Contest| "Living in the Agricultural World #7"

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Define the term "agricultural economics" Be detailed enough.

Agricultural economics is that branch in the Economy that analyses the economic aspect in the agricultural production and also the consumption and distribution of agricultural produce.

So this means the application of knowledge in economics as well as skills in studying the working of the agriculture sector with a view of improving it and the course content of agricultural economists includes production or consumption, prices, market structures and forms, government policies and programs, effects of environment on farming and new technologies in management of farms.

These aims include desiring to change resource allocation, improve production, build a fortified food system and spur rural advancement. Learned at introductory level, agricultural economics as the branch of economy science, which investigates economic characteristics of agriculture to respond for the problems like food shortage, poverty, climate change and globalization based on the agriculture area.

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

Subsistence farming is a form of agriculture wherein a producer and his or her household cultivates crops and or rear livestock to feed themselves and their immediate families without selling or even bartering the excess produce so this type of farming is usually practised in the developing world, and therefore, involves small holdings and low techniques resources.

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And this farming started thousands of years ago it started as early as the Neolithic period that occurred 10,000 years ago when people began to domesticate plants and animals and adopted a fixed abode. That shift started the process of deliberate farming which has leads to all forms of agriculture which are present today.

In what ways can we improve agriculture in our society?

We can improve agriculture in several ways in our society by,

1. Embracing technology: New technologies on farming such as, precision farming, nationwide use of UAVs and sensor analytics and data analytics in farming can do wonders for efficiency, resource usage and yields.

2. Sustainable farming practices: Such is why the practice of the major approaches to farming, including the crop rotation, cover cropping, Integrated Pest Management and the organic farming should be effectively promoted as they will ensure the best approach to the environmental conservation as well as the natural resources and efficient food security.

3. Access to markets: The improvement of the physical facilities for marketing of the agricultural produce by smallholder farmer through market structural development, market intelligence and favorable market outlets can greatly boost the income of the farmers.
   So that is why attention to these areas can be aimed at building a more sustainable, effective, and resistant agriculture of the future.

Explain the life cycle of a bean plant.

1. Seed Stage: The life cycle starts from a bean seed. It is here within seed that nutrient and other essential components needed in germination process are stored foods together with the genetic information for growth and development.

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1. Germination: In the case of beans the seed, draws water to itself and expands leading to germination process and the outer, thinner layer of the seed coat ruptures, and a small root appears first.

2. Seedling Stage: When the shoot starts to grow up from the ground, those first two seed leaves called cotyledons expand and start manufacturing food for the young developing plant through process known as photosynthesis and they are the basic structures that help the plant to grow and to hold on the ground, besides acting as organs by which the plant takes water and nutrients from the ground.

3. Vegetative Growth: The bean plant begins the phase in which it continually produces only the leaves and stems of the plantand in this stage, the shoot initiates a robust root system while the shoot system aims to achieve a larger canopy eagre for photosynthesis.

4. Flowering Stage: As the bean plant matures, it begins to produce flowers and bean plants are capable of self-pollination, where pollen from the anthers is transferred to the stigma within the same flower and once fertilization occurs, the flower withers.

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