Agronomist with specialization in Field Crops or in Horticulture
Graduates have acquired knowledge in chemistry, physics, biometrics, biology, plant and animal physiology, agricultural business and law, psychology, foreign language, and other general education courses; knowledge of biological characteristics of field crop and horticultural species, varieties and their suitability for producing certain products or processing; crop growing technology; evaluation of cost-efficiency of an applied technology.
Graduates are able to work independently and creatively; self-educate; use recent research findings in the industry to improve production technologies; appreciate the importance of sustainable agricultural production and its unity with the environment; independently acquire the necessary skills in specialization; comply with the laws and regulations of the European Union and the Republic of Latvia in agricultural production; gather, systematize and analyze data; use special literature in the subject field of agriculture.
Agronomists are competent to organize agricultural production, they are familiar with laws and regulations related to agricultural industry; they are competent to assess risk factors and competitiveness in the industry; regularly organize relevant training seminars for subordinate staff members or inspect them, to continue studies in the master’s degree programme.