"while humans started gathering grains at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers only began planting them around 11,500 years ago. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization."
This type of farming is done mainly to generate profit. It is of two types- crop farming and livestock farming.
Soil Health and Fertility: Discusses important factors affecting soil health and fertility, including soil types, nutrient availability, erosion control, and conservation practices.
Crop Production: Covers various aspects of crop production, such as planting techniques, crop rotation, irrigation, pest management, harvesting, and post-harvest handling.
Livestock Management: Focuses on raising and managing livestock, including selection and breeding, feeding and nutrition, disease prevention and treatment, and market trends.
Farm Business Management: Teaches about managing the business side of farming, such as planning, budgeting, record keeping, marketing, and risk management.
Agricultural Economics: Examines economic principles and theories as they apply to agriculture, such as supply and demand, pricing, markets, trade, and government policy.
Mechanization and Equipment: Covers the use and maintenance of various farm equipment, including tractors, plows, seeders, combines, and harvesters, and how mechanization affects efficiency and productivity.
Agricultural Technology: Discusses the use of technology in agriculture, such as precision farming, genetic engineering, biotechnology, and remote sensing, and how it affects crop yields and farm profits.
Environmental Sustainability: Explores sustainable farming practices that balance production with environmental conservation and protection, such as crop diversification, integrated pest management, water and soil conservation, and renewable energy.
International Agriculture: Examines global agricultural issues, such as food security, rural development, trade barriers, and the impact of globalization on agriculture markets and production.
Food Safety and Quality: Teaches about safe and quality food production, processing, and distribution, such as foodborne diseases, HACCP, GAP, and organic certification.
"Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products."
"Sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle were domesticated around 10,000 years ago."
"Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world."
"In the twentieth century, industrial agriculture based on large-scale monocultures came to dominate agricultural output."
"Today, small farms produce about a third of the world's food."
"Nearly 40 percent of agricultural land is found on farms larger than 1,000 hectares."
"Five of every six farms in the world consist of less than two hectares."
"The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials (such as rubber)."
"However, around 14 percent of the world's food is lost from production before reaching the retail level."
"Modern agronomy, plant breeding, agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological developments have sharply increased crop yields."
"Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal welfare and environmental damage."
"Environmental issues include contributions to climate change, depletion of aquifers, deforestation, antibiotic resistance, and other agricultural pollution."
"Agriculture is both a cause of and sensitive to environmental degradation, such as biodiversity loss, desertification, soil degradation, and climate change."
"All of which can cause decreases in crop yield."
"Global agricultural production amounts to approximately 11 billion tonnes of food, 32 million tonnes of natural fibers and 4 billion m3 of wood."
"Genetically modified organisms are widely used, although some countries ban them."
"The largest one percent of farms in the world are greater than 50 hectares and operate more than 70 percent of the world's farmland."
"Farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities."
"While humans started gathering grains at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers only began planting them around 11,500 years ago. Sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle were domesticated around 10,000 years ago." Note: The paragraph might not contain direct quotes for all questions. In those cases, relevant information has been provided in the answer instead.