Pertanian dan Manusia??

Assalamualaikum dan salam 1Malaysia kepada semua readers!

Pada hari ini, kami akan berkongsi mengenai Pertanian dan Manusia. Haa mesti apa maksud disebalik tajuk ini! Pertanian dan manusia merupakan subjek universiti yang wajib diambil oleh pelajar UPM. Dengan ini, kami amat berbangga untuk berkongsi ilmu pengetahuan mengenai subjek ini. without further a due, lets start! (gaya mat salleh )

p/s : kami akan menggunakan bahasa inggeris untuk post kali ini. jika ada yang tak faham boleh ke google translate! heheh :p

So basically, we will post our review on what we hve learned ! lets dig in!

Chapter 1 : Agriculture and Man

by Dr. Natrah Fatin Mohd Ikhsan

WHAT IS AGRICULTURE ??

–AGRI: Latin, Ager = Field

–CULTURE: Latin, Cultura= cultivation/ tillage of the soil

 Definition Modern Agriculture

is a business

1)Raw material

2)Food

3)Non-food product.

–eg: oil palm plantation: oil into food, pharmaceutical, soap, now biofuel etc

•Continual improvement in agricultural methods, resources & involve various disciplines (economists, scientists, inventors, engineers etc)

Importance of Agriculture

Why important ?

1) Underdevelop country –food for survival

2) Developing/Advance developing & industrialized country produce raw material for industrialized nations

(eg: rubber, cocoa, lifestock, palm oil etc)

3) Maintain socio-political stability of a country in difficult times (eg: drought) –need food stock-pile

4) Income -now agriculture waste into feeds & fertilizers, oil palm wood, wooden tiles etc

Thats all from us :) 

TQ!