HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Southwest Asia. Village farming began to spread across Southwest Asia shortly after 10, 000 bp, and in less than 1, 000 years settled farming cultures were widespread in the region. Notably, the intensive harvesting of wild grains first appeared well before the Epipaleolithic Period.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sauer, a cultural geographer, believed that the earliest form of plant cultivation was vegetative planting, in which new plants were produced from existing plants, such as cutting stems and dividing roots.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was during the Neolithic period (c 2200-1200 BC), that rice and millet are first found as domestic crops. Beyond 2200 BC, mainland Southeast Asia sustained hunter-gatherers who occupied upland roc shelters, coastal habitats and inland plains.