The science or occupation of cultivating land and rearing crops and livestock..
The term agricultural resources means:
All the primary means of production including the land soil water air plant communities watersheds human resources natural and physical attributes and man made development which together comprise the agricultural community.
All the benefits dervied from agricultural lands and enterprise including cultivated and gathered food products fibers horticulture products dyes cultural or religious condiments medicine water aesthetic and other traditional values of agricultural.
Food resources means any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. They are usually of plant or animal origin and contains essential nutrients such as carbohydrates,fats,protein, vitamins, or minerals.
For a long history people secured their food through two method hunting and gathering. And agricultural provided them a better way for getting food. Today most, of the food energy consumed by the world population is supplied by the food industry.
What is crop?
A crop can be defined as The growing of plants on a large scale for food clothing industrial purpose and for other human uses. They are grown to be harvested as food livestock fodder fuel or for any other commercial purpose I.e. for use as dyes medicinal and cosmetic use.
On basis of their use the crops may be classified into two broad groups.
Food crops:
1 cereals: wheat,rice,maize,millet,rye,oats,barley,sorghum.
2 beverages:
Tea,coffee,cocoa
3 others:
Tobacco, Sugarcane,oil seeds etc.
4 perishable items:
Vegetables, fruits etc.
Industrial crops:
1 fiber crops:
Cotton,jute,hemp,flax,silk and wool.
2 miscellaneous:
Rubber.
Some important crops included in this chapter:
Wheat, Rice,Sugarcane, Tea,Edible oils, Cotton and Rubber..
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