agricultural production
Growing food commercially
Agricultural production is the output of farming activities—crops harvested, livestock raised, and other goods generated from working the land.
The term appears in economic and policy contexts measuring food supply, trade, and rural economies: Agricultural production increased 12% this year.
It encompasses everything from subsistence farming to industrial-scale operations.
- water managementControlling aquatic resource distribution
- riceStaple cereal grain
- barleyGrain for malt
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestock farmingBreeding animals for food
seed · grain · harvest time · fertilizers · cotton · harvest · subsidies · family farms · crop rotation · soil health · agroforestry · soil conservation · commodity prices · farm subsidies · wheat · yields · cash crops · food security
agricultural productionmanufacturing
Industrial product creation
industrial production · mining · factory production · heavy industry · service sector
agricultural productionmining
Extracting earth's resources
strip mining · industrial manufacturing · resource extraction · deforestation · urban development
agricultural productionconsumption
Using up of resources
destruction · depletion · waste · fallow land · abandonment