Bachelor of Elementary Education III

SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

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Module Livelihood, Components and importance of agriculture towards Education

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes

Bachelor of Elementary Education III
SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

This module focuses on the Agricultural arts including its history, livelihood's under
agriculture and it's components. It also discusses the importance of agriculture
towards education. This module can be a huge help for future teachers in terms of
having enough knowledge regarding agriculture or agricultural arts.

At the end of the lesson, the learners can:

1. Define agriculture
2. discuss the different livelihood projects under agriculture
3. Know the importance of agriculture

Let Us Explore

One of the majors in Technology in Livelihood Education (TLE) is Agricultural

Arts. The study of agricultural arts includes farming, stock management, tillage, crop
harvesting, and other aspects of cultivating the soil. It is one of the key technological
fields in livelihood education. If you want to run a business selling plants or raising
poultry, you can use it in reality. A field of study called agricultural arts focuses on
teaching and practicing various food cultivation-related skills. This encompasses, among
other things, horticulture, environmentally friendly farming, and animal husbandry.

In particular in agricultural areas, agricultural arts are taught at primary,

secondary, and college levels nationwide. In addition to teaching students about food
production, fieldwork curriculum aims to get certain pupils ready for college and
professions in agriculture.

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes

Bachelor of Elementary Education III
SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

Agriculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops, and
raising livestock. It involves preparing Plant and animal items for human consumption
and distributing them to marketplaces. Most of the food and textiles in the world are
produced by agriculture. Agriculture produces leather, wool, and cotton. Agriculture
also produces paper and timber for construction. These goods, as well as the
agricultural practices employed, may differ from region to region.
HISTORY

Over centuries, the growth of agriculture contributed to the rise of civilizations.

Before, people spent most of their lives searching for food—hunting wild animals and
gathering wild plants. About 11,500 years ago, people gradually learned how to grow
cereal and root crops, and settled down to a life based on farming. By 2,000 years ago,
much of the Earth’s population had become dependent on agriculture. When people
began growing crops, they also began herding and breeding wild animals. Adapting
wild plants and animals for people to use is called domestication. The first domesticated
plant was probably rice or corn. Chinese farmers were cultivating rice as early as 7500
BCE. The first domesticated animals were dogs, which were used for hunting. Sheep
and goats were probably domesticated next. People also domesticated cattle and pigs.
Most of these animals had once been hunted for hides and meat. Now many of them
are also sources of milk, cheese, and butter. Eventually, people used domesticated
animals such as oxen for plowing, pulling, and transportation.

Agriculture enabled people to produce surplus food. They could use this extra food
when crops failed or trade it for other goods. Food surpluses allowed people to work at
other tasks unrelated to farming. Agriculture kept formerly nomadic people near their
fields and led to the development of permanent villages. These became linked through
trade. New economies were so successful in some areas that cities grew and
civilizations developed. The earliest civilizations based on intensive agriculture arose
near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Mesopotamia (now Iraq and Iran) and along the
Nile River in Egypt.

HOW DOES TECHNOLOGY IMPROVED IN FARMING?

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes

Bachelor of Elementary Education III
SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

For thousands of years, agricultural development was very slow. One of the
earliest agricultural tools was fire. Native Americans used fire to control the growth of
berry-producing plants, which they knew grew quickly after a wildfire. Farmers
cultivated small plots of land by hand, using axes to clear away trees and digging sticks
to break up and till the soil. Over time, improved farming tools of bone, stone, bronze,
and iron were developed. New methods of storage evolved. People began stockpiling
foods in jars and clay-lined pits for use in times of scarcity. They also began making
clay pots and other vessels for carrying and cooking food.

Around 5500 BCE, farmers in Mesopotamia developed simple irrigation systems. By

channeling water from streams onto their fields, farmers were able to settle in areas
once thought to be unsuited to agriculture. In Mesopotamia, and later in Egypt and
China, people organized themselves and worked together to build and maintain better
irrigation systems.

Early farmers also developed improved varieties of plants. Romans adapted the best
agricultural methods of the people they conquered. They wrote manuals about the
farming techniques they observed in Africa and Asia, and adapted them to land in
Europe. The Chinese also adapted farming tools and methods from nearby empires. A
variety of rice from Vietnam ripened quickly and allowed farmers to harvest several
crops during a single growing season. This rice quickly became popular throughout
China.

Many medieval European farmers used an open-field system of planting. One field
would be planted in spring, another in autumn, and one would be left unplanted, or
fallow. This system preserved nutrients in the soil, increasing crop production.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, explorers introduced new varieties of plants and
agricultural products into Europe. From Asia, they carried home coffee, tea, and indigo,
a plant used to make blue dye. From the Americas, they took plants such as potatoes,
tomatoes, corn (maize), beans, peanuts, and tobacco. Some of these became staples
and expanded people’s diets.

