There are many career opportunities for graduates in Ireland’s food, drink and horticulture industry, which employs over 150,000 people and accounts for around 9 per cent of total direct employment.
In the Republic of Ireland, farmers make up almost 7 per cent of the workforce and the agri-food sector accounts for almost 10 per cent of employment.
In traditional farming, self employment is common. However, there are a host of careers in agricultural-related services and businesses. These include:

• animal and plant research
• agribusiness management and sales
• commodity broking
• agricultural journalists
• agriscience research
• parks, recreation and tourism
• wildlife
• lecturing.

Other areas of work that graduates should consider include aquaculture, horticulture and forestry.

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