Some employers will require membership in a provincial association for agrology or agronomy.
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Provinces that do not have regulation may require membership in the provincial association of agrology.
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The Agrologists Act requires persons who practise agrology to be members of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists.
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Professionals with training in forensic agrology are vital to the future and ongoing success of the agriculture industry.
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Hence, ecologists and agrology scientists have a central interest in understanding the spatial distribution changes of soil types.
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In Canada, professional agrologists are accredited through provincial regulatory bodies, e.g. Saskatchewan Institute of Agrology, Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists. The requirements to attain professional designation (PAg) are similar in each province. A prospective agrologist is typically required to have a four year undergraduate science degree directly related to agrology.
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In 1997, Rob founded Agri-Trend Agrology with the goal of helping farmers make better decisions on crop input purchases.
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Outside of Canada, the term agrology is synonymous with soil science and is not in common usage in English-speaking countries.
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Then there was Quebec farmer Alison Brosseau, who studied agrology and became agricultural account manager at the Desjardins credit union system.
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The Act gives MIA the mandate and the responsibility to license agrologists and regulate the practice of agrology in the province.
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Most enquiries focussed on career prospects, the context of agrology in the economy and questions about the academic qualifications required for membership.
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Agrology (from Greek , agros, "field, tilled land"; and , -logia) is the branch of soil science dealing with the production of crops. The use of the term is most active in Canada. Use of the term outside Canada is sporadic but significant. The term appears especially well established in Russia and China, with agrologists on university faculty lists and agrology curricula.
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Only those who are admitted to membership in the Institute and who maintain their credentials are entitled by provincial legislation to practice agrology in the province.
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The region's agrology is shaped by the presence of limestone crags and quartzite rocks which, in the valleys, have been shaped by erosion, the weather and the vegetation.
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Agrology is synonymous with agricultural science when used in Canada, is nearly synonymous with the U.S. term agronomy, and has a meaning related to agricultural soil science when used outside Canada.
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As a person working in agriculture, agri-food or the agri-life science sectors, a Technical Agrologist has a diploma in agrology or related science from an accredited Canadian college or university.
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In Canada, a certification called Registered Technical Agrologist (RTag), or (PTag) is available, requiring a two-year college or university education in the agricultural sciences instead of a 4-year degree. These technologists designations require a two year mentorship and education program, and participate in same mentorship process as a professional agrologist. In the United States, the American Society of Agronomy is the regulatory organization responsible for certification. The American Society of Agronomy uses a sliding scale of education and experience to determine certification - it is required to have either a bachelor's degree in science and 5 years work experience, a master's degree related to agrology and 3 years work experience, or a Doctorate related to agrology and a single year of work experience.
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Professional agrologist (abbreviated PAg) in Canada, also called agronome (abbreviated agr.) in Québec, is the professional designation for the agrology profession in Canada. There are more than 10,000 professional agrologists and agronomes in Canada , registered in ten (10) provincial institutes of agrologists. In the United States the professional designation is Certified Professional Agronomist (abbreviated C.PAg) .
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Two national member societies (Canadian, American) of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) maintain and publish glossaries of scientific terms. Other soil science societies defer to the American glossary. The term agrology is not in use. Edaphology or crop edaphology in combination with soil management would be the preferred approach used by soil scientists to concisely describe soil science as it applies to crop production.
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Edaphology (from Greek , edaphos, "ground",, -logia) is concerned with the influence of soils on living things, particularly plants. It is one of two main divisions of soil science, the other being pedology.Page 8 in Edaphology includes the study of how soil influences humankind's use of land for plant growth as well as people's overall use of the land. General subfields within edaphology are agricultural soil science (known by the term agrology in some regions) and environmental soil science.
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The term agrologist was coined by Dr. J. B. Harrington and adopted in 1946 to fill the need in Canada to have a term to denote "provincial agriculturalist". The title of Professional Agrologist is conferred on persons with at least a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture and who can demonstrate the qualities needed to responsibly teach, practise, or conduct experiments and research in the agricultural sciences. According to the Agricultural Institute of Canada website, an agrologist can also hold a degree in a field related to agriculture, or in some provinces pass rigorous prescribed examinations to attain a professional designation. Agrology is a regulated profession in all Canadian provinces.
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He then worked in Mongolia for several months before becoming a scientific employee at the Department of Agrology at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the German Democratic Republic, a position that allowed him to write his habilitation, which in turn helped him become a professor at the academy in 1987. For a short period in 1990, Succow was the vice secretary of nature, conservation and water of the GDR. On 12 September 1990 Succow successfully pressed the Council of Secretaries of the GDR on their last meeting before the German reunification to declare about 7% of the soon-to-be dissolved nation as national parks and biosphere reserves. After the German reunification, Succow accepted a visiting professorship at the Technical University of Berlin.
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