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    Agriculture involves cultivating soil, growing crops, and raising livestock to provide food, fiber, and other products. It is the art and science of preparing plant and animal products for human use and distribution. Agriculture provides most of the world's food and fabrics. It is important as it is a source of livelihood, contributes to national revenue, supplies food, generates income and employment opportunities, drives economic development, and ensures food security. The main types of agriculture are shifting, subsistence, pastoral, and intensive farming.

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    Agriculture involves cultivating soil, growing crops, and raising livestock to provide food, fiber, and other products. It is the art and science of preparing plant and animal products for human use and distribution. Agriculture provides most of the world's food and fabrics. It is important as it is a source of livelihood, contributes to national revenue, supplies food, generates income and employment opportunities, drives economic development, and ensures food security. The main types of agriculture are shifting, subsistence, pastoral, and intensive farming.

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    Agriculture involves cultivating soil, growing crops, and raising livestock to provide food, fiber, and other products. It is the art and science of preparing plant and animal products for human use and distribution. Agriculture provides most of the world's food and fabrics. It is important as it is a source of livelihood, contributes to national revenue, supplies food, generates income and employment opportunities, drives economic development, and ensures food security. The main types of agriculture are shifting, subsistence, pastoral, and intensive farming.

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    AGRICULTURE

    THE SCIENCE OR PRACTICE OF FARMING, INCLUDING CULTIVATION OF


    THE SOIL FOR THE GROWING OF CROPS AND THE REARING OF
    ANIMALS TO PROVIDE FOOD, WOOL, AND OTHER PRODUCTS.
    WHAT IS AGRICULTURE?

    • Agriculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops and
    raising livestock. It includes the preparation of plant and animal products for
    people to use and their distribution to markets. Agriculture provides most of
    the world's food and fabrics.Jul 27, 2022
    IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE
    • 1. Source of livelihood
    • 2. Contribution to national revenue
    • 3. Supply of food
    • 4. Source of income
    • 5. Economic development
    • 6. Export
    • 7. Great employment opportunities
    • 8. Source of saving
    • 9. Food security
    TYPES OF AGRICULTURE

    • 1. Shifting Farming
    • 2. Subsistence Farming
    • 3. Pastoral Farming
    • 4. Intensive Farming
    SHIFTING CULTIVATION

    •a form of agriculture, an area of ground is


    cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a
    few years and then abandoned for a new
    area until its fertility has been naturally
    restored
    SUBSISTENCE FARMING

    • Subsistence crop farmers grow and harvest field


    or tree and shrub crops, vegetable, fruit trees
    and growing animals at the same time in order
    to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash
    income for themselves and their household
    PASTORAL FARMING

    •Pastoral farming (also known in some


    regions as ranching, livestock farming or
    grazing) is aimed at producing livestock,
    rather than growing crops
    INTENSIVE FARMING

    • Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming


    conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of
    agriculture, both of crop plants and of animals with
    higher levels of input and output per unit of agricultural
    land area. ..
    • a way of producing large amounts of crops, by using
    chemicals and machines: The use of intensive farming
    can damage the environment.
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xztjTlnCZiY
    ACTIVITY 1.
    • Make a graphic organizer and give the importance of Agriculture in our life.
    • Example of Graphic Organizer template.
    QUIZ
    • 1-5 Give at least 5 importance of Agriculture
    • Identify the statement according to types of Agriculture (Shifting, Subsistence, Pastoral
    and Intensive Farming)
    • 6. Large areas are planted with a single species and then changed with other species after
    a year.
    • 7. Taking care of a land with plantation of vegetables with backyard animals.
    • 8. Growing cows and goats in the yard
    • 9. Growing plants with the use of pesticides and other chemicals.
    • 10. Growing grain for daily consumption.
    KEY
    • 1.-5
    Source of livelihood 6. SHIFTING
    Contribution to national revenue 7. SUBSISTENCE
    Supply of food 8. PASTORAL
    Source of income 9. INTENSIVE

    Economic development 10. SUBSISTENCE


    Export
    Great employment opportunities
    Source of saving
    Food security
    CLASSIFICATION OF AGRICULTURE

    • two divisions of agriculture, subsistence and


    commercial, which roughly correspond to the less
    developed and more developed regions.
    • What are the 3 classification of crops?
    • Annual Crops: They are crops which grow and mature
    within one year e.g. melon, maize, rice, wheat,
    groundnut, cowpea, cotton etc.
    • Biennial Crops: They are crops which grow and mature
    within two years e.g. cassava, pepper, ginger etc.
    • Perennial Crops: They are those crops that grow and
    mature in more than two years
    •What are the two classification of agricultural
    system?
    •Today, there are two divisions of agriculture,
    subsistence and commercial, which roughly
    correspond to the less developed and more
    developed regions
    • What are 6 types of agriculture?
    • 6 main types of commercial agriculture in MDCs:
    • 1. Mixed crop and livestock.
    • 2. Dairy farming.
    • 3. Grain farming.
    • 4. Livestock ranching.
    • 5. Mediterranean agriculture.
    • 6. Commercial gardening and fruit farming
    • Plants and plant products for human use.
    • Cereals * Pulses
    • Vegetables * Nuts
    • Oilseeds * Fruits
    • Sugars and Starches *Beverages
    • Fibres * Spices
    • Narcotics * Condiments
    • Rubber * Forage
    • Green manure and green leaf manure
    TYPES OF AGRICULTURE
    1. Organic Farming a farming system that uses
    environmentally friendly methods of weed, pest, and
    disease control

    2. What are the benefits of organic farming?


    Preservation of soil's organic composition. All harvest’s
    are healthy to consume.
    Benefits of Organic Farming
    • Compared with conventional agriculture,
    organic farming uses fewer pesticides,
    reduces soil erosion, decreases nitrate
    leaching into groundwater and surface
    water, and recycles animal wastes back
    into the farm. 
    FARMING
    WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES BENEFITS
    • cological justice
    • animal welfare
    • fair trade
    • supply chain development
    • productivity limitations
    • regional adaptation
    • global harmonisation for standards.
    LIVESTOCK
    AQUACULTURE
    PLANTATION
    • What are the 4 types of farming system?
    • Lowland Rice Farming System; Tree Crop Mixed
    Farming System; Temperate Mixed Farming System;
    and. Upland Intensive Mixed Farming System
    CHALLENGES IN AGRICULTURE
    • What kind of problems do farmers face?
    • Cope with climate change, soil erosion and
    biodiversity loss.
    • Satisfy consumers' changing tastes and expectations.
    • Meet rising demand for more food of higher quality.
    • Invest in farm productivity.
    • Adopt and learn new technologies.
    • Stay resilient against global economic factors
    • What are the main problems of agriculture in the
    Philippines?
    • COVID-19. ...
    • ASF. ...
    • Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) ...
    • Ukraine-Russia War. ...
    • The woes of local production. ...
    • Keeping the balance.
    ACTIVITY
    • Answer the following Questions in a sheet
    of paper:
    • 1. How Farming both beneficial and harmful? 5
    points
    • 2. How important do you think environment
    sustainability is in farming? 10 points

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