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agriculture

vr.tr.agriculture · ACT.ACT

Let an agent handle agriculture by system, products, inputs, land and regulation, and connect it to food, environment and livelihoods.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle agriculture by system, products, inputs, land and regulation, and connect it to food, environment and livelihoods.

The practice of cultivating plants, fungi and animals for food, fibre, fuel and other products, including crop farming, livestock, horticulture and related industries.

What it is for: Producing food and raw materials.

It can be farm crops and livestock; regulate and subsidise it; measure yields and impacts; certify it, as organic or to other standards.

Distinguishing features

Deliberate cultivation, unlike foraging

Spans crops, livestock and horticulture

Heavily regulated and subsidised

Major environmental footprint

What it looks like

Fields, orchards, greenhouses, barns and livestock; watercress beds and herb spirals at small scale; industrial farms at large.

Physical character

share of world land: about 37 percent - agricultural land

share of freshwater withdrawals: about 70 percent

How it is recognised

Cultivated fields and farm buildings

Crop patterns and machinery

Farmers associations and certification labels

Related models

produces - main output

food

uses - resources

land and water

involves - organisms

animal and plant

is regulated by - subsidies and rules

agricultural policy

In practice

Families and kinds

arable farming

livestock farming

horticulture and floriculture

aquaculture

organic, conventional and agroecological systems

subsistence and commercial farming

Identifiers

farm holding number jurisdiction-specific registration of holdings

FAO commodity code FAOSTAT codes statistics

Standards and regulation

EU Common Agricultural Policy

Organic regulation such as EU 2018/848

Pesticide and fertiliser rules

Animal welfare in farming

Failure modes and hazards

Soil erosion and degradation

Water pollution from nutrients and pesticides

Injuries from machinery

Crop failure from drought and pests

Also called

weed of cultivationcocaleroBollenteeltwatercress bedHerb spiralFarmers' Associationflower industrydigital agriculturebiodynamic agriculturebiodynamic viticultureHorticultural productionRural engineeringsustainable agricultureproduction of pipe bitsagricultural systems analysis and modellinghorticulturedevelopment in irrigation and worksagroforestryecological farmingcommunity-supported agricultureaquaponicsClimate-smart agriculturegrowing of groundnutsWaffle gardenhorticultural crop growth and developmenthorticultural educationbamboo productionHop productioncotton growingmelon growinggrain productionMitschurin movementvegetable farminghydroponicsfloriculturebonsai cultivation and careorganic horticulturearable farmingChristmas tree cultivationtea growing

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

System How farming is done.

System decides inputs and impacts.

Farming type

Crops, livestock, mixed.

Type

The type of farming.

  1. What type of farming is this? definition
  2. Is it organic, conventional or other? provenance

Scale

Size of holding.

Scale

Size and output.

  1. How large is the holding, and what does it produce? measurement
  2. Is it subsistence or commercial? definition
Inputs Land, water, chemicals, labour.

Inputs drive yields and impacts.

Resources

Land and water.

Resource use

Land and water use.

  1. How much land and water does it use? measurement
  2. Is irrigation sustainable? boundary

Chemicals

Fertilisers and pesticides.

Chemical use

Chemicals applied.

  1. Which fertilisers and pesticides are used, within which rules? boundary
  2. Are records kept? provenance
Output and market What it produces and sells.

Output and markets decide livelihoods.

Yield

Production.

Yield

Yields.

  1. What yields does it achieve? measurement
  2. How variable are they? measurement

Market

Sales and support.

Market

Markets and subsidies.

  1. Where is produce sold, and at what price? measurement
  2. Which subsidies does it receive? provenance
Impact and safety Environment and people.

Farming affects ecosystems and is a dangerous occupation.

Environment

Soil, water, biodiversity, climate.

Environmental impact

Impacts.

  1. What are its environmental impacts? measurement
  2. Which measures reduce them? action

Safety

Farm work.

Safety

Worker safety.

  1. What are the main risks to farm workers? boundary
  2. Which safety rules apply? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should farming systems be separate entries?
  • How should agricultural statistics be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as cocalero; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON