Agribusiness Management

Economics, management and markets of food and farming, from the mandi to the boardroom to the village.

The curriculum

Foundations

First semester or trimester: management, economics, accounting, statistics, communication and computing, plus the agriculture bridge that non-agriculture graduates need most.

Functional core

Second and third semesters: the business functions (marketing, finance, HR, operations, strategy) and the quantitative and research tools, each applied to agriculture and food.

Agri-sector specialisation

Third semester onward: farm and production economics, markets and trade, policy and development, cooperatives and producer organisations, risk, projects, sector electives, extension and rural development.

Exams worldwide

Built from the published bulletins, notifications and admission pages of each body, opened in September 2026; the link on every entry is the page it was taken from. Entries marked 'secondary' rest partly on a coaching or news site and entries marked 'unverified' could not be opened, and each says so in its notes. Question counts per topic are not published by any board, so the high-yield list is drawn from which topics are explicit units in several exams' syllabi, not from counting past papers.

Australia

University of Queensland Master of Agribusiness University of Queensland · pg	1.5 years (24 units) or 2 years (32 units); Gatton campus or external.	source
Marcus Oldham Master of Agribusiness Marcus Oldham College · pg	Online plus a residential week.	source
ABARES graduate program unverified Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (ABARES) · civil-service	Graduate entry to Australia's agricultural economics research bureau.	source

Bangladesh

BCS examination (including Agriculture cadre) secondary Bangladesh Public Service Commission · civil-service	Preliminary 200 marks MCQ, 2 hours, +1 / -0.5; written 900 marks (general cadres) or cadre-specific subjects (technical cadres); viva 100.	source
BAU MS (Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology) unverified Bangladesh Agricultural University · pg		source

Brazil

Teste ANPAD secondary ANPAD · pg	92 questions, 5 hours, IRT scoring, computer-adaptive; results valid 2 years.	source
MBA USP/ESALQ Agronegocios USP/ESALQ (PECEGE) · pg	Distance learning with live classes; R$597 per month.	source
Embrapa public competition (Analyst / Researcher) unverified Embrapa, run by Cebraspe · civil-service	2024 edition, concluded 2025.	source

China

National Master's Entrance Examination (kaoyan), initial exam Ministry of Education / CHSI · pg	Politics 100 + foreign language 100 + specialised I 150 + specialised II 150 = 500. Professional management degrees: management comprehensive 200 + foreign language 100.	source
342 Agricultural Knowledge Comprehensive IV (Master of Agriculture, Agricultural Management) Set by each admitting university (sample: Beijing University of Agriculture) · pg	150 marks, 3 hours.	source
China Agricultural University PhD, application-and-assessment track (Agricultural Economics & Management) China Agricultural University College of Economics & Management · phd	Written specialised test 30% + interview 70%; at least 60 needed in each.	source

Ethiopia

Haramaya University agricultural economics and agribusiness programmes unverified Haramaya University · pg

The university runs 72 undergraduate, 137 MSc and 46 PhD programmes.

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Global

GLOBALG.A.P. Academy and Registered Trainer GLOBALG.A.P. · professional	Public IFA and GRASP courses (150+ a year); 250+ Registered Trainers who are 'trained and examined'.	source
FLOCERT (Fairtrade) auditor FLOCERT · professional	Freelance auditor openings posted online.	source
FAO eLearning Academy Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN · professional	Free online courses with certificates and digital badges; 9 languages, 25 thematic areas (trade and markets, agricultural risk management, food security and others).	source

