Why is Agriculture Important?

History of agriculture starts way back in 8000BC. Man have settled in the valley of the Nile and along Danube in Europe and in the Indus- Ganga region. Along the year’s agriculture has grown to unbelievable limits and man has borne fruits of agriculture all along.

Now in recent times history of agriculture has taken a huge leap and gone high tech with all the machinery and biotechnology and genetics. There are scientists and agriculturist’s working day in and out for further progress in agriculture. Many things have become organic now, like crops, seeds, Fertilizers, and organic food and vegetables. Organic farming has now become very developed.

This is like going back 10000 years back in the history of agriculture. There are lots of regions of land and acres which have turned into rocks due to glaciers and nothing has grown on them since decades. In this case soil scientist have re minerised the soil and have been trying organic farming on such land. This means costly experiments and lots of time but organic farming is a good way to produce good products.

The history of agriculture has shown us a period where man started to clear up forests for light and killing animals that harmed their crops. So then came an efficient way of living which was under control and then they started settling down and that gave rise to farming villages. From the Neolithic times people continued to live in farming villages till the industrial age.

Man was attacked by loads of diseases and famines and floods and also wars which wiped out generations. The history of agriculture takes us to pottery and cooking and craft later on so man then had proper food to eat and made homes too. Made villages and farming a lifestyle. Man settled around Ireland around 7000BC. They used trees for wood to burn and build. Agriculture became a strong base. In 4000BC farming began here. They used Stone Age technology for basic living.
As the history of agriculture grew over the years from here to the Bronze Age and through the Iron Age. They also domesticated the cattle, sheep and the horses also. This was like a major invention and lead agriculture places.

Then the history of agriculture grew in the coming centuries and made amazing progress. And major changes overtook this field. Farmers became high tech and biotechnology ruled. Man started creating fields in agriculture and it grew in bounds and leaps. Genetics also took over and laboratories manufactured crops and seeds to suit human needs.

History of agriculture is so vast and detailed and so interesting. Must be explored to the fullest. It has grown from the Stone Age to the bronze age to the industrial age to biotechnology agriculture has taken the world in a storm and ruled ever since.

When we talk of history of agriculture we talk of centuries gone by and a different era in and around 10000 BC. The most interesting part is that agriculture actually started from a region which now is a dessert. Far back in 8000 BC farming started from Iran all around to Iraq further on to Syria all along the valley of the Nile. Then Israel to India from the Nile to Danube in Europe and then to the Indus and Ganges region.

Agriculture is the biggest cultural innovation that happened years ago. Man was basically born a hunter who would be roaming from place to place. And would be eating whatever nature provided them with and some animals and birds too. Agriculture gave man a base and they were no more wanderers. And also they got more to eat than only what they got from the forest.

Then man learnt to tame and domesticate animals and bingo . . . they hit jackpot. You know the pig has been domesticated since last 9000 years. Wow isn’t that a wonder. And then came sowing of seeds, growing and harvesting too. And so came wheat and barley and other cereals. The word cereal is actually the name of the roman goddess Ceres which means grain in general. Man learnt how to grow crops and for better growth they started removing weeds which gave a boom to the crops.