A school- level project presentation with included basic facts on agriculture.

2. Culture =
cultivation
agri = soil

3. Agriculture is the
science, art and industry of
managing the growth of
plants and animals for make
use of by humans. In general,
agriculture includes soil
cultivation, growing and
harvesting crops, raising and
breeding livestock, dairy,

4. Depending upon the geographical conditions, demand
of produce, labor and level of technology, farming is
divided into TWO main types
Subsis
tence
Farmi
ng
Comme
rcial
Farmin
g

5. Practised to meet the needs of the farmer’s family
Low levels of technology and small amount of
labour is used
Output of subsistence farming is used for the
existence of the farmer’s family

6. Subsistence Farming

7. Farmer cultivates a small plot of land
Uses simple tools and more labour
More than one crop annually because of more
number of days with sunshine

8. What is shifting cultivation?
Oh
yeah~

10. Easy to grow quickly Not long term
Environmentally friendly
because it is organic farming
Not good for land that is used
only for one type of crop
It is often a form of weed
control.
Not enough food
It can play a part in pest
management. Not cost effective
Troublesome to move around
all the time
It may reduce the incidence of
soil-borne diseases.

11. Cutting of trees Burning of felled trees

15. • Minimize cultivation as much as possible.
• Try to use less aggressive forms of cultivation.
• Cultivate at an appropriate soil moisture
content (especially when using aggressive
implements)
• • When you are using implements that mix
soil throughout the cultivation depth, restrict
the depth of working to 5 cm or less.