As an Agricultural Scientist, you will need to master following:

• advise on soil and water protection
• agroecology
• agroforestry
• create soil and plant improvement programmes
• e-agriculture
• educate on recycling regulations
• identify improvement actions
• livestock farming systems
• manage intellectual property rights
• monitor the farm environmental management plan
• operate open source software
• project management
• provide advice to farmers
• provide advice to hatcheries
• report pollution incidents
• research livestock production

More generally, an agricultural scientist is also versed in:

• advise on efficiency improvements
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• bioeconomy
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• conduct research across disciplines
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
• environmental policy
• evaluate research activities
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mentor individuals
• perform market research
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• project management principles
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• publish academic research
• report on environmental issues
• speak different languages
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• write scientific publications

It also helps to know the following:

• advise on irrigation projects
• apply precision farming
• assess new farming technologies
• climate smart agriculture
• comply with farm regulations
• conservation agriculture
• consultation methods
• inspect project regulations
• manage fisheries projects
• organic farming
• use agronomic modelling
• apply blended learning
• comply with legal regulations
• ensure compliance with environmental legislation
• evaluate employees work
• integrated food-energy systems
• lead a team
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• train employees
• train staff on recycling programs