Contest| "Living in the Agricultural World #7"

Greetings everyone's.

Define the term "agricultural economics" Be detailed enough.

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Agricultural economics studies the allocation, distribution, and utilization of farming resources, as well as the commodities produced by farming. economics is an applied science which tends to improve the production and distribution of agricultural products.

Agricultural economics deals with the methods of effective land usage, maximizing the crop yield while maintaining the good soil ecosystem.

The importance of agricultural economics is as follows;

Ensuring adequate supply of food: this means that agriculture enables that they is always supply of food in the society and growing of good crops.

Improving food accessibility: this implies that food is easy to get because when you farm you can make good for yourself and for the society.

Improving nutrition: it improves nutrition because what we plant doesn't contain chemicals because we watch it step by step how it grows to the level of eating.

what is subsistence farming? And when did the farming began?

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Subsistence farming is a system of farming where a farmer cultivate crops and rears animals in order to produce food that will be enough for himself and his family use only.

Subsistence farming began from the Early man when he was moving from place to place in search of food he hunt animals, gather fruits and vegetables to feed himself.

He discovered that after eating the fruits the seed which were thrown away latter fermented producing new plants of the same type . the animals were brought home also mated to produce young ones.

When he has discovered these he settled down and farming started, the farming tools of subsistence farmers are crude , hoe ,matchets , which were made first from sticks subsistence farming is the first stage of agriculture.

In what ways can we improve agriculture in our society?

By providing loans and subsides to farmers to enable them acquire input and increase production government should provide machine like tractors , plough, ridges and cultivators , sprayers harvesters this will make farming easy.

To provide social amenities: like water, electricity, health care delivery and good roads, to enhance farmers on the new techniques and methods to adopt.

By educating farmers: farmers should be educated to know how to use various technology and be updated in the farming system and knowing the amount of chemicals to use in a particular crop.

By providing adequate storageand processing facilities and also providing farm inputs like feeds , fertilizer improve seed chemicals and farm implement.

Explain the life cycle of a bean plant.

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The seedling stage: At the seedling stage, plants develop roots, strong stems and their first true leaves. This is the first stage of every plant.

Germination: this is when the plants begins to germinate by a due process, Germination, the sprouting of a seed, spore, or other reproductive body, usually after a period of time.

Flowering stage: this is a period when is about to produce fruit , it's a stage where the plants starts to flourish well.

Reproduction: this is a stage where the plants began to bear fruit, like reproduce new plants of them.

Death: when the plants has completed its life cycle it will die because it has stay 1 year annual due to age.

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