BRANCHES OF
AGRICULTURE
BRANCHES OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Engineering
■ Agricultural engineering, also
known as agricultural and
biosystems engineering, is the field
of study and application of
engineering science and designs
principles for agriculture purposes,
combining the various disciplines of
mechanical, civil, electrical, food
science, environmental, software,
and chemical engineering to
improve the efficiency of farms and
agribusiness enterprises as well as
to ensure sustainability of natural
and renewable resources.
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural economics is an applied
field of economics concerned with
the application of economic theory in
optimizing the production and
distribution of food and fiber
products. Agricultural economics
began as a branch of economics that
specifically dealt with land usage. It
focused on maximizing the crop yield
while maintaining a good soil
ecosystem.
Horticulture
■ Horticulture is the art of
cultivating plants in
gardens to produce food
and medicinal
ingredients, or for
comfort and ornamental
purposes. Horticulturists
are agriculturists who
grow flowers, fruits and
nuts, vegetables and
herbs, as well as
ornamental trees and
lawns.
Agronomy
■ Agronomy is the science and
technology of producing and using
plants by agriculture for food, fuel,
fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land
conservation. Agronomy has come
to include research of plant
genetics, plant physiology,
meteorology, and soil science. It is
the application of a combination of
sciences such as biology, chemistry,
economics, ecology, earth science,
and genetics. Professionals of
agronomy are termed agronomists.
Soil Science
■ Soil science is the study of soil as a
natural resource on the surface of
the Earth including soil formation,
classification and mapping;
physical, chemical, biological, and
fertility properties of soils; and
these properties in relation to the
use and management of
soils.Sometimes terms which refer
to branches of soil science, such
as pedology (formation, chemistry,
morphology, and classification of
soil) and edaphology (how soils
interact with living things,
especially plants), are used as if
synonymous with soil science.
Forestry
■ Forestry is the science
and craft of creating,
managing, planting,
using, conserving and
repairing forests,
woodlands, and
associated resources for
human and
environmental benefits.
Animal husbandry
■ Animal husbandry is the
branch of agriculture
concerned with animals
that are raised for meat,
fibre, milk, or other
products. It includes
day-to-day care,
selective breeding, and
the raising of livestock.
Pomology
■ Pomology is a
branch of botany that
studies fruit and its
cultivation.
Animal Science
■ Animal Science is
concerned with the
science and business of
producing domestic
livestock species,
including but not limited
to beef cattle, dairy
cattle, horses, poultry,
sheep, and swine.
Floriculture
■ Floriculture, or flower
farming, is a branch of
horticulture concerned
with the cultivation of
flowering and
ornamental plants for
gardens and for floristry,
comprising the floral
industry.
Olericulture
■ Olericulture a branch of
horticulture that deals
with the production,
storage, processing,
and marketing of
vegetables.
■ Olericulture is the
production of plants for
use of the edible parts.
Fishery
■ Fishery can mean either the
enterprise of raising or
harvesting fish and other
aquatic life; or more
commonly, the site where
such enterprise takes place.
Commercial fisheries
include wild fisheries and
fish farms, both in
freshwater water bodies and
the oceans.
Aquaculture
■ Aquaculture is breeding,
raising, and harvesting
fish, shellfish, and
aquatic plants. Basically,
it's farming in water.
Plant breeding
■ Plant breeding is the
science of changing the
traits of plants in order to
produce desired
characteristics. It has
been used to improve the
quality of nutrition in
products for humans and
animals.
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Viticulture
■ Viticulture is the study
and practice of
cultivating grapevines,
usually with the overall
goal of producing fruit
that is suitable for some
specific end purpose.
Plant pathology
■ Plant pathology is the
science that studies the
causes of plant diseases,
the mechanisms by which
diseases develop in
individual plants and in
plant populations, and the
ways and means by which
plant diseases can be
managed or controlled.
Agricultural biotechnology
■ Agricultural biotechnology-also
known as agritech, is an area
of agricultural science involving
the use of scientific tools and
techniques, including genetic
engineering, molecular
markers, molecular
diagnostics, vaccines, and
tissue culture, to modify living
organisms: plants, animals,
and microorganisms.
Arboriculture
■ Arboriculture is the
cultivation, management,
and study of individual
trees, shrubs, vines, and
other perennial woody
plants. The science of
arboriculture studies how
these plants grow and
respond to cultural
practices and to their
environment.
Agroforestry
■ Agroforestry is a land use
management system in
which trees or shrubs are
grown around or among
crops or pastureland.
Trees produce a wide
range of useful and
marketable products from
fruits/nuts, medicines,
wood products, etc
ELLEN JOY LLAGAS
MARY ROSE NAVASQUEZ
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