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Agriculture is another word for farming. It includes both growing and harvesting crops and raising animals, or livestock. Agriculture provides the food and many raw materials that humans need to survive.
As soon as humans began to form permanent settlements and gave up wandering in search of food, agriculture was born. The Latin roots of the word agriculture mean “cultivation of the fields.” From the beginning agriculture has included raising both crops and livestock.
A farmer is someone who grows plants and raises animals for human use. Farmers have to work very hard and long hours in order to be successful. The work of farmers is necessary for human survival. Farming, or agriculture, has been around for about 10,000 years.
There were laws about slavery in the Middle East from about 1750 bce and in India from about 100 bce. In Athens, a city of ancient Greece, about one third of the people were enslaved. In ancient Rome enslaved people worked on farms, rowed warships, did construction work, or copied out books.
The growing of plants and animals on land for food and other products is agriculture. Raising animals and plants in the water is aquaculture.
Cattle are large, hoofed mammals that people raise for their meat, milk, or hides. In some places cattle also pull carts or farm equipment. Cattle belong to the scientific family Bovidae, which also includes buffalo, bison, and yaks. Cattle are given different names depending on their age and sex.
Deforestation is the clearing, or cutting down, of forests. The word is normally used to describe the actions of humans in removing forests from the planet, rather than destruction caused by such natural events as hurricanes. People have been cutting down trees for thousands of years.
Industries are classified as primary (agriculture), secondary (manufacturing), and tertiary (services). An industry is a group of businesses that make or sell similar products or perform similar services. Farms are part of the agricultural industry. Factories are part of….
Agriculture uses about 70 percent of the world’s fresh water. Farmers can conserve water by planting crops that are suited to the climate where they are planted. Farmers can also collect rainwater and use it for irrigation.
Agriculture is one of Australia’s most efficient and technologically advanced industries. Australian farmers have achieved this success despite facing significant challenges. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth and has some of the world’s oldest, shallowest, and most weathered soil.