BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE Flashcards
What are the 4 branches of agriculture
- Livestock Production or Animal Husbandry
- Crop Production or Agronomy
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Engineering
is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals
that are raised for meat, fiber, milk, eggs, or other products. The term
“livestock” encompasses many species and numerous breeds within animal
species which can produce food and other raw materials.
Animal Husbandry
is the husbandry of grazing animals is viewed as an
ideal way of making a living and the regular movement of all or part of the
society is considered a normal and natural part of life.
Nomadic Pastoralism
is the raising of birds domestically or commercially,
primarily for meat and eggs as well as for feathers.
Poultry Farming
is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock,
and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g.
pork, bacon, gammon) or sometimes skinned.
Swine Farming
is the scientific method of rearing honeybees. The word
‘apiculture’ comes from the Latin word apis meaning bee and colere which
means “to culture”.
Apiculture
It is the science dealing with the cultivation of crops and vegetables on a
field scales either under rain fed or irrigation conditions.
Crop Production or Agronomy
is the science and art of growing and caring for plants,
especially flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The word is derived from the Latin
hortus which means “garden” and colere which means “to culture”.
Horticulture
What are the 3 branches of horticulture
Pomology
Floriculture
olericulture
is the branch of botany that studies all fruits, specifically the
science of growing fruits and nuts. The word is derived from the Latin
pomum which means “fruit” and logia which means “field of study”.
Pomology
is the science and art of vegetable growing, dealing with the
culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for food. The word is derived
from the Latin oleris which means “pot herb” and colere which means “to
culture”.
Olericulture
refers to farming, plant care, propagation, and cultivation with
one goal in mind, the maximum production of flowering and ornamental
plants for gardens and floristry, comprising the floral industry. The word is
derived from the Latin floris which means “flower” and colere which
means “to culture”.
Floriculture
is study of the allocation, distribution and
utilization of the resources used, along with the commodities produced, by
farming. It concerns itself with the study of the production and consumption of
food in both developed and developing countries along with analysis of the
policies that shape the world’s largest country.
Agricultural Economics
is the area of engineering concerned with the
design, construction and improvement of farming equipment and machinery.
Agricultural engineers integrate technology with farming.
Agricultural Engineering
