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 includes the production of crops and livestock, as well as aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for both food and non-food products. This sector was pivotal in the development of sedentary human civilization, as farming domesticated species led to food surpluses, enabling people to live in cities. Although humans have been gathering grains for at least 105,000 years, they only began planting them around 11,500 years ago.