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Agriculture (a term which encompasses farming) is the art, science or practice of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals. Agri is from Latin ager ("a field"), and culture is from Latin cultura, meaning "cultivation" in the strict sense of tillage of the soil. Thus a literal reading of the English word yields tillage of the soil of a field. In actual usage, Agriculture denotes a broad array of activities essential to food and material production, including all techniques for raising and processing livestock (see Animal husbandry) no less than those essential to crop planting and harvesting.
Continual improvement in agricultural methods from pre-history to the present has been the key factor in the extreme specialization of human activity during the historical epoch. Many of these specializations have nothing to do with food production, but when specialists such as scientists, inventors and mechanical and chemical engineers devote their efforts to the improvement of farming methods, resources and implements they too, along with those who work the fields and pens, are said to be "in agriculture".
42% (2002 estimate) of the world's population is employed in agriculture, making it by far the most common occupation, yet it accounts for only 4.4% (2005 estimate) of the Gross World Product (an aggregate of all Gross Domestic Products).*
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Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific - Part of Food and Agriculture Organization. Works with local governments, institutions and farmers, to develop strategies to tackle livestock problems.
Asia Rice Foundation - Working to secure a prosperous future for Asia's rice societies by supporting rice educational activities, cultural preservation, research, and advocacy movements.
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Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center - Established to help improve the nutrition, health, and incomes of people in developing countries.
Center for International Forestry Research - With a mission to contribute to the sustained well-being of people in developing countries, particularly in the tropics, through collaborative strategic and applied research and related activities in forest systems and forestry, and by promoting the transfer of appropriate new technologies and the adoption of new methods of social organization, for national development.
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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - With a mission to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnership, capacity building, and policy support. Also promotes sustainable agricultural development based on the environmentally sound management of natural resources.
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East West Seed International Ltd. - A seed supplier of tropical vegetable seeds in Thailand, Indonesia, Philipines and Vietnam.
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