FARMING : THEN, NOW AND TOMORROW
From apes to human. Human life has been evolving since millions of years and at the same time the practices to survive also evolved along with the technology. Food is like fuel to a human body to function well. Every individual on this planet can cook and prepare his supper to live his life. But the real credit goes to a farmer because it's them who cultivate food items which are further processed and cooked by us. Every country has got it's own style of farming. Every country on this planet uses different methods to cultivate different crops. In India a farmer follows 8 major steps to cultivate a crop. The steps are same irrespective of crop being selected. 1.Crop Selection 2.Land Preparation 3.Seed Selection 4.Seed Sowing 5.Irrigation 6.Crop Growth 7.Fertilizing 8.Harvesting The first three steps are to be done manually. Crop selection depends on the farmer. He/ she selects a crop based on requirements and his/ her financial ability to cultivate the crop. Somet