COMPONENTS OF AGRICULTURE

1. CROP PRODUCTION/ PLANT PRODUCTION

- Is concerned mainly with the cultivation of crops. Crop
production is grouped into two major categories: Food crops and
cash crops.

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes

Bachelor of Elementary Education III
SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

Food crops are cultivated mainly for the purpose of consumption.

Examples of food crops:

● Rice
● Wheat
● Maize (corn)
● Soybean

Cash crops are cultivated mainly for the purpose of sale consumption.

Examples of cash crops:

● Coffee
● Tea
● Cocoa
● Cotton
● Sugar Cane

PLANT PRODUCTION refers to an economic technical agricultural sector concerned

with the growth of food grade ornamental plants, and agricultural crops for human
consumption.

A plant is the only living organism able to manufacture its own food. They use an
extremely efficient process called photosynthesis to feed themselves.

TYPES OF PLANT PRODUCTION

● SEEDING – Seeding is the process of planting seeds in the ground. It is

used to plant crops, such as wheat, barley, oats, corn, etc. Seeds can be
planted in a variety of ways, including by hand and by machine as well.
● ECOSYSTEM – An ecosystem, also known as an ecological system, is
made up of all the organisms and the physical environment in which they
live. These biotic and abiotic elements are linked by nutrient cycles and
energy flows.
● FERTILIZERS – a synthetic or natural substance added to soil or land to
improve fertility.
● GREENHOUSE – a glass building in which plants are grown that need
protection from cold weather. A greenhouse is a structure with walls and
a roof made primarily of transparent material, such as glass, in which
plants that require controlled climatic conditions grow.

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes

Bachelor of Elementary Education III
SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

2. LIVESTOCK /ANIMAL PRODUCTION

- It involves the rearing and processing of animals either for
consumption or for sale.
- Animal production and livestock are two important terms in
agriculture. Farmers all around the world depend on livestock and
animal husbandry for their livelihoods.

Livestock refers to farm animals which includes goats, sheep pigs, cattle, horses,
rabbits etc. These animals are reared for many purposes.

Animal husbandry refers to the breeding and raising of these animals.

3. FORESTRY
- Refers to the planting, tending, and managing of forests,
including the use of their products. Most of the trees found in the
Forest are either growing naturally or planted for specific
purposes. Some common trees that usually found in forests is
very important for the provision of Food Fuel, medical herbs,
wildlife.. and pulp for making papers.

Forest Farming grows and protects high-value specialty crops under the forest
canopy, which is adjusted to the correct shade level the crops prefer.

Forest is an ecosystem dominated by trees.

4. FISHING
- It involves breeding and catching Fish from rivers for human
consumption. Fishing (contributes) constitutes a major
occupation of riverine people and peoples who lived near at
oceans. Fishing provides food, employment, income, and foreign
exchange to many nations especially when fish are exported to
Other countries.

Fish farming is a form of aquaculture in which fish are raised in enclosures to be sold
as food. It is the fastest growing area of animal food production.

Types of fishing

1. Freshwater fishing - refers to lakes, rivers, creeks, streams, and ponds.

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes

Bachelor of Elementary Education III
SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

2. Saltwater fishing - is done from a beach, off rocks, from a pier, or from a boat.
- Saltwater anglers fishing from boats take grouper, flounder,
snapper, mackerel and many other species by trolling or bottom
fishing.
- Fish usually caught from shore include striped bass, bluefish,
tarpon, bonefish, and permit.
3. Fly fishing - method of fishing in which an artificial fly is cast by use of a fly rod,
a reel, and a relatively heavy oiled or treated line
4. Ice fishing - is done in winter through a hole that is cut in the ice on a lake,
pond, etc.

Why does agriculture important in education?

● Agriculture provides most of the world’s food and fabrics.

● agriculture provides wood and paper products ● agriculture has a lot to offer
such as jobs/occupation.
● agriculture enhance skills of people in terms of planting and raising animals
● Agriculture makes people resourceful
● Agriculture teach people different things

Agriculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops, and
raising livestock that involves preparing Plant and animal items for human consumption
and distributing them to marketplaces. Technology plays a big role on improving
Agriculture anywhere around the world. It makes Agricultural works easy.

Crop production is the cultivation of crops. It has two categories which are the
food crops and cash crops. Livestock and Animal production is the Preparation of
animals for consumption. Forestry is all about planting and taking good care of the
trees and the forest. Fishing refers to breeding and catching fishes. It has 4 types. The
Freshwater fishing, Saltwater fishing, Fly fishing and Ice fishing.

Agriculture is very important in education because it provides most of the world’s

food, fabrics, wood and paper products. It has a lot to offer such as jobs/occupation. It
also enhance the skills of people in terms of planting and raising animals. Agriculture
also makes people resourceful and teach people different things.

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes

Bachelor of Elementary Education III
SC-TLE 1 Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan

Prepared by: Joanne Mae S. Cervantes