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Agronomy is a part of agriculture that mainly focuses on crop production and soil management. An agronomist is responsible for developing effective farming and crop-growing practices that help farmers maximize crop production. If you are interested in enhancing crop production quality, you will enjoy a career as an agronomist. In this article, you will learn about agronomists’ meaning, their responsibilities, and how to become an agronomist.
Who is an agronomist?
In simple terms, agronomists are soil and crop scientists who mainly focus on enhancing agricultural soil production to ensure the crop’s high production. They will study in detail crops such as growing, cultivating, and genetically modifying crops, including how they should be cared for and how they benefit our society. Mainly they focus on enhancing both the quality and quantity of the crops being produced. They will conduct several experiments on various plants to enhance their longevity, yield and durability.
An agronomist responsibilities
An agronomist specializes in various areas like soil science, sustainable development and research, plant-based genetics etc. Their daily tasks might vary, but some of their basic responsibilities include the following:
- Doing research and experiments to develop techniques for enhancing food crop production.
- Discussing with local farmers for discussing several practices for cropping and improving farms.
- Supervising the impacts of water level and characteristics on the plant’s growth.
- Carrying out analysis of plants and testing of soil for determining the nutrient need of crops
- Recognizing methods for protecting plants from bad weather
- Development of environment-friendly ideas and farm practices
- Helping with testing, choosing and sourcing plants
- Maintenance of records in relation to important findings, crops and samples.
- Investigating crops for signs of any diseases
- Collection of crop-based data for enhancing the next-generation crops
- Comparison of research outcomes with journals that have already been published to get a good solution for an existing issue.
- Preparing and teaching farmers and other such groups important information on crop research.
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