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Different Branches of Agriculture

 What are the different branches of agriculture? 

  1. Agronomy. 
  2. Horticulture & floriculture. 
  3. Animal husbandry. 
  4. Forestry. 
  5. Agriculture Engineering. 
  6. Agriculture Economics. 
  7. Agriculture Extension. 
Let's briefly discuss each of these branches of agriculture. 

1.Agronomy - It is a branch of agriculture that deals with the science and technology of growing food, fiber, fodder, fuel . It also focuses on developing new management practices of agriculture farm and soil management practices.










2.Horticulture : It is a science that deals with the production and management of fruits, vegetables, spices, medicinal and ornamental plantation crops 













Floriculture : It deals with the cultivation of flowers crops.










3.Forestry : It deals with the study and science of forest management and forests plants, trees, wildlife and overall study flora and fauna of forests. 












4.Animal husbandry : It is the branch of agriculture science that deals with the rearing and management of animals for the production of milk , fiber, meat, eggs, and other product from animals. 













5.Agriculture engineering : It is a branch of engineering that involves construction, improvement and innovation in farm machinery and equipments used on farm. 











6.Agriculture economics -
It deals with the subject and issues related to agriculture . 
It is an applied economics to understand to agri economy and analysing production, producer, and consumer to analyse the distribution of agriculture goods and services. 












7.Agriculture Extension - It deals with extending out or promoting of new science, technology, seed, variety, schemes ,etc ,new things to farmer's so they can adopt it for their goodness. 









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