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♤ The term agriculture is derived from two Latin words ager or agri meaning soil and cultura meaning cultivation. Agriculture is a broad term encompassing all aspects of crop production, livestock farming, fisheries, forestry etc.
♤ Silviculture is the art of cultivating forest trees.
♤ Sericulture is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.
♤ Apiculture is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans
♤ Olericulture is the science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for food.
♤ Viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes
♤ Floriculture is a discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens
♤ Arboriculture is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants
♤ Pomology is a branch of horticulture which focuses on the cultivation, production, harvest, and storage of fruit, etc.
♤ Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium
♤ Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil.
♤ Terrestrial plants may also be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, expanded clay or coconut husk.
♤ Geoponic in farming practice, refers to growing plants in normal soil