India

ICAR AIEEA-PG (Master's admission and PG scholarship) National Testing Agency for ICAR · pg	Computer-based test, 120 minutes, 120 MCQs, +4 / -1 / 0 for unattempted, English only. 2026 exam on 4 July 2026. Fills 30% of Master's seats at agricultural universities.	source
ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF (PhD admission and fellowship) National Testing Agency for ICAR · phd	LAN-based CBT, 2 hours, 120 MCQs, 480 marks, +4 / -1. 2026 exam on 4 July 2026. 80 subjects.	source
ASRB NET and ARS / SMS / STO recruitment secondary Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ICAR) · professional	NET: one paper of 150 objective questions at 1 mark each, 2 hours, -1/3 negative, online, English or Hindi, Master's level. ARS: qualifying prelims, then mains 240 and interview 60.	source
State agricultural university MBA (ABM) admission State agricultural universities via ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 19 · pg	All-India-quota seats are filled through AIEEA-PG Group 19 (see that entry).	source
CAT (Common Admission Test) secondary Indian Institutes of Management (CAT 2025 convened by IIM Kozhikode) · pg	CBT on 30 Nov 2025 in 3 sessions, 120 minutes, 40 minutes per section with no switching, about 170 cities.	source
XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) XLRI for XAMI · pg	180 minutes, 95 questions. Part 1 in 170 minutes with no sectional limit; Part 2 GK in 10 minutes. +1 / -0.25; 8 skipped questions free, then -0.1 each.	source
CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) National Testing Agency · pg	CBT, 180 minutes, 100 questions / 400 marks, +4 / -1, English only.	source
MAT (Management Aptitude Test) All India Management Association (AIMA) · pg	150 questions in 120 minutes, -0.25 negative. Paper-based, computer-based or both (best score counts). Sessions in Feb, May, Sep and Dec; score valid one year.	source
NMAT by GMAC secondary GMAC · pg	108 questions (36 per section), 120 minutes, no negative marking, up to 3 attempts, score 36-360.	source
MANAGE PGDM (Agri-Business Management) selection National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad · pg	CAT only (CAT 2025 for the 2026-28 batch), then essay, group discussion and personal interview. CAT component = candidate's score / highest score x 55.	source
CCS NIAM PGDM (Agri-Business Management) selection CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur · pg	CAT 2025 score, then essay, group discussion and personal interview for the 2026-28 batch.	source
IRMA PGDM (Rural Management) selection secondary Institute of Rural Management Anand · pg	Shortlisting on CAT, XAT or CMAT scores, then a Written Ability Test (200-300 words) and personal interview.	source
IIM Ahmedabad MBA-FABM (Food and Agri-Business Management) selection Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad · pg	CAT 2026 for the 2027-29 batch. Shortlisting = 0.65 x normalised CAT + 0.35 x application rating; agriculture graduates preferred. Final selection: AWT 10 + PI 40 + composite 50.	source
IIM Lucknow MBA-ABM selection secondary Indian Institute of Management Lucknow · pg	CAT 2025 for the 2026-28 batch.	source
IBPS SO Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I), CRP SPL-XV (2025) Institute of Banking Personnel Selection · civil-service	Prelims: English 50, Reasoning 50, Quantitative Aptitude 50 = 150 questions, 125 marks, 2 hours. Mains: Professional Knowledge only, 60 questions / 60 marks / 45 minutes. Penalty -0.25.	source
IBPS SO Agricultural Field Officer, CRP SPL-XVI (2026) - new pattern Institute of Banking Personnel Selection · civil-service	Prelims: 100 questions, 125 marks, 80 minutes. Mains: 150 questions, 200 marks, 125 minutes. Only Professional Knowledge counts for merit. Mains : interview = 80 : 20.	source
NABARD Assistant Manager Grade A (RDBS) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development · civil-service	Phase I: 200 questions / 200 marks / 120 minutes, -1/4. Phase II: Paper I General English, descriptive, 100 marks / 90 minutes; Paper II (generalist) ESI + ARD, 30 objective questions / 50 marks / 30 minutes plus descriptive (attempt 4 of 6: 2 x 15 + 2 x 10) / 50 marks / 90 minutes. Mandatory psychometric test. Interview 50.	source
NABARD Manager Grade B National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development · civil-service	Last listed recruitment 2019. The 2019 mains had three 100-mark papers; interview 40.	source
RBI Grade B (DR) General / DEPR unverified Reserve Bank of India · civil-service	Reported: Phase II of 300 marks covering Economic & Social Issues, English (writing), and Finance & Management.	source
RPSC Agriculture Officer (Rajasthan) 2024 Rajasthan Public Service Commission · civil-service	One paper, 150 MCQs / 150 marks, 2.5 hours, -1/3 negative.	source
RPSC Assistant Agriculture Officer (Rajasthan) 2021 screening Rajasthan Public Service Commission · civil-service	150 questions / 150 marks, 2.5 hours, bilingual, -1/3 negative.	source
PPSC Agriculture Development Officer (Punjab) unverified Punjab Public Service Commission · civil-service	Group A post. 200 posts; final result 13 Dec 2024.	source
UPSC Civil Services Examination - Agriculture optional secondary Union Public Service Commission · civil-service	Two optional papers of 250 marks each. Written 1,750 + interview 275 = 2,025. CSAT qualifying at 33% since 2015.	source
UGC-NET (June 2025) National Testing Agency · phd	CBT (since Dec 2018). Paper I 50 questions / 100 marks; Paper II 100 questions / 200 marks; 180 minutes total; +2, no negative marking.	source
NISM Series XVI: Commodity Derivatives Certification National Institute of Securities Markets (SEBI-mandated) · professional	100 questions x 1 mark, 2 hours, pass mark 60%, 25% negative marking. Fee Rs 1,500; valid 3 years.	source

