Rice, wheat, vegetables, and other plants are grown on a large scale for-profit, and survival is known as a crop. Crop refers to a plant of a particular kind, grown on a large scale in a proportion of area, for commercial purposes. For growing crops, a particular pattern or system is followed. Th.....
Based on the geographical conditions, level of technology, the demand for products, and workers required, there are two major classifications of farming, i.e. subsistence farming and commercial farming. In subsistence farming, the farmer is involved in the production of crops for local consumptio.....
Mechanized agriculture is the application of engineering principles and technology in agricultural production, storage, and processing on the farm. It is the process of using agricultural machinery to mechanize the work of agriculture, greatly increasing farm worker productivity. It not only incl.....
Productivity measures the quantity of output produced with a given quantity of inputs. Agricultural productivity is measured as the ratio of agricultural outputs to agricultural inputs. Long term productivity growth reflects improvements in farmers’ production efficiency and technological.....
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); French: Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that promotes increased production of food in poor communities. Indeed, IFAD is working in rural areas of developing countri.....
Farming is an intense method that involves loads of things, people, purchases, and the use of the cultivation methodology. A range of farming practices has been emerged to increase the productivity, of the agricultural land. Two such farming practices are intensive farming and extensive farming. .....
Urban horticulture is a means of utilizing every little space available in cities amidst buildings and other constructions for growing plants. It specifically is the study of the relationship between plants and the urban environment. It is the cultivation of vegetables, fruits, aromatic plants, .....
Container gardening is an easy way to grow vegetables, especially when you lack yard space! also is known as pot gardening/farming is the practice of growing plants, including edible plants, exclusively in containers instead of planting them in the ground. Plants in containers need the best possi.....
Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. It also is known as aquafarming, is the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae, and other organisms. The aim of Aquaculture is to publish and make available the highest quality internation.....
Rainwater Harvesting All living things including, plants, animals, and human beings need water to live and to carry out different cellular activities. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off. It is the simple process or technology used to .....
Fogponics or fog and ponics (labor) can be defined as working fog. It is also known as, aeroponics, is a subset of aeroponics, meaning “air” + πόνος (pónos) “labor”). In short, it is a sub-technique of aeroponics. This technique uses fog — or very fine water drople.....
Anthroponics is a type of hydroponics system that uses human waste like urine as the source of nutrients for the cultivated plants. It is a new term coined to describe alternative gardening/farming techniques off-shooting from hydroponics and aquaponics, using human waste such as urine to grow fr.....