Nashik: After engineering and medical , Nashik-based students prefer the agriculture field such as BSc (agriculture), BSc (horticulture) and BTech (agriculture engineering) in this agriculture-dominated region and there are many seats on offer at various colleges in the division and district.Colleges conducting agriculture-related courses in Nashik are affiliated to the Mahatma Phule Krushi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) at Rahuri, near Pune.The Maharashtra Council of Agriculture Education and Research (MCAER) has started online admission process for various agriculture degree courses for the academic year 2017-18."MCAER is the authority monitoring the centralised admission process (CAP) of all four agriculture universities in the state. It has already declared the admission schedule and the process has started," said Shrikant Kakde, director of the council.Meanwhile, maha-agriadmission.in, the official website of MCAER is active for online admission process, and detailed eligibility criteria for candidates is available there.Every applicant should fill only one application form on the website. If a candidate submits more than one application form, the latest application form will be considered as valid.In Nashik division, the Government Colleges of Agriculture at Nandurbar, at Parola in Dhule, and at Muktainagar have BSc (Agri) courses with 60, 128, 60 seats, respectively. The Annasaheb Shinde College of Agriculture, Ahmednagar, offers 64 seats in BTech (Agri).Among the private colleges that offer the BSc (Agri) course in Nashik district, the College of Agriculture, Gangapur road, has 120 seats, K K Wagh College of Agriculture, Panchwati-120, College of Agriculture, Babhulgaon, Yeola-60 and College of Agriculture, Malegaon, offers 60 seats.The private colleges in the district that offer the BSc (horticulture) courses are K K Wagh College of Horticulture, Panchwati-Nashik with 40 seats, HHSS Murlidhar Swamy College of Horticulture, Melagaon, 40 seats. The K K Wagh College of Biotechnology, Nashik, BSc. (biotech)has 80 seats, K K Wagh College of Food Technology Nashik, BSc (food tech) has 80 seats, K K Wagh College of Engineering and Technology, BTech (agro engg) has 80.The College of Agriculture and Business Management in Nashik offers the BBA (Agriculture) course and has 40 seats.

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