2. Agriculture vs Farming
•Agriculture is the broad term for everything that
goes into growing crops and raising animals, to
provide food and materials that people can use
and enjoy. Farming, which involves cultivating
the land and raising livestock, is one part of
agriculture, which also includes plant science.
4. Agriculture plays a major role in economic
growth and development. As the provider of food
it is a cornerstone of human existence. As a
furnisher of industrial raw materials it is an
important contributor to economic activity in other
sectors of the economy.
6. 1. Horticulture
•Horticulture is the art of cultivating plants in
gardens to produce food and medicinal
ingredients, or for comfort and ornamental
purposes. Horticulturists are agriculturists who
grow flowers, fruits and nuts, vegetables and
herbs, as well as ornamental trees and lawns
8. 2. Plant Industry
The plant production system encompasses
the basic genetic and physiological
regulations on plant growth, the impact on
growth of soil, water, nutrients, disease
and pests and the influence of
management processes.
9. 3. Animal Production
•Livestock/Poultry Production -refers to the
volume of indigenous (locally-raised)
animals disposed for slaughter plus
animals exported or shipped-out for
slaughter both in liveweight equivalent.
11. 4. Aquaculture
•Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and
harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants.
Basically, it's farming in water. U.S. aquaculture is
an environmentally responsible source of food
and commercial products, helps to create
healthier habitats, and is used to rebuild stocks of
threatened or endangered species.
12. 5. Agricultural Economics
•Agricultural economics is an applied field of
economics concerned with the application of
economic theory in optimizing the production and
distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural
economics began as a branch of economics that
specifically dealt with land usage.
13. 6. Farm Engineering
•Agricultural engineering. This includes the
application of engineering principles to the
problems of biological production and to the
external operations and environment that
influence this production.
15. Importance
Without plants there would be no food. All carbon in
proteins, fats and carbohydrates is derived from
photosynthesis in plants. Everything we eat, including
meat from animals (which feed on plants) is a result of
plants using the energy in sunlight to take carbon
dioxide and create complex carbon-containing
molecules.
30. •Crop production is a branch of agriculture,
which includes the cultivation of crops in
field cultivation, vegetable growing, fruit
growing, etc. This industry gives necessary
food. Consumer goods manufacturing and
food industries gets raw materials.
31. •Crops are plants, or products made from
plants, that are grown and harvested for
subsistence or for profit. Crops are
typically divided into six categories: food
crops, feed crops, fiber crops, oil crops,
ornamental crops, and industrial crops
32. Harvest vs. Post-harvest
•In agriculture, postharvest handling is the
stage of crop production immediately
following harvest, including cooling, cleaning,
sorting and packing. The instant a crop is
removed from the ground, or separated from its
parent plant, it begins to deteriorate.
33. Organic Farming
•Organic farming can be defined as a system of
management and agricultural production that
combines a high level of biodiversity with
environmental practices that preserve natural
resources and has rigorous standards for animal
welfare.
37. Poultry
•poultry farming, raising of birds domestically or
commercially, primarily for meat and eggs but
also for feathers. Chickens, turkeys, ducks, and
geese are of primary importance, while guinea
fowl and squabs (young pigeons) are chiefly of
local interest.
39. Livestock Production
•Livestock agriculture is concerned with raising
and maintaining livestock, primarily for the
purposes of producing meat, milk, and eggs.
Livestock agriculture also includes wool and
leather production and may include animals kept
for recreation (riding or racing) and draft.
42. Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and harvesting
fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. Basically, it's
farming in water. U.S. aquaculture is an
environmentally responsible source of food and
commercial products, helps to create healthier
habitats, and is used to rebuild stocks of
threatened or endangered species.
44. Aquaponics
Aquaponics is a food production system that
couples aquaculture with the hydroponics
whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is
fed to hydroponically grown plants, where
nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into
nitrates.
