NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The four main types of Agriculture are Shifting Cultivation, Subsistence Farming, Pastoralism, and Intensive Farming.

Detailed explanation-3: -Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a science: utilizes all technologies developed on scientific principles such as crop breeding, production techniques, crop protection, economics etc. to maximize the yield and profit.

Detailed explanation-5: -The primary activity which produces almost all the food consumed by us is known as Agriculture. The farmers shift and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation, when the soil fertility decreases. The fertility of the soil gets replenished naturally through this type of shifting cultivation.