Esta semana recogimos este dato: “En la provincia de Huelva destacada por su carácter agrícola y puntera en algunas producciones, el grado Universitario de Ingeniería Agrícola es el segundo más solicitado de la región“.
¿Se está extendiendo esta tendencia al resto de España?
Until now, this degree was in demand in areas with greater development of the primary sector, since job opportunities were directed to companies in the area. However, changes in machinery and technology in addition to recent discoveries in precision agriculture, commercial exploitation and work in crops have skyrocketed the level and demand for this grade.
And all this aspect has also reached Madrid, which without such a powerful development in the primary sector, also has a growing demand for applications at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, a faculty with broad support for quality and prestige.
Specialties of the degree in Agricultural Engineering in Madrid and Huelva:
- Horticulture and Gardening.
- Agricultural Operations.
- En Madrid también “Mecanización y construcciones rurales”.
There is a common base in all agricultural engineers, but with the diversity of degrees, students can specialize their training from the first year with subjects as interesting as: Irrigation Engineering, Gardening Technology, Strawberry and Small Fruit Cultivation, Citrus Agriculture o Quality Certification Systems in Agriculture, etc.
One of the latest offers is precision agriculture .
General objectives of the degree in Agricultural Engineering
New technologies are reaching agriculture and especially young farmers with concerns about the development of the rural environment. The advances are impressive, both in technology and innovation. Among the multiple objectives we highlight:
- Design, direct and manage engineering projects in the field of agricultural and livestock production (buildings, irrigation, roads and other rural infrastructures, mechanization, electrification, etc.) with criteria of economic, social and environmental profitability.
- Design, direct and manage gardening and landscaping projects (green spaces, sports facilities, vertical gardening, etc.).
- Write and sign appraisals and appraisals within the rural environment.
- The exercise of the profession of Agricultural Technical Engineer.
- Directly access the Master in Agronomic Engineering studies.
Objectives of these professionals
In the global world that we find ourselves in, the challenges they face are multiple, taking into account that there is a lack of aid for new entrepreneurs. It is very necessary to receive state aid so that the technologies are appropriate, accessible and adapted to all needs.
Agricultural professionals should consider:
- Food security with good quality, nutritious and inexpensive food.
- Tackling climate change and the greenhouse effect.
- Apply food security policies, promoting increased productivity with sustainable productions and renewed technologies.
- Combine techniques that preserve natural resources and at the same time increase productivity.
- Trabajar con empresas de última tecnología, como las que aplican los ultrasonidos a la destrucción de algas y hongos.
- Use humidity meters with sensors that send the information to a tablet or mobile phone, saving water and energy, as well as time when controlling crops.
- Use computers and communication media, controlling the time via satellite.
- También aplicar nuevas técnicas de almacenaje y conservación.
- Perform agronomic practices in irrigation management.
- Utilizar los medios de comunicación que permiten que los conocimientos se actualicen.
- Por último la biotecnología agropecuaria, ciencia que utiliza sistemas biológicos y organismos vivos para la creación o modificación de productos.
The University encourages the entrepreneur who can encourage them to create their own companies in the future.
Empleabilidad del 100% de los ingenieros en el sector agroalimentario
“Los responsables de las instituciones y empresas del sector destacan en el Preforo Empleo de la ETSIA que las becas y prácticas son la puerta de entrada al mundo laboral para los egresados” (+Info).
La ingeniería que tiene 100% de empleo y para la que faltan estudiantes
“Usan drones y satélites, y “tienen un 100% de empleabilidad”: son los ingenieros agrónomos, una profesión clave para el futuro de una cadena agroalimentaria más digitalizada pero que es deficitaria y “faltan estudiantes”, como alertan desde las universidades”. (+Info)
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