Biała Podlaska, Poland

Agriculture

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Bachelor's - engineer
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Agriculture at AB

Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: agriculture, forestry and fishery, veterinary
Kind of studies: full-time studies, part-time studies
University website: akademiabialska.pl

Test: Is Agriculture the right fit for you?

Agriculture test en I

Answer all questions and check if Agriculture is the right field of study for you!

1. Do you enjoy learning about nature, plants, and ecosystems?

2. How much interest do you have in sustainable food production and food security?

3. When it comes to science, do you like subjects such as biology, chemistry, or environmental studies?

4. Do you feel motivated by the idea of working outdoors and being close to nature?

5. How much do you like analysing data about soil, crops, or climate?

6. Do you like solving practical problems, for example improving farming techniques or resource management?

7. How do you feel about technology and innovations in farming (e.g., smart farming, drones, biotechnology)?

8. Do you enjoy teamwork and working with different communities, such as farmers or environmental groups?

9. Are you curious about global issues like climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable agriculture?

10. What motivates you most about studying Agriculture?

Definitions and quotes

Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years; people gathered wild grains at least 105,000 years ago, and began to plant them around 11,500 years ago, before they became domesticated. Pigs, sheep, and cattle were domesticated over 10,000 years ago. Crops originate from at least 11 regions of the world. Industrial agriculture based on large-scale monoculture has in the past century become the dominant agricultural method.
Agriculture
We are returned to mystery and the power of cooperating with life—rather than, as so often now, working against it.
Elsa Gidlow On organic farming, in Belasco, Warren James, 2007, "The Organic Paradigm", Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took on the Food Industry, Cornell University Press, ISBN 0801473292, p. 69.
Agriculture
E'en in mid-harvest, while the jocund swain
Pluck'd from the brittle stalk the golden grain,
Oft have I seen the war of winds contend,
And prone on earth th' infuriate storm descend,
Waste far and wide, and by the roots uptorn,
The heavy harvest sweep through ether borne,
As the light straw and rapid stubble fly
In dark'ning whirlwinds round the wintry sky.
Virgil, Georgics (c. 29 BC), I, line 351. Sotheby's translation.
Agriculture
We must plant the sea and herd its animals … using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about — farming replacing hunting.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau in Interview (17 July 1971); Cited in: Elizabeth Brubaker et al. (2008) Breath of Fresh Air, p. 180.
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