Kenya

Egerton University: Master of Agribusiness Management; MSc Agricultural Economics; MSc Applied Agricultural Economics Egerton University · pg

Online application; no entrance test.

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Nepal

Lok Sewa Aayog Agriculture Economics Officer unverified Public Service Commission Nepal · civil-service

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Netherlands

Wageningen MSc Management, Economics & Consumer Studies Wageningen University & Research · pg

Five specialisations; entry on a relevant BSc.

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Nigeria

JAMB UTME Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board · entrance

CBT (since 2014), 2 hours, 4 subjects / 400 marks.

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Philippines

UPLB Master of Management (Agribusiness) unverified UP Los Baños College of Economics & Management · pg

Reported: 39 units (9 core + 30 major); at least 2 years of management experience.

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South Africa

Agbiz (Agricultural Business Chamber) Agbiz · professional

Industry body with a bursary programme; no certification or examination.

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Sri Lanka

PGIA Peradeniya MSc / MBA (Agribusiness) unverified Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya · pg

Peradeniya and Colombo intakes; 2025/26 applications open.

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Sweden / EU

SLU AFEPA European MSc in Agricultural, Food & Environmental Policy Analysis SLU with Bonn, UCLouvain and Cattolica · pg

120 ECTS double degree over 2 years.

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UK

Harper Adams MSc International Agri-Business Harper Adams University · pg

1 year full-time or 3 years part-time; September 2026 and February 2027 starts.

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USA

Purdue-IU Kelley MS-MBA in Food & Agribusiness Purdue University and Indiana University Kelley School of Business · pg	About 85% online plus 5 one-week residencies; 48 credits (36 Kelley + 12 Purdue); 2-6 years.	source
Kansas State Master of Agribusiness (MAB) Kansas State University · pg	42 credits, 30 months, cohort-based, online plus 4 campus weeks; January and September intakes; running since 1998.	source
Texas A&M Master of Agribusiness secondary Texas A&M University · pg	16 months full-time, 39 credits, case-based with a capstone.	source
Cornell Dyson MPS in Applied Economics & Management unverified Cornell University · pg	About 1 year, 30 credits; concentrations reported to include Food & Agricultural Economics.	source
NFA Series 3 - National Commodity Futures Examination National Futures Association (administered by FINRA) · licensing	Two parts, 120 scored MCQs, 2 h 30 min, USD 140; 70% needed on each part.	source
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) AAEA · professional	No examination or certification. Offers a Fellows programme, awards and mentoring.	source

USA / global

GMAT Focus Edition secondary GMAC · pg	64 questions, 2 h 15 min, adaptive; three 45-minute sections; up to 3 answer edits per section. Score 205-805; each section 60-90.	source
GRE General Test ETS · pg	About 1 h 58 min, section-level adaptive.	source
Chartered Market Technician (CMT) CMT Association · professional	Level I: 132 MCQs, 2 hours. Level II: 170 MCQs, 4 hours. Level III: essay + MCQ, 4 hours.	source

