agriculture

Also known as plant agriculture

thumb|Modern agriculture: a center pivot irrigation system on a field

OverviewAI-generated

Agriculture is an economic sector and part of the primary sector of the economy and the food system. It follows gathering and began around 8000 BCE, with origins dating to about 15 thousand years ago. The practice is maintained by agricultural workers, farmers, planter classes, and farmworkers. It utilizes arable land and fresh water, and has the effect of deforestation.

The subject is studied by agronomy and agricultural science. It is described by sources including the Gujin Tushu Jicheng, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the New International Encyclopedia. Agriculture is referenced by 15,780 other encyclopedia articles. In PubMed, the query for agriculture yields a count of 1,017,655. The topic has a history documented in the history of agriculture.

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Research

1,017,655 papers

Does urban agriculture contribute to food security, and how might this be achieved?ReviewThe Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2024Mead BR, Duncombe T, Gillespie R et al.DOI: 10.1017/S0029665124002209
Human-Robot Interaction in Agriculture: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Benos L, Moysiadis V, Kateris D et al.DOI: 10.3390/s23156776
Species-independent analytical tools for next-generation agriculture.ReviewNature plants · 2020Lew TTS, Sarojam R, Jang IC et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-00808-7
Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture.ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Yang Y, Tilman D, Jin Z et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.adn3747
Molecular hydrogen in agriculture.ReviewPlanta · 2021Zulfiqar F, Russell G, Hancock JTDOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03706-0
Animal agriculture's potential financial risks.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Narain DDOI: 10.1126/science.abe2211
Linking Soil Microbial Diversity to Modern Agriculture Practices: A Review.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Gupta A, Singh UB, Sahu PK et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19053141
Chitinases: in agriculture and human healthcare.ReviewCritical reviews in biotechnology · 2014Nagpure A, Choudhary B, Gupta RKDOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.790874

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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections

Contents

Etymology and scope
History
Origins
Civilizations
Revolution
Types
Contemporary agriculture
Status
Workforce
Women in agriculture
Safety
Production
Crop cultivation systems
Livestock production systems
Production practices
Agricultural automation
Effects of climate change on yields
Crop alteration and biotechnology
Plant breeding
Genetic engineering
Environmental impact
Effects and costs
Livestock issues
Land and water issues
Pesticides
Contribution to climate change
Effects of climate change on agriculture
Sustainability
Energy dependence
Plastic pollution
Disciplines
Agricultural economics
Agricultural science
Policy
See also
References
Cited sources
External links

thumb|Modern agriculture: a center pivot irrigation system on a field

Agriculture is the practice of cultivating the soil, planting, raising, and harvesting both food and non-food crops, as well as livestock production. Broader definitions also include forestry and aquaculture. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated plants and animals created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the 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. Plants were independently cultivated in at least 11 regions of the world. In the 20th century, industrial agriculture based on large-scale monocultures came to dominate agricultural output.

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