Farm Management and Technology give us administration and technological’s tools to manage a farm production. It can be a livestock farming or a cultivation of plants. It, also, broaching the subject of food-processing, biodiversity and environment protection. Now, with Covid 19, subsistence farming is recommended by doing livestock and garden farming for more food autonomy.
biodiversity
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity
The "totality of genes, species, and ecosystems of a region".
Example: There are three levels at which biological variety can been identified:
-species diversity
-ecosystem diversity
-genetic diversity.
fr: biodiversité
city farming
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_farming
Growing a kitchen garden in a city.
Example: Other names include "pea-patching", victory gardening , foodscaping and urban farming,
fr: potager
crop
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop
Living plants grown by farmers.
Example: Most crops are foods such as grain, vegetables, or fruit. Some crops are for drugs, such as quinine, or fibers such as cotton, or other materials such as rubber or wood. Farms are usually made to grow just one kind of crop. Crops are domesticated plants, most of which have been selected to improve their size, taste and other qualities. Many crops are farmed in monoculture.
fr: la récolte
environment
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment
Environment means anything that surround us. It can be living (biotic) or non-living (abiotic) things. It includes physical, chemical and other natural forces. Living things live in their environment.
the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
Example: In the environment there are different interactions between animals, plants, soil, water, and other living and non-living things.
fr: environnement
Farming
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farming
Farming is growing crops or keeping animals by people for food and raw materials.
Example: Arable farming means growing crops.
fr: agriculture
fertilizer
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer
A fertilizer is a chemical that helps plants to grow. It is used to replace the mineral salts taken by plants or removed/washed away by rain.
Example: Common fertilizers:
Ammonia
Manure (Animal waste) which was the first fertilizer.
Compost
Urea
The important things in fertilizer are:
Nitrogen (N)
Phosphorus (P)
Potash (K)
fr: fertilisant
food-processing
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_processing
Food processing means the ways that are used to change raw ingredients into food so that they can be eaten by humans or animals.
Example: Food processing industries and practices include the following:
Cannery
Cooking
Industrial rendering
Meat packing plant
Slaughterhouse
Sugar industry
Vegetable packing plant
fr: agroalimentaire
garden
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden
A garden is usually a piece of land that is used for growing flowers, trees, shrubs, and other plants.
Example: The act of caring for a garden by watering the flowers and plants and removing the weeds is called gardening.
fr: jardin
greenhouse
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse
A greenhouse (also called a glass-house or hothouse) is a building where plants such as flowers and vegetables are grown.
Example: Greenhouses warm up during the day via penetration of the sun's rays which heat the plants, soil and structure.
fr: serre
horticulture
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture
Horticulture is the practical botany of gardens. It includes both decorative and vegetable aspects of gardens.
Example: Plant breeding is an important part of horticulture.
fr: horticulture
irrigation
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation
Irrigation is when people add water to plants, to help them grow when there is not enough rain.
Example: Irrigation water can be pumped from rivers, natural lakes or lakes created by dams, from wells or allowed to flow to the fields by the force of gravity along pipes or open canals.
fr: irrigation
livestock
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock
Livestock are domestic animals that are kept by people for purposes including meat, leather, wool or labor.
Example: Some types of livestock are: cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens. Chickens produce eggs, pigs produce ham, bulls make leather for their pelts, goats and cows create milk, and sheep create wool. Horses and other large animals do work for people, such as pulling wagons and other vehicles.
fr: elevage
orchard
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard
An orchard is where trees or shrubs that produce food are grown.
Example: Fruit, nuts, and vegetables are grown in orchards.
fr: verger
organic farm
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farms
Organic farms grow foods without using man-made chemicals (like pesticides or herbicides) which can harm the environment or wildlife.
Example: Organic farmers usually use animal manure respectively organic substances rather than man-made chemical fertilizers which add extra nutrients to the soil.
fr: culture biologique
pesticide
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide
A pesticide is a chemical that is used to kill or prevent small animals (or organisms) which are considered to be unwanted.
Example: Many pesticides are poisonous, and are bad for not only the organisms they kill, but for humans too.
fr: pesticide
ranch
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranch
A ranch is a large farm for raising cows, horses, sheep or other livestock.
Example: The word ranch is from the Spanish word "rancho".
fr: ranch
seed
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed
A seed is the part of a seed plant which can grow into a new plant. It is a reproductive structure which disperses,[1] and can survive for some time.
Example: A typical seed includes three basic parts: (1) an embryo, (2) a supply of nutrients for the embryo, and (3) a seed coat.
fr: semence
soil
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil
Soil is loose material which lies on top of the land. It has many things in it, like tiny grains of rock, minerals, water and air.
Example: A soil has a "soil texture" (sand and silt and clay) and it has organic matter mixed in it.
Subsistence farming is the kind of farming done by farmers who have small plots, enough only for themselves.
Example: Subsistence farming may also mean shifting farming or nomadic herding (see nomadic people).
Examples:
A family has only one cow to give milk only for that family.
A farmer grows only enough wheat to make bread for his or her family.
fr: agriculture de subsistance
tractor
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor
A tractor is a strong work vehicle used for farming.
Example: tractor can be used to pull many different tools or trailers.
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