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Farmers working at the field on the way to the Sadu Chiru waterfall Leimaram,Imphal. Farmers thrashing the paddy in the field on the way to Sadu Chiru waterfall,Leimaram Imphal. Agriculture, also called farming or husbandry, is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel, drugs and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years, and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates, cultures, and technologies. How