Branches of Agriculture

1. TLE 8 | 4th Quarter
A G R I C U L T U R E

2. AGRICULTURE
it is an art and science of systematic
production of useful plants
and animals for human consumption.

3. AGRICULTURE
AS SCIENCE
Because of the involvement of
scientific knowledge for better
production.

4. AGRICULTURE
AS ART
Because of the aesthetic
importance of plants.

5. IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE
Source of
Livelihood
Source of
Food
Food
Security
Economic
Development
Employment
Healthy
Biosphere

6. LET US DEFINE
FARMING FARM
FARMER

7. LET US DEFINE
FARMING FARM
FARMER
THE PROCESS THE LAND
THE PERSON

8. BRANCHES of
AGRICULTURE
HORTICULTURE
Art of science of the
development and sustainable
production, marketing and use
high value ,intensively cultivated
food and ornamentals

9. BRANCHES of
AGRICULTURE
AGRONOMY
Production and management
of grown trees over large area
or larger fields

10. BRANCHES of
AGRICULTURE
FORESTRY
Science of propagating ,
planting managing and caring
for forest and of
harvesting

11. Other
Branches
Oleiriculture
Pomology
Floriculture
Production of
vegetables
Study of Fruits
Study of ornamental
plants

12. Vegetable
Categories
ROOT
CROPS
BULB
CROPS
STEM
CROP

13. Vegetable
Categories
ROOT
CROPS
BULB
CROPS
STEM
CROP

14. Vegetable
Categories
FLOWER
CROPS
TUBER
CROPS
LEAF
CROPS

15. BOLO
used for cutting
tall grasses and
weeds and
chopping branches
of trees.

16. CROWBAR
used for digging
big holes and for
digging out big
stones and
stumps.

17. PICK
MATTOCK
used for digging
canals, breaking
hard topsoil and
for digging
up stones and tree
stumps.

18. GRAB HOE
used for breaking
hard topsoil and
pulverizing soil.

19. SHOVEL
used in removing
trash, digging
loose soil, moving
soil from one place
to another and for
mixing soil media.

20. RAKE
used for cleaning
the ground and
levelling the
topsoil.

21. SPADING
FORK
used for loosening
the soil, digging
out root crops and
turning
over the materials
in a compost heap.

22. HAND
TROWEL
used for loosening
the soil around the
growing plants
and
putting small
amount of manure
fertilizer in the soil.

23. PRUNING
SHEARS
for cutting
branches of
planting materials
and unnecessary
branches of plants.

24. WHEEL
BARROW
used for hauling
trash, manures,
fertilizers, planting
materials
and other
equipment.

25. SICKLE
hand-held
agricultural tool
with a variously
curved blade
typically
used for cutting
weeds.

26. PLOW
specifically used
for tilling large
areas, making
furrows and inter –
row
cultivation.

27. HARROW
is used for tilling
and pulverizing the
soil

28. T H A N K S