Agriculture

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

The 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

Some forms of agriculture are:

Important kinds of agricultural products are:

There are views about what is different between farming and agriculture.[4][5]

Disciplines

In at least one country, education is available to become an Agricultural scientist; People with that job, do "implementation of [... things like] crop production, livestock management, and sustainable farming methods".[6]

Agriculture Media

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. "agriculture, noun". Oxford English Dictionary.
  3. https://www.epa.gov/agriculture/agriculture-and-forestry. EPA.gov
  4. https://unacademy.com/content/difference-between/farming-and-agriculture/. Unacademy.com. Retrieved 2023-07-31
  5. https://edurev.in/question/442041/What-is-difference-between-farming-and-agriculture. Edurev.in. Retrieved 2023-07-31
  6. https://www.purdue.edu/science/careers/what_can_i_do_with_a_major/Career%20Pages/agricultural-scientist.html. Retrieved 2025-04-15