Animal husbandry in the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century, when livestock breeds like the Dishley Longhorn cattle and Lincoln Longwool sheep were rapidly improved by agriculturalists such as Robert Bakewell to yield more meat, milk, and wool. A wide range of other species such as horse, water buffalo, llama, rabbit and guinea pig are used as livestock in some parts of the world. Insect farming, as well as aquaculture of fish, molluscs, and crustaceans, is widespread. Modern animal husbandry relies on production systems adapted to the type of land available. Subsistence farming is being superseded by intensive animal farming in
Basque breeds and cultivars varieties include: A variety of mild peppers with AOC certification, grown in the Northern Basque Country in the Espelette area. Pelua cherries are an early Basque black cherry cultivar. Xapata () cherries are a variety of black cherry with a very short fruiting season, lasting only a few weeks around June. They are cultivates mainly in the area around the Lapurdian town of Itxassou. Several breeds of animals are common both in the Basque Country and other regions straddling the Pyrenees. The Pirenaica is a breed of cattle found in the Basque Country, Aragon and Catalonia. There were more than