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Typically, horticulture is characterized as the ornamental, small-scale and non-industrial cultivation of plants; horticulture is distinct from gardening by its emphasis on scientific methods, plant breeding, and technical cultivation practices, while gardening, even at a professional level, tends to focus more on the aesthetic care and ...
[3] [12] Barley —either of two or of six rows— and wheat cultivation—along with the rearing of cattle, sheep and goat—was visible in Mehrgarh by 8000-6000 BCE. [3] [13] According to Gangal et al. (2014), there is strong archeological and geographical evidence that neolithic farming spread from the Near East into north-west India.
He was also useful to the villagers to take them across the river with the help of a sangad (floats joined together. [8] In this list of Balutedar: Dhor, Mang, Mahar, and Chambhar belonged to the untouchable group of castes. [9] [1] In exchange for their services, the balutedars were granted hereditary rights (watan) to a share in the village ...
He created a model forest garden from a 0.12 acre (500 m 2) orchard on his farm and intended naming his gardening method ecological horticulture or ecocultivation. [93]: 45 Hart later dropped these terms once he became aware that agroforestry and forest gardens were already being used to describe similar systems in other parts of the world.
Agricultural technology or agrotechnology (abbreviated agtech, agritech, AgriTech, or agrotech) is the use of technology in agriculture, horticulture, and aquaculture with the aim of improving yield, efficiency, and profitability. Agricultural technology can be products, services or applications derived from agriculture that improve various ...
10 Arjunrao Kasture 18 July 1978 17 February 1980 1 year, 214 days Sharad Pawar: Indian Congress (Socialist) 11 Bhagwantrao M. Gaikwad Kalameshwar 9 June 1980 21 January 1982 2 years, 238 days A. R. Antulay: Indian National Congress: 21 January 1982 2 February 1983 Babasaheb Bhosale: 12 Nanabhau Yambadwar MLC: 2 February 1983 5 March 1985
While agriculture usually refers to human activities, certain species of ant, [8] [9] termite and beetle have been cultivating crops for up to 60 million years. [10] Agriculture is defined with varying scopes, in its broadest sense using natural resources to "produce commodities which maintain life, including food, fiber, forest products ...
Plant domestication is seen as the birth of agriculture. However, it is arguably proceeded by a very long history of gardening wild plants. While the 12,000 year-old date is the commonly accepted timeline describing plant domestication, there is now evidence from the Ohalo II hunter-gatherer site showing earlier signs of disturbing the soil and cultivation of pre-domesticated crop species. [8]