What comes up year after year

• Agricultural credit architecture — RBI, NABARD, RRBs and cooperative credit, Lead Bank Scheme, scale of finance, KCC, 3Rs/5Cs/7Ps, repayment plans and interest subvention are explicit units in AIEEA-PG Group 06 Unit III, AICE-JRF Ag Econ Unit 6 and ABM Unit 3, NABARD ESI and IBPS AFO Professional Knowledge. The highest cross-exam yield in this track.
• Agricultural marketing institutions and reforms — APMC and regulated markets, CACP and MSP, price spread, marketing efficiency, e-NAM, warehousing and futures recur in AIEEA-PG Groups 06 and 19, AICE-JRF Ag Econ Unit 7 and ABM Unit 4, NABARD and AFO.
• Cooperatives and FPOs — Cooperative principles, federations and reforms, and the 10,000 FPO scheme parameters appear in AIEEA-PG, AICE-JRF (Ag Econ Unit 6, ABM Unit 4) and NABARD.
• Cost concepts and farm management — CACP cost concepts (A1 to C3), farm budgeting and factor-product relationships (MVP = MFC) sit in AIEEA-PG Group 06 Unit III, AICE-JRF Ag Econ Units 4-5, IBPS AFO cost analysis and NABARD.
• Crop insurance and risk — PMFBY, weather-index insurance and risk management are named in AIEEA-PG Group 06, AICE-JRF Ag Econ Unit 6, IBPS AFO and NABARD.
• Project appraisal and time value of money — Compounding and discounting, NPV, IRR, BCR and PERT/CPM appear in AIEEA-PG Group 06 Unit III, AICE-JRF Ag Econ Unit 8 and ABM Units 3 and 11, and in NABARD's model bankable projects.
• WTO and agricultural trade — The Agreement on Agriculture boxes and comparative advantage are in AIEEA-PG Groups 06 and 19, AICE-JRF Ag Econ Unit 3 and ABM Unit 4, and NABARD ESI.
• Rural development programmes and extension models — The programme chronology from CDP to MGNREGS and NRLM, and extension models such as T&V, ATMA and KVK, appear in AIEEA-PG Group 06 Unit IV, AICE-JRF Extension Unit 1, NABARD ARD and AFO schemes.
• Core microeconomic theory — Elasticity, indifference curves, cost curves and market structures are units in AIEEA-PG Groups 06 and 19, AICE-JRF Ag Econ Unit 1 and ABM Unit 6, and ASRB NET.
• Agronomy basics for managers — Crops, soils, NPK and pests make up AIEEA-PG Group 06 Unit I and about 20-25% of Group 19, and much of NABARD ARD and AFO Professional Knowledge. It is the biggest gap for non-agriculture graduates, which is why MANAGE runs a bridge course.
• Research methodology and econometrics — Research design, sampling and sample size, and the assumptions of regression and their violations are units in all three ICAR PhD papers of this track (Ag Econ Unit 9, ABM Unit 7, Extension Unit 5).
• Management functions: HRM, operations and strategy — AICE-JRF ABM gives separate units to management and OB, HRM, operations including SCM, and strategic management; ASRB NET ABM names general and strategic management.
• Aptitude: quantitative, English, data interpretation and reasoning — AIEEA-PG Group 19 Units V-VIII, IBPS AFO prelims and mains, NABARD Phase I and all management entrance tests (CAT, XAT, CMAT) test these; under the 2026 AFO pattern they are asked but only Professional Knowledge decides merit.
• Indian economy and social issues — NABARD Grade A gives Economic & Social Issues 40 of 200 marks in Phase I and a descriptive paper in Phase II; the RBI Grade B phase II is reported to include ESI.
• Commodity derivatives and their regulation — Futures, hedging, basis and SEBI's role appear in AICE-JRF Ag Econ Unit 7 and ABM Unit 4 and form the whole NISM Series XVI syllabus.
• Descriptive writing on agricultural policy — NABARD Phase II has a 100-mark descriptive English paper and descriptive ESI/ARD answers (attempt 4 of 6); MANAGE, NIAM, IRMA and IIM admissions use essays or written ability tests.

The career, stage by stage

The same degree serves very different people over a career: a student clearing CAT or ICAR AIEEA-PG, a five-year professional selling inputs, running an FPO or appraising farm loans, a twenty-five-year business head, NABARD general manager or cooperative MD, and a PhD who teaches and advises governments. This guide lists what each actually does and decides, what they look up and where it hurts, drawn from the ICAR syllabi, scheme guidelines and programme pages in Laisha's research. What Laisha offers each of them is listed honestly: what exists now, and what is only planned, marked 'coming'.

