Organic farming
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Organic farming, also known as organic agriculture or ecological farming, or biological farming, is an agricultural system that emphasizes the use of naturally occurring, non-synthetic inputs, such as
Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables in Capay, California
Organic farming in Virginia, USA.
Chloroxylon is used for pest management in organic rice cultivation in Chhattisgarh, India.
For livestock vaccines play an important part in animal health since antibiotic therapy is prohibited in organic farming.
Agriculture
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Agriculture is the practice of cultivating the soil, planting, raising, and harvesting both food and non-food crops, as well as livestock production. Broader definitions also include forestry and aqua
Modern agriculture: a center pivot irrigation system on a field
Centres of origin, as numbered by Nikolai Vavilov in the 1930s Area 3 is no longer recognized as a center of origin. New Guinea (area P) was identified more recently.
Agricultural scenes of threshing, a grain store, harvesting with sickles, digging, tree-cutting and ploughing from ancient Egypt. Tomb of Nakht, 15th century BC
Agricultural calendar, c. 1470, from a manuscript of Pietro de Crescenzi