The University Of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore was
the first in the country to start the ( Agricultural Marketing
and Co-Operation) degree programme in the year 1976. Subsequently the department
introduced Masters Degree programme in Agricultural Marketing and Co Operation in 1995
.During this year,the department has introduced
a two year fulltime residential PG programme - MBA(Agri. Business Management)
. The department is entrusted with the responsibilities of teaching,
research and extension education in the areas of Marketing,finance
, Finance, Co-Operation , grading ,accountancy ,etc.
So far, 27 B.Sc .batches and 10 M.Sc .batches have
successfully completed thier degree programmes.These
students have found employment in various Government
Banking And private organisations concerned with
matketing, agri-bussiness and rural development.Some of
them are also working in foreign countries.
The faculty is actively engaged in research projects funded externally in the areas of evaluation
of institutional arrangements for agricultural marketing , export potential, crop diversification, marketing efficiency,
problems and policy issues in agricultural marketing,etc.
The faculty has been serving as resource persons for a
wide range of training programmers ,workshops, etc. The
extensions education programe mainly focuses on
educating farmers on scientific marketing, skill
developement and management of agro-based entrerprises
and collaborating with the Farmers Training Institute in
their training programes.
During the last 15 years,
the Dwepartment has organised two international workshops and five national level seminars symposia in the areas of Agrocultural
and Food MArketing, Food Packing, Agri-Business Developement, Institutional Consumer Co-operatives, Teaching Co-operation in Main Stream Education System, Marketing of
Fruits and Vegitables and Agri-based Enterprises.
