How to become a farming, forestry and fisheries adviser
Official title: Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers
Also called: Agronomist, Fisheries adviser, Forestry adviser, Forestry scientist, Horticultural scientist, Silviculturist, Soil scientist
Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers study and provide assistance and advice on farm, forestry and fisheries management, including cultivation, fertilization, harvesting, soil erosion and composition, disease prevention, nutrition, crop rotation and marketing. They develop techniques for increasing productivity, and study and develop plans and policies for land and fisheries management.
Main tasks
- Collecting and analysing data and samples related to produce, feed, soil, water quality and other factors affecting farm, forest or fishery production
- Advising on techniques for improving the production of crops, livestock and fish, and alternative production options
- Advising on livestock and crop disease, control of pests and weeds, soil improvement, animal husbandry and feeding programmes
- Studying the environmental factors affecting commercial crop production, pasture growth, animal breeding, fish stocks and the growth and health of forest trees
- Studying the effects of cultivation techniques, soils, insects, diseases and fisheries practices on animal, crop, forestry and fisheries yield
- Studying fish migration, growth, feeding and spawning, and devising methods of collecting, fertilizing, incubating and hatching fish eggs
- Researching into characteristics, use capability and productivity of soils, and applying findings to development of improved agricultural, horticultural and forestry practices
- Developing procedures and techniques for solving agricultural problems and improving the efficiency of production
- Managing forest and fisheries resources to maximize their long-term commercial, recreational and environmental benefits
- Studying the propagation and culture of forest trees, methods for improving the growth of stock, and the effects of thinning on forest yields
Ways in
- University: Science degrees, Offered by 21 universities in Hong Kong
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a farming, forestry and fisheries adviser?
Ways in include: Science degrees.
Do you need a degree to become a farming, forestry and fisheries adviser?
Usually. 88% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of a farming, forestry and fisheries adviser?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026