📄 UPSC Agriculture Optional Syllabus 2026: What’s Inside?

Planning to choose Agriculture as your UPSC Mains optional? Here’s what the 2026 syllabus offers.

Paper 1 explores ecology, agronomy, cropping patterns, soil management, water-use efficiency, forestry, farm economics, and agricultural extension strategies.

Paper 2 delves into genetics, plant breeding, physiology, biotechnology, seed technology, horticulture, pest & disease management, and food security.

Why opt for Agriculture? It’s concise, scoring, overlaps with GS-III, and equips you for agrarian challenges — making it a smart, practical choice.

Read the complete blog at: https://visionias.in/blog/syllabus-pyqs/upsc-syllabus-agriculture-optional

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