made by gaurav singh to be submitted to sst mam class 10th about agriculture farming and all that

1. Submitted to : Navdeep mam
Submitted by : Group 2 (roll no., 11- 20)
Natural science
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2. Acknowledgement
We had made this project by
coordinating among ourselves.
Also our parents support us too
much , we had followed mam’s
guidelines too, we are thankful
to our honorable Principal sir ,
Navdeep mam.

3. FARMING
Agriculture, also called farming or husbandry,
is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and
other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel,
medicinal and other products used to sustain and
enhance human life.

4. TYPES OF FARMING
• SERICULTURE
• PISCICULTURE
• APICULTURE
• MUSHROOM CULTIVATION
• FLORICULTURE
• TERRACE FARMING
• ANIMAL HUSBANDARY

5. PISCICULTURE
• Branch of farming which involves rearing of fish
and prawn on a commercial basis.
• It includes : a. Edible fish
b. Ornamental fish
c. Prawns
 Egs. Of edible fish : Gourami, Karpe, Rohu, Katla
 Egs. Of ornamental fish : Gold fish, Angel, Molly
 Egs. Of prawn : Naaran, karrah

7. CATTLE REARING
• Cattle rearing involves the breeding, birthing,
and general care of cattle, be it beef cattle or
dairy cattle.
• varieties
 Egs. Of cow : Sunandini, Jersey, Swiss brown,
Hollstein, Red Sindhi
 Egs. Of goat : Jamnapuri, Malabari, Pashmina,
Bengal
 Egs. Of buffalo : Niliravi, Murrah, Badavari

9. APICULTURE
• Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, bee)
is the maintenance of honey bee colonies,
commonly in hives, by humans.
• to collect honey and other products of the hive
(including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal
jelly)
 Egs. Of Varieties : Mellifera & Apis ( Njodiyan)

11. SERICULTURE
• Sericulture is the rearing of silkworms for the
production of raw silk.
 Egs. Of Varieties : Bombyx mori, Bombyx textor,
Bombyx fortunatux

14. MUSHROOM CULTURE
• It is also called Fungi culture
• Fungi culture is the process of producing food,
medicine, and other products by the cultivation
of mushrooms and other fungi.
 Egs. Of Varieties grown in Kerala : Salt
mushroom, Perungala mushroom, Mundu
mushroom, Top-shaped mushroom

16. TERRACE FARMING
• method of growing crops on sides of hills or
mountains by planting on graduated terraces built
into the slope.
• developed first by the Inca people.
• to maximize arable land area in variable terrains
and to reduce soil erosion and water loss.

17. Terrace
farming

18. FLORICULTURE
• Floriculture, or flower farming, is concerned
with the cultivation of flowering and
ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry.
• include bedding plants, houseplants, flowering
garden and pot plants, cut cultivated greens,
and cut flowers.
 Egs. Pelargonium, Impatiens, Petunia

19. Floriculture

20. CONCLUSION
• Efficient utilization of scarce and costly
resources is the need of the hour to make crop
production a viable proposition in the present
day competitive scenario.
• It provides alternate and sustainable avocation
to marginal and sub-marginal farmers. Fruit,
mushroom, apiary, animal production and
poultry have been more viable with them.

21. • A better planning and utilization of the
available resources will usher in bright
prospects for the farm economy as a
whole.

22. THANK YOU