Farmer's Protest: What is the solution? History of Farming The word agriculture is made of latin word ' agricultura'. Ager means ' field' and 'cultura' means cultivation. Before human started cultivation around 10000 years ago. Bees, ants and termites were cultivating crops since 6 crores years ago. Agriculture means producing commodities which maintains life like Food, Fiber, Forest products, horticultural crops, animal husbandry etc. First crop cultivated was wheat then rice. Sugarcane and vegetables were first domesticated around 9000 years ago. Cotton was first domesticated around 5600 years ago. As per archaeological evidence, first animal drawn plough was found to be 4500 years old.

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• Category: Business & Economics
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• Published Date: 18-Jan-2022

Farm Crisis in India and it's solution