agriculture in the world

Agriculture is the activity of the use of biological resources byhumans to provide food, industrial raw materials, or energy sources, as well as to manage the environment. Activitiesutilization of biological resources in agriculture, including thosecommonly understood as cultivation of crops or grow crops(English: crop cultivation) and livestock rearing (raising), althoughits scope may also be the use of microorganisms and bioenzim in the processing of advanced products, such as cheese making andtempeh, or just mere extraction, such as fishing or forestexploitation.
The biggest part of the world's population earns a meager living inareas in the sphere of agriculture, but agriculture contributes only4% of world GDP. History of Indonesia since the colonial era to the present are inseparable from agriculture and plantation sector companies, as - sector has particular significance in determining the formation of various economic and social realities in variousparts of Indonesia. According to the BPS in 2002, Indonesia'sagriculture sector provides employment for about 44.3% althoughthe population only accounts for about 17.3% of total gross domestic income.
Group examines agricultural sciences agricultural sciences with the support of his supporters. The core of the agricultural sciencesare biology and economics. Since agriculture is always bound byspace and time, supporting sciences, such as soil science,meteorology, agricultural engineering, biochemistry, and statistics,are also studied in agriculture. Farming (farming) is a core part ofagriculture because it involves a set of activities performed incultivation. Farmers is the designation for those who carry outagricultural activities, for example "tobacco farmers" or "fishfarmer". Actors livestock farming (livestock) specifically referred toas the breeders.