Student (MBA-ABM / PGDM-ABM / PGDRM / MSc Ag Econ)

Year 0-2: preparing for CAT, XAT, CMAT or ICAR AIEEA-PG, then studying about forty courses, doing fieldwork, an internship and a project.

What the day holds

• Clear the entrance route: CAT for MANAGE (55 of 100 selection points), CCS NIAM (51%) and IIM FABM/ABM; CAT, XAT or CMAT for IRMA shortlisting; ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 19 or Group 06 for agricultural-university MBA and MSc seats
• Prepare essays, group discussions, WAT and interviews on agricultural topics (MANAGE says its GD/PI may test aptitude for agriculture and management)
• Bridge crop, soil and livestock basics if the first degree was not in agriculture
• Pass semester or trimester exams across roughly forty courses, from ABM 501 to ABM 544 in the ICAR scheme
• Complete village fieldwork (a fortnight at MANAGE; the Village Fieldwork Segment at IRMA)
• Complete a summer internship (8-10 weeks in MANAGE's fourth trimester; ABM 595 in the ICAR scheme)
• Carry out the master's project (ABM 599, 10 credits) with survey design, data collection and analysis
• Prepare for placement case interviews
• Decide whether to sit NABARD Grade A, IBPS AFO or RBI Grade B alongside the degree

Decisions that are theirs

• ICAR agricultural-university MBA through AIEEA-PG, or a PGDM through CAT
• Which institute: MANAGE, CCS NIAM, IRMA, IIM Ahmedabad FABM, IIM Lucknow ABM, a state agricultural university, or a programme abroad
• Elective track: inputs, finance and banking, commodities, food retail or development
• Which sector to intern in
• Whether to prepare for bank and NABARD officer exams in parallel
• A job after the degree, or a PhD through ICAR AICE-JRF/SRF

What they look up

• ICAR AIEEA-PG and AICE-JRF/SRF bulletins and syllabi (NTA)
• ICAR PG syllabi Vol. 2 (BSMA, 2021) for course content by code
• Institute admission policies: MANAGE, CCS NIAM, IRMA, IIMA, IIML
• Mandi prices from the Agmarknet feed on data.gov.in
• CACP price policy reports and cost concepts
• Scheme guidelines: 10,000 FPOs, PMFBY, the RBI interest subvention circular
• Company annual reports for case preparation
• NSS Situation Assessment Survey and ICRISAT district-level data for projects

Where it hurts

• Non-agriculture graduates lack crop and soil basics, which make up about 20-25% of AIEEA-PG Group 19
• Theory textbooks are costly and not linked to live Indian data
• Few structured case banks on Indian agribusiness
• Project data collection is hard to organise and pay for
• Entrance patterns keep changing (IBPS AFO in 2026, XAT in 2025, IRMA's move from IRMASAT to WAT)
• Exam preparation is split across unrelated sources for ICAR, NABARD, AFO and management entrance

Five years in: sales, FPO, bank, trading or development roles

An agri-input sales manager, FPO CEO, rural bank officer or AFO, commodity trader or procurement analyst, or NGO project manager.

What the day holds

• Input sales: plan territories, manage dealers and distributors, forecast demand by crop and season, run farmer meetings and demonstrations, track liquidation
• FPO CEO: mobilise members (at least 300 in the plains, 100 in hills and the North-East under the 10,000 FPO scheme), collect share capital, aggregate inputs and output, keep filings current
• FPO CEO: write the business plan, raise a bank loan with credit guarantee, claim the equity grant
• Bank officer or AFO: appraise KCC limits (scale of finance x area) and term loans for dairy, goats, poultry and mechanisation against NABARD model projects
• Bank officer or AFO: track priority-sector targets, handle interest subvention claims, enrol loanee farmers in PMFBY, follow up NPAs, link SHGs and JLGs
• Trader or procurement analyst: analyse seasonal and spatial prices, manage basis and hedges where permitted, finance against warehouse receipts, check quality and export papers
• NGO project manager: write proposals and logframes, run baseline and endline surveys and PRA, design livelihood interventions, report to donors, converge with MGNREGS and NRLM

