Agriculture and Fisheries Arts



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Agriculture
GEC 103

Agriculture and Fisheries Arts

Diomedes M. Arnoco

Objectives:

At the end of this lesson, the students are expected to:

Basic Concepts of Agricultural Crop Production

Definition & Importance of Agriculture

What is Argriculture?

Nominal Definition

(explains what a name is)

Agriculture comes from the Latin words ager, agri meaning field and cultura meaning growing, cultivation. Therefore it means “growing and cultivating of the field.”

Real Definition: (explains what a thing is)

Agriculture is the science or practice of farming which includes the cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and fruit-bearing trees. It also considers the raising of animals to provide food and other raw materials which can produce another product.

Elements in the Definition of Agriculture

  • It is a science, because of systematically organized body of knowledge which not only based on opinions, hypothesis and theories but on factual and absolute knowledge. Also, it is a practice because of the actual applications of the ideas.
  • Of farming, because is the act or process of working the ground, planting seeds, and growing edible plants. It can also include raising animals for milk, meat and wool.

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