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'''Agriculture''' is the intentional growing of plants for human use.
'''Agriculture''' is the intentional growing of plants for human use.
Agricultural societies appeared in several widely separated parts of Old and New World between about 10,000 to 5000 years ago. Most human populations had become dependent on agriculture some 2,000 years ago <ref>http://courses.washington.edu/anth457/agorigin.htm</ref>.
Various amounts of care are involved, from little more than scattering [[seed]]s and later checking for a [[harvest]], to large scale industrial agriculture, where thousands of [[acre]]s are devoted to growing one [[crop]], using carefully bred and selected seeds, highly processed [[man-made]] [[fertilizer]]s, and a variety of [[pesticide]]s.
Various amounts of care are involved, from little more than scattering [[seed]]s and later checking for a [[harvest]], to large scale industrial agriculture, where thousands of [[acre]]s are devoted to growing one [[crop]], using carefully bred and selected seeds, highly processed [[man-made]] [[fertilizer]]s, and a variety of [[pesticide]]s.
By tying a community to the location where its crops are planted, and making the production and storage of surpluses possible, agriculture led to the development of [[village]]s and [[city|cities]], and the need for, invention, and development of [[civilization]] itself.
By tying a community to the location where its crops are planted, and making the production and storage of surpluses possible, agriculture led to the development of [[village]]s and [[city|cities]], and the need for, invention, and development of [[civilization]] itself.
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