Decisions that are theirs

• How much stock to place in each district and what credit limit each dealer gets
• What an FPO should procure and sell, what to pay members, and whether to borrow working capital
• Loan sanction, amount, tenor, moratorium, margin and security
• Whether to restructure a stressed farm loan
• When to buy, sell or store, and what hedge ratio to use
• Which intervention to fund, how to draw the sample, which indicators to track

What they look up

• Crop sown-area reports and monsoon rainfall
• Mandi and e-NAM prices and arrivals
• District scale of finance and NABARD unit costs
• NABARD model bankable projects
• 10,000 FPO scheme operational guidelines
• RBI interest subvention circular and PMFBY premium rates
• Commodity exchange contract specifications and SEBI's list of suspended agricultural contracts
• Census, NSS and NFHS indicators for project baselines

Where it hurts

• District-level data is thin and scattered
• Monsoon uncertainty drives demand and repayment
• Receivables from dealers and members
• Thin management capacity and a heavy compliance load in FPOs
• Unit costs vary by state and year, and appraisals are done by hand
• Futures in seven agricultural commodities have been suspended since 19 Dec 2021, reported extended to 31 Mar 2027, which removes a hedging route
• Survey cost and attributing impact in development projects

Twenty-five years in: business head, NABARD GM, cooperative MD, policy consultant

People who set strategy, allocate large budgets or advise government on agriculture.

What the day holds

• Business head: set portfolio strategy, capacity and plant location, M&A and joint ventures, channel strategy
• Business head: handle regulation (seed, fertiliser subsidy, pesticide registration) and ESG
• NABARD GM: prepare State Focus Papers and potential-linked credit plans
• NABARD GM: manage refinance, RIDF and the FPO, watershed and tribal development funds; fix unit costs; supervise RRBs and cooperative banks
• Cooperative MD: set procurement prices for members, keep the plant utilised, work with the board, professionalise management
• Policy consultant: evaluate MSP, subsidy and trade policy, assess impact, write white papers, build partial-equilibrium and CGE models

Decisions that are theirs

• Which crops and geographies to enter or leave
• Pricing and capital expenditure
• Allocation of refinance and grants, and unit-cost norms
• The formula for paying members
• Whether and how to diversify a cooperative
• How to frame a policy recommendation

What they look up

• Market size by crop and district
• Subsidy and policy changes
• District potential-linked credit plans and ground-level credit data
• Procurement volumes and milk fat/SNF data
• FAOSTAT, CACP reports, NSS Situation Assessment Survey
• Trade data (WITS/Comtrade) and the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook

Where it hurts

• Policy volatility
• Weather risk
• Data lag and the cost of field verification
• Board politics and working capital in cooperatives
• Harmonising data from different sources for modelling
• Licence limits on redistributing trade and exchange data

PhD with twenty-five years: professor, research economist, adviser

Teaches AEC-601 to 609 and ABM 601 to 610, supervises theses, publishes, and advises bodies such as the World Bank, FAO or IFPRI.

What the day holds

• Teach doctoral courses in advanced micro, macro, econometrics, production economics, marketing and agribusiness research methods
• Supervise master's and PhD theses
• Win research grants and publish
• Write policy briefs
• Design and run large household surveys
• Run impact evaluations
• Build multi-country models

Decisions that are theirs

• Which research questions to pursue
• Identification strategy
• Which data sources to use
• Model choice: econometric, CGE, linear programming, or DEA/SFA efficiency
• Survey design, power and sample size
• How to set assessments at JRF and NET level

What they look up

• Household panels: NSS Situation Assessment Survey, ICRISAT VDSA
• FAOSTAT and World Bank WDI
• IFPRI Dataverse
• USDA ERS and PSD
• Trade data
• ICAR PG and PhD syllabi (BSMA)
• Gittinger, Economic Analysis of Agricultural Projects (World Bank)

Where it hurts

• Data licensing and redistribution limits
• Teaching material that is out of date
• Students with a weak quantitative base
• Writing new assessment items takes time
• ICAR and NTA do not publish question counts per unit, so assessments can be planned only from syllabus structure
• Subject numbering shifts between documents (syllabus subjects 65/66/67, bulletin core groups 17 and 18)
• Many open textbooks carry non-commercial licences, which limits what can be reused in course material

Practise it, and prove it