Definition of agriculture
Agriculture, science and practice of producing crops and livestock from the natural resources of the earth.
We can also say that agriculture is both science and art
Agriculture can be defined as the act and science of cultivating the soil for the production of crops and livestock management to the processing, packaging, distribution and marketing of plants and animals products for man’s use.
The primary aim of agriculture is to cause the land to produce more abundantly and at the same time to protect it from deterioration and misuse. The diverse branches of modern agriculture include agronomy, horticulture,economic entomology, animal husbandry, dairying, agricultural engineering, soil chemistry, and agricultural economics.
Word history
Tha word "AGRICULTURE " derived form latin word "ager" and "cultura"
Ager= field
Cultura = cultivation or growing
When both the Latin words are combined, which mean "field" or "land" and "growing"