Agricultural science is the study of agriculture (also called farming), the practice of producing foods, fibers, and other useful products from domesticated plants and animals. The production of food is one of the oldest professions in the history of humankind, and even in the twenty-first century, agriculture remains the most common occupation worldwide. The term “agriculture” covers a wide spectrum of practices, beginning with sustenance agriculture, in which a farmer produces a variety... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science, 2022. 3p.