PART 1

• Agriculture


  Also called as "FARMING or HUSBANDRY", derived from the Latin word "agre" means land or field and "culture" means cultivation, the science and art of producing or cultivating crops and feeding, breeding and raising of livestock for human economic purposes
• Farming


  The practice of cultivating the land for growing crops
• Livestock


  Raising animals for producing meat, milk and eggs
• Fisheries


  Rearing of aquatic animals in captivity for the sole purpose of killing and eating them
• Forestry


  The cultivation of high-value specialty crops under a forest canopy that is intentionally modified or maintained to provide shade levels and habitat that favor growth and enhance production levels
• Methods of cultivating agriculture

  • Hydrophonic - growing plants using a water-based nutrient solution rather than soil
  • Aerophonic - process of growing plants with only water and nutrients
  • Geophonic - practice of growing plants in normal soil
• Types of farming


  • Subsistence Agriculture - when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings
  • Commercial Agriculture - also called as agribusiness, when the crops and livestock are raised in order to make money or to sell
• Top agricultural countries


  • India
  • Argentina
  • China
  • Brazil
  • Philippines
  • Australia
• Agriculture in India


  • Started with the Indus valley civilization, agriculture exists since 9000BC, after independence India has made immense development in the agriculture sector, in 1965-1966 India convinced to reform their agriculture policy, in 2014 India ranked as the world's largest producer of fruits, India ranks as the second largest producer of wheat and rice
• Schemes introduced by India government to help the farmers

  • National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
  • Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
  • Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
• Agricultural practices in India

  • Soil preparation
  • Sowing
  • Manuring
  • Irrigation
  • Weeding
  • Harvesting
  • Storage