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Agriculture II

GALLERY: Agriculture II

Agriculture Gallery II

Humans began to cultivate food crops about 10,000 years ago. Prior to that time, hunter-gatherers secured their food as they traveled in the nearby environment. When they observed some of the grains left behind at their campsites sprouting and growing to harvest, they began to cultivate these grains. From these humble beginnings agriculture began.

Published: December 28, 2010, 05 am
Revised: April 29, 2012, 12 pm
Author(s): Sidney Draggan

Topics: Agriculture, Water, Technology, Sustainable Development, Consumption, Consumer Issues, Uses Of Chemicals, Forests, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Land-use & Land-cover Change, Soils, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Food, Environmental Monitoring, Complex Systems, Forestry, Global, Land & other resources, Food security, Land, Water use, Groundwater, Microbial Ecology, Ecosystem Services, Biomes, Botany, Animals & Society, Biodiversity,

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  • Posted by Avanish K Panikkar on January 6, 2011 6:07 pm

    photo on water gathering- is it really Pakistan? the women pictured definitely look like from South India.

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