Economic development accelerated, many other occupations allied to farming came to be recognized as part of agriculture.
Agriculture in a general term means the breeding of animals and cultivation of crops as well as storage, processing, distribution, marketing and other logistics of agricultural products. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years, and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates, cultures, and technologies. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture farming has become the dominant agricultural methodology.
Importance of agriculture
Agriculture plays an important role in the life of an economy. It was the backbone of Nigerian economic system before the discovery of oil. Agriculture plays many important roles in developing especially, in Nigeria. examples include: