The main branches of agriculture fall into the following four categories.
A) crop production
B) Livestock Production
C) Farm tools and machinery
D) Marketing of agricultural products
A) crop production
Various types of crops can be grown by framers
• Annual crops such as cereals, legumes, garden peas, etc.
• Perennial crops such as coffee, tea, and sugar cane, etc.
• Field crops such as tea, sugarcane, and others.
• Horticulture: Horticulture deals with the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamental crops.
Sub-branches of horticulture include (1) Pomology
(2) Olericulture
(3) Floriculture
• Pomology deals with the cultivation of fruit plants.
• Olericulture is the cultivation of vegetables such as French beans, cabbage, and tomatoes.
• Floriculture is the cultivation of flowers such as Jasmine, rose, and tulips.
B) Livestock Production
Zoology: Animal science is mainly animal husbandry that deals with the care rearing of animals for specific purposes, such as meat, milk and/or fur.
Nomadic pastoralism This is the rearing of cattle herds while moving from one area in search of pastures and clean water.
Pastoralism deals with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, rearing and use of animals such as cattle, buffaloes, camels, goats, yaks, reindeer, horses and sheep.
Poultry farming: is the rearing of poultry birds such as chicken, goose, turkey, duck, pigeons, etc.
Aquaculture is the science of fish farming.
Beekeeping is the science of Beekeeping and production of honey.
C) Farm tools and machinery
Agricultural Engineering; Agricultural engineering involves knowledge of agricultural machinery and equipment. It also deals with the development of new systems and practices to address the problems facing agriculture. It also deals with the use and maintenance of agricultural tools, machinery, and structures.
D) Marketing agricultural produce
Agricultural economy: The agricultural economy deals with agriculture products from a business point of view. Agriculture economics is a branch of agriculture that deals with the use of scarce resources aiming to increase production while reducing costs.
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