Scopes and Areas of Practice

Each year agrologists must select the scope(s) and area(s) of practice in which they work.  

Agrologists must have formal academic training and/or well-documented Continuing Professional Development to practise in any of these scopes.

Scopes of Practice

Choose up to three (3) Scopes of Practice

  • Ag Engineering
  • Ag Media and Communications
  • Agronomy
  • Animal Sciences
  • Agribusiness and Economics
  • Environment
  • Food Sciences
  • Management *
  • Plant (Crop) Sciences
  • Research and Development
  • Soil Sciences
  • Teaching and Extension

Areas of Practice

Choose up to six (6) Areas of Practice within the specified Scopes of Practice

Ag Engineering
  • Environmental
  • Food engineering
  • Irrigation
  • Power and machinery
  • Soil and water
  • Structures
Food Sciences
  • Human nutrition
  • Meat science
  • Preservation and storage
  • Processing
  • Quality control
  • Value-added policy
Ag Media and Communications
  • Consumer trust
  • Farm writer
  • Journalist / Editor
  • Marketing
  • Public awareness
  • Social media
Management *

See below

Agronomy
  • Dryland field crops
  • Irrigated crops
  • Pest management
  • Precision agriculture
  • Soil fertility/Nutrient planning
Plant (Crop) Sciences
  • Agri-forestry
  • Horticulture
  • Pest management
  • Physiology
  • Plant breeding
  • Range management
  • Taxonomy
Animal Sciences
  • Behaviour
  • Breeding and genetics
  • Entomology
  • Health and nutrition
  • Non-ruminant
  • Physiology
  • Poultry
  • Ruminant
  • Welfare
  • Wildlife
Research and Development
  • Applied research
  • Basic research
  • Crops
  • Livestock
  • Microorganisms
Agribusiness and Economics
  • Accounting
  • Appraisal
  • Farm business management
  • Finance and lending
  • Marketing
  • Policy and planning
  • Production costs
  • Resource economics
  • Trade
Soil Sciences
  • Assessments (tax and production)
  • Classification
  • Erosion control
  • Fertility
  • Mapping
  • Soil fertility/Nutrient planning
  • Remediation
Environment
  • Air
  • Aquaculture and Limnology
  • Conservation
  • Impact assessment
  • Natural resource management
  • Policy and planning
  • Reclamation and remediation
  • Soil and plant classification
  • Waste management
  • Water
  • Wetlands and riparian areas
Teaching and Extension
  • Academic (agrology sciences)
  • Adult education (non-formal)
  • Assessment and evaluation
  • Business
  • Curriculum development
  • Human relations
  • Production and marketing
  • Technology transfer
* Management

This entails designing, overseeing, and managing work processes in the agriculture, bioresources, food, and related environmental sectors. Those with this scope direct other agrologists and programs and projects that entail a mixture of scientific and managerial work. This does not include the supervision of technicians and staff doing routine work.