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What is agriculture and its brief history (hindi) Agriculture – Cultivation of Land. Including – Horticulture Fruit growing Seed growing Dairy farming Live stock breeding and keeping Activity of human to cover – 5F i.e. Food Feed Fodder Fiber Fuel History (B.C to A.D.) B.C. 10,000 year – hunting 8,700 – sheep, goat keeping 7,500 – wheat cultivation 6,000 – cattle keeping 2,900 – invention of plough and irrigated agri. 2,200 – paddy cultivation A.D. 15th century – horticultural crops 20th century – Lord Curzon agri development 1903 – irrigation commission 1905 – IARI 1905-07 – 6 new agril colleges 21 june 1929 – ICAR 1935 – IARI delhi 20th Century 3 phases 1st phase – (1950-68) – PRE GREEN REV. ERA 2nd phase – (1968-88) GREEN REV. ERA 3rd phase – (1988-end of century) POST GREEN REV. ERA 21st Century (new millennium) 20-25 yrs Farming system approach (crop production) Agri business based farming – agro forestry, fruits/flowers, aromatic, ayurvedic, medical, poultry, apiculture, fisheries, dairy etc.