AGRICULTURE.

3. BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE.

Agriculture comprises several branches of study namely;

1)Crop production.

2) Livestock production.

3) Agricultural economics .

4) Agricultural engineering.

1)CROP PRODUCTION

It is growing of field crops such as tea , coffee,maize, sorghum,millet and rice .

Horticulture a branch of crop production which includes;a) Floriculture: growing of flowers aimed at export and local market.

b)Olericulture : growing of vegetables either for the kitchen garden,local market or export.

c) Pomology:it is growing of fruits mainly for sale or domestic use.

2) LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

This is rearing of animals for their products such as milk,meat , eggs,wool and honey.it is subdivided into the following areas:

_settled livestock rearing; rearing livestock such as dairy cattle,beef cattle,sheep ,goats and pigs .

_pastoralism ;this is the rearing of livestock as practiced by the nomads .

_fish farming;it is rearing of fish in a specifically constructed ponds and dams.

_apiculture;it involves housing and rearing of bees for honey and wax production.

_poultry farming;it is rearing of domestic chicken,turkeys,ducks and ostriches.it is done under various systems like free range small scale and intensive large scale .

3) AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING.

This is development,use and maintenance of machinery and machinery accessories in farming .

4) AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS .

It involves planning for the use of limited farm resources for production purposes.it includes;

Production economics 

Farm management

Farmers organizations 

Agricultural marketing.