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BY:
ACOSTA, JOANA MAIKO
CANONIGO, KAREN KAYE
LESACA, ANGELU
BSA 2-1
What is
AGRICULTURE?
HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE
Origins of agriculture
Agriculture is believed to have been developed
at multiple times in multiple areas. By
7000B.C.E., sowing and harvesting reached
Mesopotamia and there, in the super fertile soil
just north of thePersian Gulf,Sumerian ingenuity
systematized it and scaled it up. By
6000B.C.E.farming was entrenched on the
banks of the Nile River. About this time,
agriculture was developed independently in the
Far East, probably in China, with rice rather than
wheat as the primary crop.
Ancient
Egyptianfarmer
Intensive
farming allows a much greater
density of population than can be supported
by hunting and gathering, and allows for the
accumulation of excess product for offseason use, or to sell/barter.
Sumerian agriculture
Roman agriculture
Threshing machine
Agricultural production across
the world doubled four times
between 1820 and 1975.
Atractorsloughinganalfalfafield
CONTRIBUTIONS OF
AGRICULTURE TO THE ECONOMY
to economist Gerardo
Sicat, The more underdeveloped
an economy is, the more it is
dependent primarily on
agriculture
Agriculture is the main source of
livelihood among Filipinos.
The October 2003 Labor Force
Survey recorded that 37% of the
labor force is involved among
agriculture.
involved in agriculture
spend part of their income on
machinery, fertilizers, clothing,
and more. Increased income
could lead them to demand
more of such products, and in
the process hike the income of
the industrial sector.
A SOURCE OF FOREIGN
EARNINGS
Agricultural
products being
exported to other countries bring
much-needed foreign currency.
These foreign earnings are in turn
used to purchase goods needed
by the economy but are not
produced locally.
erosion
Pollution
Global warming
farm size
Inadequate farm facilities
Traditional farming
Increase in population
Lack of government support
Unstable prices of agricultural
products
PROGRAMS OF THE
GOVERNMENT
Ginintuang Masaganang
Ani Program
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IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
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