Question

comment on agriculture and irrigation

Answer 1

Agriculture or farming is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years, and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates, cultures, and technologies. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture farming has become the dominant agricultural methodology.

Irrigation is the method in which a controlled amount of water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetationof disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall. Additionally, irrigation also has a few other uses in crop production, which include protecting plants against frost, suppressing weed growth in grain fields and preventing soil consolidation. In contrast, agriculture that relies only on direct rainfall is referred to as rain-fed or dry land farming.

Answer 2

Agriculture is defined as the process of farming and cultivation of crops, along with rearing of animals, in order to produce food and food products. Agriculture is an umbrella term that covers a wide range of activities such as irrigation, cattle farming, dry land farming, organic farming, sustainable agriculture, etc.

Irrigation is the procedure of supplementing agricultural lands with water for a number of purposes. Irrigating vegetative lands helps yield a high number of crops and a good variety at that.