SECTOR: AGRICULTURE & ALLIED

SUB-SECTOR: Agriculture Crop Production

OCCUPATION: Vegetable Crops Cultivation

REFERENCE ID: AGR/Q0402

ALIGNED TO: NCO-2004/6111.30

Solanaceous crop Cultivator: The individual is responsible for cultivating the Solanaceous crop on a given piece of land. The responsibilities include from procurement of seeds to marketing of farm produce in the market 

Brief Job Description: The job of the Solanaceous Crop Cultivator involves the cultivation of solanaceous crops as per the package of practices recommended for a particular agronomic climate zone, type of soil, rainfall pattern and climatic condition to achieve the yield as per the genetic potential of given variety and sell the produce as per the competitive market prices without distress sale.

Personal Attributes: The job requires the individual to have: Ability to work independently, bearing risks and must have ability to work hard and take decisions pertaining to his area of work. The individual should be result oriented and should be responsible for his / her own learning and working. Individual should be able to comprehends basic arithmetic and algebraic principle. Should be able to access and analyze various opportunities & threats pertaining to climatic and market conditions.