i. After post-graduation in vegetable science the student becomes eligible to be appropriate for employment offered by seed companies, sales and marketing, R&D unit etc.

ii. Different agricultural universities also employ horticultural postgraduates for distinct posts from the concerned field of their specialization as SRF’s (Senior Research Fellow), RA (Research Associates), TA (Technical Assistant) etc.

iii. However, for the posts of Assistant Professor/Scientist and other teaching and research and development posts.

iv. Administrative or marketing positions with organizations involved in the processing and marketing of vegetables, they also get recruited in the companies as horticulturists, gardeners, supervisors, farm or estate managers, handling large-scale production of certain varieties of vegetables in various private seed companies etc.

v. Many fertilizer and pesticide companies engage agricultural/ horticultural students in their firms.

In addition, at the International level, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation and some other agencies also appoints horticultural consultant.