Question

Name the practice followed for large scale rearing of farm agriculture.

Answer 1

Hint: Humans rear different animal species for different purposes, for e.g. cattle are used and bred for the diary purpose and chicken is reared for poultry purpose. By using different techniques of breeding, humans enhance the efficacy of products that come from cultivated animals.

Complete answer: The cultivation of animals and animal-oriented products by humans is called animal husbandry. Humans use animals to obtain dairy products, poultry products, leather formation, meat production from fishes, cattle and other animals. Apart from cattle, bird, pigs, horse, goat, farmers or animal husbandry keeper also rear bees and other insects which provide extra income. Beekeeping is known as apiculture. It is the process of rearing honey bees for honey and beeswax. Apiculture provides extra income to the farmer and it is easy to maintain and does not require large areas as required for rearing of other domesticated animals. Different kinds of cattle are used and interbreed to produce milk and other milk oriented products. In animal husbandry, the ruminant animal like cattle contributes to the global warming effect due to emission of methane and carbon dioxide gases which are the major greenhouse gases. These gases influence the global climate and average global temperature.

Note: In ancient Egypt, cattle were the most important livestock, and sheep, goats, and pigs were also kept; poultry including ducks, geese, and pigeons were captured in nets and bred on farms.