Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. While humans started gathering grains at least 105,000 years ago, nascent farmers only began planting them around 11,500 years ago.
Agriculture encompasses the production of crops and livestock, along with aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products. This field was essential in the emergence of sedentary human civilization, as farming domesticated species created food surpluses, allowing people to settle in cities. While humans have been gathering grains for at least 105,000 years, they only began cultivating them about 11,500 years ago.