Get shocked by the heading, Yes BACKBONE was the only word that came to my mind which can describe what agriculture exactly means for a country. Basically agriculture means cultivation of plants,animals and other essential things required for life. It provides earning opportunity to a large portion of the population hence contributing to country's economic growth. As all the food products are made up of the products obtained by farming or from animals, Agriculture is the only source which feeds everyone on this earth.
It is not like that agriculture is 200 or 300 years old, It had played an important role in the development of many civilizations from thousands of years. In the initial part of farming nothing much was there only leveling the land and irrigating it were the chief concerns while farming. Human beings were growing only the basic crops necessary for living not more than that but today it has reached its new heights. Farmers don't do farming only for there livings but also grows other crops which can earn them a huge amount of money.
Fishing plays an important part of agriculture which is helping a hug portion of the population in earning there livelihoods. New techniques are available for farming and fishing. The productivity has increased to a larger extent after the invention of these techniques. Before it was like that farmers have to wait for rain to irrigate there land but electricity has played an important role in sorting out this problem. Different pesticides and manures are there which are increasing the crop yield. But as nothing is perfect, these techniques are having many disadvantages too. Electricity needs are increasing day by day and its production is too low hence the electricity prices are also increasing. Farmers are investing a huge amount of money in irrigating only which in turn is responsible for less profit. The pesticides and the other products used for better farming are affecting the land fertility. To know more about the effects of these products a web is there with the domain http://www.abolishplasticbags.org.uk.
The web mentioned above tells you about the different effects of pesticides on lands. This web also helps in knowing more about different farming techniques. You can learn how to keep away the pests from your farming land. Web describes the effects of plastic bags on the agriculture and provides the solution for the same. So from my side one should always look forward to this web before farming.
Finally I came to the conclusion that agriculture is really a backbone not only for a country's growth but also for the human life. So we should not neglect this sector as it is demolishing day by day. The government and the people should pay attention towards this sector too otherwise that day is not far enough when the whole world will face "low production but high demand" situation in all sectors of day to day needs.