Contest| "Living in the Agricultural World #7"

in Steem-Agro9 days ago

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Am a lover of agriculture because i have seen how agriculture have contributed to humanity in a positive way, am glad to participate in this contest.

Define the term "agricultural economics" Be detailed enough.

Agriculture economy can be defined as an applied social science that has to do with the producers, the consumers it studies the allocation, distribution and the utilization of farming resource.

Importance of Agricultural Economy

Price of agriculture commodities,
Prices of commodities is one of the major problems agriculture are always facing because they harvest in bulk and the goods are mostly perishable, so in other to the make the prices of this product stable in the market this is were agricultural economy comes in they will analyze the situation at hand setting in a price that both the producers and the consumer can settle for.

Employment its offers employment Agricultural-economist are employable in all agricultural sector also in the financial sectors of industries that deals with agricultural needs international agencies and insurance companies inclusive.

Types of agriculture in economics

Industrialized, Industrialized agriculture is a more targeted and large-scale production of crops and animals for the purpose of sale and trade,

Subsistence agriculture.These are categorized methods and purposes of cultivation.

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

This was the first type of agriculture that was seen years ago even before civilization, this is where a farmer goes into agricultural activities only for the purpose of consumption none of the production is surplus or available to be sold.
Another name for subsistence farming is survival farming this method of farming was mostly seen among poor areas.

Example of a subsistence farm can be found in rural communities where most families cultivate small plots of land to grow staple crops like maize, millet, or cassava. These farms often consist of mixed cropping systems, where farmers grow multiple crops to enhance food security and survival purposes.

In what ways can we improve agriculture in our society?

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Ways we can greatly improve agriculture in our society are as follows:

• soil improvement
• Efficient market
• irrigation facility
• pursue sustainable forestry

farmers, and other relevant stakeholders can solve low agricultural productivity in Nigeria if they improve fertiliser use, conduct regular soil fertility test, fertilisers improve farmers’ productivity. Unfortunately, the stunted growth in fertiliser use makes that improvement impossible. Hence, the poor agricultural productivity.

Explain the life cycle of a bean plant

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Seedling the seeds absorb moisture and then the roots emerges

Germination stage once it is germinated and the seed start to sprout roots, then a shoots that grows to become a plant stem them stem will grow upward while will grow downward in the soil.

The flowering stage as the plant continues to grow it will start to grow mature leaves then flowers

Reproduction the flower produce fruit and fruit produce seeds.

Death the plant complete it life circle of 1 year as annual then the plant dies.

Thank you @ninapenda for this wonderful contest and glad to participate

I will love to invite @blessedbee @adylinah @dequeen to participate in this contest.

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Agriculture indeed offers a lot of opportunities. It provides food and even a source of livelihood
We really need to emphasize the need of agriculture in our society

Agriculture plays vital roles in the society. Sadly, most people seem not to regard it. It is important that everyone gets involved in agricultural practices as it would be beneficial.

Your entry is really detailed, you wrote like an experienced person in agriculture. Agricultural production has been sustaining humans for decades now, its positive impacts continue to increase while we keep improving.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. Many success in the contest!

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