* Crop Farming ( Arable farming)
Production of crops in a cultivated land it involves the following:
Field crops
- Crops grown in a fairly large area of land.
Horticultural crops
- They are perishable crops. Horticultural farming involves the following:
i. Olericulture-the growing of vegetables such as French beans, cabbages,tomatoes onions under both small scale and large scale.
ii. Pomoculture- growing of fruits such as citrus,mangoes,passion fruits and pineapples
iii. Floriculture – growing of flowers,such as tuberose
* Livestock farming
i. Pastrolism ( mammalian livestock Farming)
ii. Fish farming ( Aquaculture)
iii. Bee keeping ( Apiculture)
iv. Poultry keeping
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