Modern Agriculture

PRT2009 - Modern Agriculture

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Modern Agriculture by Mind Map: Modern Agriculture

1. Poultry & Animal Farming

1.1. Domesticated animals for farming

1.2. Animal husbandry - in closure/free roaming

2. Definition

2.1. Agri - ager - field

2.2. Culture - cultura - cultivation

3. Importance

3.1. Under-developed country

3.1.1. food = survival

3.2. Developed/Advanced country

3.2.1. raw materials production = industrialized nations

3.3. Socio-political stability

3.3.1. maintenance during difficult times/stock piling (e.g: drought)

3.4. Income

3.4.1. turn agriculture waste into feeds/fertilizer

4. Practices/Systems

4.1. Subsistence Farming

5. Agro-based Industries

5.1. Food processing (Food products)

5.1.1. Plants - juice, jam, jelly

5.1.2. Animals - meat, dairy

5.2. Industrial processing (Non-food products)

5.2.1. Plants - furniture, building materials, tyres, gloves

5.2.2. Animals - belts, bags, clothes

6. Modern agriculture = business

7. 40% of world's population = agriculture

8. Commercialized Farming

8.1. Commercialized Farming

8.1.1. Tropical Plantation Agriculture

8.1.2. Vegetable Farming

8.1.3. Aquaculture

8.1.4. Poultry & Animal Farming

8.1.5. New products & future industries

8.2. Tropical Plantation Agriculture

8.2.1. Monocropping

8.2.2. Climate - humid & tropical

8.2.3. Yield exported to industrialized nations

8.2.4. Crop-animal integrated farming

8.3. Vegetable Farming

8.3.1. Production - block/row & open/enclosed

8.3.2. Use machinery

8.3.3. Efficient & high output

8.3.4. Labour intensive

8.4. Aquaculture

8.4.1. Mariculture

8.4.1.1. Ocean culture - marine fish, prawns, oysters & pearls

8.4.2. Algaculture

8.4.2.1. Seaweed & algae

8.4.3. Freshwater fish & prawns farming

8.4.3.1. Catfish & tilapia (in ponds, tanks & cage)

8.5. New products & future industries

8.6. Semi-aquatic animals

8.6.1. Crocodiles, frogs & snails (in ponds, tanks & cage)