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'Agriculture', which encompasses 'farming', is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals. Agricultural developments have been crucial factors in social change, including the specialization of human activity. 42% of the world's laborers are employed in agriculture, making it by far the most common occupation. However, agricultural production accounts for less than 5% of the Gross World Product (an aggregate of all Gross Domestic Products). Basic topics in agriculture include:

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Nature of agriculture

History of agriculture

Basic agricultural concepts

See also

Nature of agriculture

: ''Main article: Agriculture''

★ Agricultural science

★ Agronomy

History of agriculture

Main articles: History of agriculture


★ History of agricultural science

Basic agricultural concepts

★ 'animals:' Animal physiology -- Cattle -- Fish -- Horse -- Livestock -- Physiology --Poultry -- Sheep -- Pig -- Veterinary medicine -- Fishery -- Aquaculture -- Apiculture

★ 'plants:' Botany -- Horticulture -- Plant breeding -- Algae -- Cash crop -- Fiber -- Fruit -- Cereal -- Legume -- Nuts -- Plant physiology -- Post-harvest physiology -- Vegetable -- Greenhouse -- Tree -- Woodland management -- Orchard

★ 'plant and animal protection:' phytopathology -- disease management -- pest management -- Malherbology -- Integrated pest management -- Entomology

★ 'biology:' Trophic chain -- Epidemiology

★ 'plant and animal nutrition:' Nutrition management -- Fertilizer -- Nitrogen -- Animal nutrition

★ 'microorganisms:' -- Bacteria -- Virus -- Food microbiology -- Nodosities -- Soil life

★ 'water:' Irrigation -- Pollution -- Salinity -- Transpiration -- Nitrate pollution -- Bioleaching -- Water cycle -- Drainage

★ 'soil:' Land improvement -- Agricultural soil science -- Soil -- soil erosion -- soils retrogression and degradation -- Type -- Amendment

★ 'milieux:' climate -- Spatial organisation -- Land management -- Bioclimatology -- Arid-zone agriculture -- Tropical agriculture

★ 'farm equipment:' Tractor -- Spreader

★ 'information and process:' Modeling -- Biometrics -- Quality control -- Geographic Information System -- Cartography

★ 'techniques and approaches:' Microbiology -- Biosalinity -- Biotechnology -- Breeding -- Intercropping -- Organic farming -- Integrated farming -- In-vitro culture -- Permaculture -- Pollination management -- Organic gardening -- aquaculture, mariculture

★ 'food industry:' Food science -- Food preservation -- Yeast -- Food additive -- Brewing industry -- Food safety -- Quality assurance -- Food processing -- Nutrition -- Packaging -- Mandatory labelling -- Pasteurization -- Sterilization -- Foodborne illness -- Dairy farming -- Brewing -- Distribution center -- Warehouse

★ 'social and economics:' Economic development -- Agricultural economics -- Agribusiness -- Agricultural extension -- Agrarian system -- Agricultural policy -- Rural Community Development

★ 'environment:' Agricultural soil science -- Ecology -- Biodiversity -- Sustainable agriculture -- Waste management -- Recycling -- Green residues-- Composting -- Ecosystem -- Natural resources -- Sludge

★ 'agricultural scientists:' -- Luther Burbank -- George Washington Carver -- René Dumont -- Gregor Mendel -- Louis Pasteur

See also

★ List of sustainable agriculture topics