The practice of cultivating crops and raising livestock for food, fiber, or other products. The business or activity of agriculture.
From Old English 'feormian' meaning to supply with food, related to 'feorm' (food, provisions). The word evolved from meaning the providing of food to the systematic cultivation of land for food production.
Vertical farming in skyscrapers can produce 365 times more food per square foot than traditional farming while using 95% less water. The invention of farming around 10,000 years ago was so revolutionary that it's called the Neolithic Revolution - it allowed permanent settlements and sparked civilization as we know it.
Agricultural narratives often feature male 'farmer' while women's seed selection, crop management, and subsistence farming remain undercounted.
Specify roles when discussing agriculture; include women farmers, subsistence farmers, and agricultural scientists.
["agriculture","crop management"]
Women perform 40-50% of global agricultural labor but own ~2% of land; cite female agronomists and feminist agricultural economists.
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