what is agriculture

what is agriculture and branches of agriculture. agricultural is types and its branches can be seen below Agriculture is the term used to describe the act of growing crops and rearing livestock for human consumption and use. for students who wants to write exams or project then you have come to the right place. For anyone who wants to go into organic agriculture or agriculture in general then you must understand the the various types of agriculture to begin with. Here are the various subject covered in this post.

Table of contents for types of agriculture

• Subsistence type of agriculture
• Commercial type of agriculture
• Plantation farming
• Horticulture
• Livestock Farming
• Fallow farming system of agriculture
• Communal farming
• system Shifting Cultivation.
• Shifting  cultivation is commonly practiced in the tropics.
• Nomadic Herding.
• Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage.
•   Livestock Ranching/Pastoral Farming. …
• Commercial Plantations.
• Mixed Farming.
• Specialized Horticulture.    Subsistence Farming.

Types of agriculture and branches

All over the world, there are basically two types of agriculture.
These are
1. Explain the term subsistence and commercial Agriculture
2. List and differentiate the various areas of specialization in agriculture

what is SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE

This is the type of agriculture where the farmer produces food just enough for his family consumption. In time of good harvest the surplus is sold for extra cash.

The basic idea and aim of a subsistence farmer is to be able to feed his family. Hold on are we saying that the sole reason for a farmer going into agriculture can be just to get food for his immediate family? Yes you are correct if you think that way too much

Remember that behind everything in life there is a motive of making money so we can’t narrow the reason for a subsistence farming system to food alone.

CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE AS A TYPE OF AGRICULTURE

Here we are. So how do we identify who is a subsistence agricultural farmer? This question whenever it props up simply means the characteristics whereby one can recognize farmers who are into small scale farming.

These characters can be seen bellow although not limited to these alone so feel free using our comment box to add yours. 

As a student of agricultur you can pick the outlined features of subsistence agriculture

1. The farms are very small when dealing with such farming system due to land tenure system practices in some communities
2. Subsistence agriculture is Characterized by the use of simple farm tools such s hoes, cutlasses, axe and others for crop cultivation
3. Usually mixed cropping  system of farming is the most important character of subsistence agriculture. The planting of many different types of crops on a small piece of land
4. The farm workers are usually the farmer and his immediate family because they are poor
5. most of the farmers are usually very poor and so are widely practiced in rural areas
6. They generally don’t have access to fertilizers.

WHAT IS COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

This type of agricultur is where the farmer produces crops for the sole purpose of making money 💵

Well here we are on a broad subject which earlier discussed in one of my classes and post. The study or practice of commercial agricultur is whole lot deeper than I can cover here but not withstanding let’s move on.

We all know that anything commercial has to do with public space. So if commercial agricultur is a major type of agriculture, we then have no choice but to look into in general.

CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE TYPE OF AGRICULTURE

Here I am going to try and list the various character of this system of farming as a type of agricultur Don’t get bored but if you are please stay on a little while I treat this subject a little

1. With this  type of agricultur, the large areas of lands is usually required for cultivation

2.modern farm machines and equipment are commonly used in commercial AGRICULTUR which is a type of agriculture 

3.it requires large sum of money to start. read about farm credits and finance here Usually involves large organizations.

Examples of such companies in Nigeria that are into commercial agriculture are as follows:

1.Temperance farms. Otta Ogun state,
2. John Holt Farms limited in Edo state,
3. Leventis farms limited Agenebode in Edo State.

Other types of agriculture include the following

Livestock farming is a type of agriculture

Livestock farming is a type of agriculture where the farm rears various types of farm animals for commercial purposes. Livestock animals include

1. Goat
2. Sheep
3. Cattle
4. Pig
5. Rabbit
6. Grasscutter
7. Poultry birds
8. Snail

Normadic type of agriculture

This type of agriculture involves the movement of farmers with their herdsmen from one place to another in search of pasture land and grasses.

pastoral or pastoral type of agriculture

This type of agriculture involves the growing of pastures and grasses for commercial purposes like selling them to ranch.

Ranching type of agriculture

This a system of farming or agriculture where animals are kept in a ranch or fenced farm yard. This type of agriculture requires funds and Large hectares of land

shifting cultivation typs

public enterprises

private enterprises

limited liability companies

migration

shares

population

money market

raises funds for expansion

WEED AND THEIR BOTANICAL NAMES
1. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
2. DISEASES
3. 52. SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS
4. ORGANIC MANURING
5. FARM YARD MANURE
6. HUMUGRAZING AND OVER GRAZING
10. IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGES
7. COMPOST
8. CROP ROTATION
9.
11. IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
12. ORGANIC MANURING
13. FARM YARD MANURE
14. HUMUS
15. COMPOST
16. CROP ROTATION