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'''Agriculture''' encompasses [[Crops|crop]] and [[Livestock and Animal Management|livestock production]], [[Livestock and Animal Management#Aquaculture|aquaculture]], and [[Carpentry#Forestry|forestry]] for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created [[Food preservation|food surpluses]] that enabled people to live in the cities. Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, with at least 11 separate centers of origin<ref>"Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies". ''PNAS''. '''111''' (17): 6139–6146. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.6139L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1323964111. PMC 4035915. PMID 24757054.</ref>. | '''Agriculture''' encompasses [[Crops|crop]] and [[Livestock and Animal Management|livestock production]], [[Livestock and Animal Management#Aquaculture|aquaculture]], and [[Carpentry#Forestry|forestry]] for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby [[farming]] of domesticated species created [[Food preservation|food surpluses]] that enabled people to live in the cities. Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, with <u>at least</u> 11 separate centers of origin<ref>"Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies". ''PNAS''. '''111''' (17): 6139–6146. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.6139L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1323964111. PMC 4035915. PMID 24757054.</ref>. | ||
The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into [[Food|foods]], fibers, [[Fuel|fuels]], and [[Raw material|raw materials]] (such as [[rubber]]). Food classes include cereals (grains), vegetables, fruits, cooking oils, meat, milk, [[Chicken#Eggs|eggs]], and [[Fungiculture|fungi]]. | The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into [[Food|foods]], fibers, [[Fuel|fuels]], and [[Raw material|raw materials]] (such as [[rubber]]). Food classes include [[Cereal crops|cereals (grains)]], vegetables, fruits, cooking oils, meat, [[milk]], [[Chicken#Eggs|eggs]], and [[Fungiculture|fungi]]. | ||
'''Horticulture''' is more specifically the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants, with an emphasis on scientific methods, plant breeding, and technical cultivation practices. | '''Horticulture''' is more specifically the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, [[trees]], shrubs and ornamental plants, with an emphasis on [[Scientific Method|scientific methods]], plant breeding, and technical cultivation practices. | ||
== Basic principle == | == Basic principle == | ||
* '''Synergies''': Cereals, livestock, domestication of plants and animals | * '''Synergies''': [[Cereal crops|Cereals]], [[Livestock and Animal Management|livestock]], domestication of [[Plant|plants]] and animals | ||
* '''Skills''': Plant cultivation, crop rotation, composting, water management. | * '''Skills''': Plant cultivation, crop rotation, [[Compost|composting]], water management. | ||
* '''Tools''': Axe, shovel, hoe, rake, watering can, seeds, simple irrigation systems. | * '''Tools''': [[Axe]], [[shovel]], [[hoe]], [[rake]], watering can, seeds, simple [[irrigation]] systems. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:07, 9 May 2025
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities. Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, with at least 11 separate centers of origin[1].
The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials (such as rubber). Food classes include cereals (grains), vegetables, fruits, cooking oils, meat, milk, eggs, and fungi.
Horticulture is more specifically the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants, with an emphasis on scientific methods, plant breeding, and technical cultivation practices.
Basic principle
- Synergies: Cereals, livestock, domestication of plants and animals
- Skills: Plant cultivation, crop rotation, composting, water management.
- Tools: Axe, shovel, hoe, rake, watering can, seeds, simple irrigation systems.
- ↑ "Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies". PNAS. 111 (17): 6139–6146. Bibcode:2014PNAS..111.6139L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1323964111. PMC 4035915. PMID 24757054.