Agriculture in the world

Agriculture is one of the leading sectors in the world economy as a whole. The purpose of agriculture is the cultivation and production of food products to meet the needs of the population.

There are two main directions of agriculture: animal husbandry and plant breeding.

Geography of the world economy

In each separate country there is a definite branch of agriculture (animal husbandry or plant breeding). It depends on the location and natural factors. The latter have a great influence on the character of specialization.

Leaders in the production of agricultural products are countries: PRC, USA, Canada, Brazil. Russia holds the first place in the production of wheat.

In developing countries, more than 60% of the population is engaged in agricultural production, and in more developed this indicator is lower and, as a rule, does not exceed 10%.

Modern agriculture in the world

In crop production, as the branches of agriculture, there are several directions:

• vegetable growing;
• farming;
• lugovodstvo;
• fruit.

In turn, in animal husbandry are distinguished:

• large-scale cattle breeding;
• sheep;
• pig breeding;
• animal husbandry.

In agriculture, a huge value is the processing enterprises and equipment, without which it is impossible to store the received agricultural products.

More about the trends in world agriculture can be found at the annual exhibition Agroprodmash.