a promising career path with a wide range of job opportunities and the potential for continuous learning and growth. It equips individuals with valuable skills in high demand in the agro-food industry. The educational programmes of the School of Agriculture are extremely useful to become professionals in agro-based industries such as fertilisers, pesticides, seeds, food processing, farm machinery, etc. These programmes help to undertake agri start-up activities such as organic farming, vermicompost, contract farming, farmers’ producers’ companies, agri-inputs, processing, agri-marketing, etc.,” the official statement read.