Agricultural Engineering is concerned with the application of engineering principles and practices to all areas related to agriculture. It is essentially a hybrid of engineering and agricultural sciences with major engineering characteristics. Agricultural engineers apply engineering procedures to production, processing, preservation and handling of food materials. Agricultural engineering has brought about significant improvements in the methods of farming and food production. Technological advancements and continuous research in the field of design have given impetus to improvement in farm equipments, development of irrigation systems, design, construction and installation of agricultural tube wells and pumps, better and efficient food processing systems and work on land reclamation projects. Significant work in these areas has increased the demand for agricultural engineers.
Nature of Work
Agricultural engineers learn and apply the principles of engineering to work in the agricultural equipment industries, agricultural product processing industries and food industries.Their job entails developing new designs to suit the requirements of these industries. Besides developing new designs for equipments and machines used by the agriculture and food industry they coordinate work with electronic/electrical engineers for perfecting the technology of the equipments. They supervise production of agricultural equipments, machinery and machine parts. Agricultural engineers have contributed to making farming easier, energy efficient, and have made significant contribution in soil and water conservation.
