Agriculture, which encompasses farming, is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals. Agricultural developments have been crucial factors in social change, including the specialization of human activity. According to the CIA Factbook 2008, 40% of the world's laborers are employed in agriculture, making it by far the most common occupation. Primary agricultural production accounts for less than 5% of the Gross World Product (an aggregate of all Gross Domestic Products), but much of the industrial production (one-third of GWP) derives from the processing of agricultural products, such as food and fiber.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to agriculture:
Essence of agriculture
- Main article: Agriculture
Agricultural production
Agricultural resources
Climate-based agriculture
Two branches of agriculture
Aquafarming
Farming
- Alligator farm
- Breeding
- Contract farming
- Crops
- Farm equipment
- Field day
- Greenhouse
- Integrated farming
- Intercropping
- Irrigation
- Livestock
- Orchard
- Organic farming
- Organic gardening
- Permaculture
- Pollination management
- Produce
- Sericulture
Apiculture (Beekeeping)
Dairy farming
Fishing
Forestry
Horticulture
Ranching
Whaling
Agricultural Disciplines
Agricultural chemistry
Agricultural communication
Agricultural economics
- Agrarian system
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural extension
- Agricultural Marketing
- Custom harvesting
- Economic development
- Rural Community Development
Agricultural education
Agricultural engineering
- Agricultural Machinery
- Bioprocess Engineering
- Farm equipment
- Food Engineering
- Natural Resources
- Energy
- Workshop
- Structures
- Electronics
- System Engineering
- Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
- Electrical energy efficiency on United States farms
Agricultural philosophy
Agricultural policy
Agricultural science
- Agricultural economics
- Agricultural engineering
- Agricultural philosophy
- Agrophysics
- Animal science
- Aquaculture
- Biological engineering
- Environmental science
- Food science
Agronomy
Agricultural soil science
- Agrogeology
- Agrology
- Agrominerals
- Land degradation
- Land improvement
- Soil
- Soil amendment
- Soil erosion
- Soil life
- Soil type
- Soils retrogression and degradation
Agroecology
- Agroecosystem analysis
- Agrophysics
- Biodiversity
- Climate change and agriculture
- Composting
- Ecology
- Ecosystem
- Environmental Economics
- Green manure
- Natural resources
- Recycling
- Rural Sociology
- Soil Science
- Sustainable agriculture
- Wildculture
Animal husbandry
History of agriculture
Agriculturally-based manufacturing industries
Food industry
- Bakery
- Brewing, Brewing industry
- Dairy
- Distribution center
- Food processing
- Food safety
- Food science
- Foodborne illness
- Mandatory labelling
- Packaging
- Pasteurization
- Quality assurance
- Sterilization
- Warehouse
- Yeast
Pulp and paper industry
Agricultural markets
Food distribution
Food outlets
General agricultural terms
Prominent agricultural scientists
- Robert Bakewell
- Norman Borlaug
- Luther Burbank
- George Washington Carver
- René Dumont
- Charles Roy Henderson
- Ronald Fisher
- Mark Caygeon Junkin
- Jay Lush
- Gregor Mendel
- Louis Pasteur
- M. S. Swaminathan
Agriculture lists
- Largest producing countries of agricultural commodities
- List of agricultural organizations
- List of agricultural universities and colleges
- List of sustainable agriculture topics
External links
- UKAgriculture.com - Advance the education of the public in all aspects of agriculture, the countryside and the rural economy
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Agriculture Page
- Research on the role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction from the Overseas Development Institute