Agriculture
art or science of cultivating the ground
Agriculture is made up of livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, forestry, animal husbandry and farming (or crop production). From agriculture one can get food and non-food products.[1]
Origin
changeThe word agriculture comes from late Middle English which formed it partly from Middle French from the Latin word agricultura. Agricultura comes from the ager/agr meaning “field” and cultura meaning “growing, cultivation”.[2]
Examples
changeSome forms of agriculture are:
- Fish hatchery
- Oyster farming, a kind of aquaculture
- Growing cotton
- Growing tobacco
- Growing trees for lumber (or forestry) and logging[3]
- Raising cattle or other livestock
- cereals (grains),
- vegetables,
- fruits,
- meat,
- milk,
- eggs, and
- mushroom
Important kinds of agricultural products are:
- fibers
- fuels
- raw materials (such as rubber).
- classes (or kinds) of food
There are views about what is different between farming and agriculture.[4][5]
Sources
change- ↑ The State of Food and Agriculture 2021. Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks and stresses. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2021. doi:10.4060/cb4476en. ISBN 978-92-5-134329-6. S2CID 244548456.
- ↑ "agriculture, noun". Oxford English Dictionary.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://www.epa.gov/agriculture/agriculture-and-forestry. EPA.gov
- ↑ https://unacademy.com/content/difference-between/farming-and-agriculture/. Unacademy.com. Retrieved 2023-07-31
- ↑ https://edurev.in/question/442041/What-is-difference-between-farming-and-agriculture. Edurev.in. Retrieved 2023-07-31
