Introduction in

Agriculture
EVANGELISTA, MARSHA H.
BEED-III
Agricultural Arts

Agricultural Arts is one of the major in

Technology in Livelihood Education (TLE). 
Agricultural arts is a a study of art or Science
of cultivating the ground, including harvesting
crops and the rearing , management of
stock:; tillage; husbandry; farming. It is one
of the important areas of Technology in
Livelihood Education. It is where we can apply
in the reality if you want to have business in
poultry, selling plants etc. Agricultural
education include also in food education such
as nutrition. It improves the quality of life for
all people by helping the farmers increase the
production, and provided nutritious foods.
 Definition of Agriculture
 Branches of Agriculture
 Importance of Agriculture
 Common Agricultural Tools
DEFINATION OF AGRICULTURE

Agriculture is the science, art and practice of

cultivating plants and livestock. Selective
breeding and modern practices in animal
husbandry have similarly increased the output
of meat, but have raised concerns about
animal welfare and environmental damage.
 DEFINATION OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE The term
Agriculture is derived from two
Latin words ager or agri meaning As an art it embraces knowledge of the
soil and cultura meaning cultivation  way to perform the operations of the
farm in a skillful manner 

Aa a science: utilizes all technologies

developed on scientific principles such as crop
breeding, production techniques, crop
protection, economics etc. to maximize the
yield and profit.

Agriculture as a business aims at Agriculture is an applied science which

maximum net return through the
management of land labour, water and
capital, employing the knowledge of
various sciences for production of food,
feed, fibre and fuel.
encompasses all aspects of crop
production including horticulture,
livestock rearing, fisheries, forestry, etc.
Branches of
Agriculture
 Agronomy
 Horticulture
 Agricultural Engineering
 Agricultural Economics
 Animal Science
Agronomy

 “Agro” means land “nomy” means

management -management of
land is known as agronomy.
Horticulture

 “Horti”
means garden and
“culture” means cultivation.
Agricultural Engineering

 involves
knowledge of farm
machines or equipment and their
proper use and improvement.
Agricultural Economics

 dealswith the business end of

farming.
Animal Science

 is
basically the breeding and
caring of animal for specific
purposes, such as for their meat,
milk and/or fur.
COMMON AGRICULTURAL TOOLS
 Hand Tools
 Bolo  Hand Cultivator
 Crowbar  Hand Fork
 Pick Mattock  Pruning Shears
 Grab Hoe  Axe
 Spade  Knife
 Shovel  Sprinkler
 Rake  Water Pail
 Spading Fork  Sprayer
 Light Hoe  Wheel Barrow
 Hand Trowel  Sickle
Bolo
 for
cutting tall grasses and weeds,
and chopping branches
Crowbar
 used for digging holes and for
digging out big stones and
stumps.
Pick Mattock
 used for digging canals, breaking
hard topsoil and for digging up
stones and tree stumps
Grab Hoe
 this
is used for breaking hard
topsoil and pulverizing soil
Spade
 usedfor removing trash or soil,
digging canals or ditches and
mixing soil media.
Shovel
 usedin removing trash, digging
loose soil, moving soil from
one place to another and for
mixing soil media.
Rake
 used for cleaning the ground and
leveling the topsoil
Spading Fork
 used for loosening the soil,
digging out root crops and turning
over the materials in a compost
heap
Light Hoe
 used for loosening and leveling
soil and digging out furrows
for planting
Hand Trowel
 used for loosening the soil around
the growing plants and putting
small amount of fertilizer in the
soil.
Hand Cultivator
 used for cultivating the garden
plot by loosening the soil and
removing weeds
Hand Fork
 used for inter row cultivation
Pruning Shears
 is
for cutting branches of planting
materials and unnecessary
branches of plants
Axe
 used for cutting bigger size post
Knife
 usedfor cutting planting materials
and for performing other
operations in horticulture.
Sprinkler
 usedfor watering seedlings and
young plants
Water Pail
 used for hauling water, manure
and fertilizers
Sprayer
 piece of equipment that is used to
apply herbicides, pesticides, and
fertilizers on agricultural crops.
Wheel Barrow
 used for hauling trash, manures,
fertilizers, planting materials
and other
Sickle
 is
a hand tool with a variously
curved blade typically used for
cutting weeds
 Farm Implements
 theseare accessories which are
being pulled by working animals or
mounted to machineries which
are usually used in the
preparation of land
 Plows
 Harrow
 Rotavator
Plow
 used for tilling large areas,
making furrows and inter row
cultivation
Harrow
 draggedover plowed land to
break up clods, remove weeds,
and cover seed.
Rotavator
 power-driven agricultural machine
 axle on which are mounted L-
shaped blades
 the blades chop and stir the
surface of the soil.
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