History of Agriculture
History of agriculture – developed at least 10,000 years ago, although some forms of agriculture such as forest gardening and fire-stick farming date back even earlier to prehistoric times.
- Neolithic Revolution – wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to agriculture and settlement.
- Arab Agricultural Revolution –
- British Agricultural Revolution –
- Genomics of domestication – study of the structure, content, and evolution of genomes, or the entire genetic information of organisms.
- Green Revolution –
- History of agricultural science – began with Gregor Mendel's genetic work
- History of organic farming –
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