₦airaland Forum

Something funny just happened.

I laugh when people define agriculture as merely "planting crops and rearing animals."

I made a survey post and someone commented that he was into Pomology. I said "Pomology ke?" Whats that?

I entered research mode immediately, and once again, I was reminded of how broad agriculture truly is.

Agriculture is so vast that one person can spend an entire lifetime in just one branch and still not exhaust all there is to learn.

Let me try to bring some(branches and sub branches) of them together so you'll know where you fall into.

We have agronomy and under it we have:
Soil Science
Crop Science
Plant Breeding & Genetics
Agroclimatology

We have Horticulture and under it is:
Pomology (Fruit Crops)
Olericulture (Vegetable Crops)
Floriculture (Flowers)
Landscape Horticulture
Plantation Crops
Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

We have Animal Science and under it is:
Poultry Science
Ruminant Production
Monogastric Production
Animal Nutrition
Animal Breeding
Animal Physiology
Animal Health

We have Fisheries & Aquaculture and it has:
Fish Farming
Aquaculture
Fisheries Management
Fish Nutrition
Fish Breeding

There is Forestry, and it has:
Silviculture
Agroforestry
Forest Conservation
Wildlife Management
Forest Economics

There is Apiculture and it has
Bee Farming

There is Heliciculture which has:
Snail Farming

There is Mushroom Production which has:
Edible Mushroom Cultivation
Medicinal Mushroom Production

This one is interesting, Entomology, it has:
Study of Insects
Pollinators
Beneficial Insects
Agricultural Pests

There is Plant Pathology which has:
Fungal Diseases
Bacterial Diseases
Viral Diseases
Nematology

We have, Agricultural Biotechnology and it has:
Tissue Culture
Molecular Breeding
Genetic Improvement

There is Agricultural Engineering that has:
Farm Machinery
Irrigation Engineering
Drainage Engineering
Processing Engineering
Post-Harvest Engineering

Then, Agricultural Processing & Value Addition, that has:
Food Processing
Oil Extraction
Product Development
Packaging

Then, Post-Harvest Technology, that has:
Storage
Packaging
Transportation
Shelf-Life Studies

Then this sweetheart, Agricultural Economics, that has:
Farm Management
Agricultural Finance
Agricultural Policy
Market Analysis

Then, Agricultural Marketing that has
Branding
Distribution
Export Marketing
Agribusiness Promotion

Then our baby, Agricultural Extension, that has
Farmer Education
Community Outreach
Knowledge Transfer

Another branch, Agribusiness, that has:
Farm Enterprise Management
Supply Chain Management
Agricultural Entrepreneurship

Then, Food Science & Technology, which has:
Food Safety
Nutrition
Food Preservation
Product Formulation

Then, Agricultural Policy & Rural Development, that has:
Food Security
Rural Development
International Development
Agricultural Governance

You see how broad this is an more oo, this is just little

Foreigners are the ones that really understand what you are saying. Many Nigerians don't have the financial means to go into serious farming.