Is Forestry a part of Agriculture?

Question

is Forestry a part of Agriculture? or is it a totally independent subject line??

Answer 1

yes of course forestry is a part of agriculture .the only differnce lies is tht we dont really care for the forest and r slashing them down in unimaginable rate.whereas half of them r slashed 2 bring new areas under cultivation due to the incredible rise in the population

Answer 2

its called silviculture

http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/forestry/sil...

Answer 3

forestry is agriculture. trees are intentionally planted and grown on tree farms, and replanted again. that sounds like agriculture.

btw, the US Forest Service is under the department of agriculture.

Answer 4

yes it is a part of agriculture

Answer 5

Forestry is generally independent.

Agriculture refers to the maintainance of crops and production of food, whereas forestry refers to the harvesting of trees for lumber production and land use.

Answer 6

Yes, it is part of Agriculture, also your Envriomental and Plant sciences.

Answer 7

The answer to your question is yes.

The management of trees and of forestry lands is very much like the management of farm lands and their crops.

The difference being what the crop is.

Answer 8

Yes, According to Official US Government Documents from the Census Bureau, (occ2000t.pdf) Farming, Fishing and Forestry belong in the same category, each having something to do with harvesting. The lumber industry can be seen as a kind of agriculture, since trees are planted, grown, cared for and then cut, in the same way many ordinary crops are farmed. They simply take more time to grow than the average crop.

     Forestry is more than just growing trees, however. Forests are complicated and delicate ecosystems, involving thousands of different species of life, each of which is dependent on many others. Far from being simple "tree farms", forests as they are classically known, demand more consideration and expertise to manage responsibly than you might think, and highly specialized education classes are available in many colleges and universities on the subject, including such related fields as forestry science, old growth management, fire strategies, bio-diversity preservation, biotechnology, natural pharmacopoeia research, animal habitats, environmental studies, logging impact, etc.

     On the other hand, if you are talking about finding information from search engine results, or online classification systems, that's a different kettle of fish. If you want information on Forestry itself, it's better to search using "forestry" as a keyword, rather than navigating down through menu levels.

Answer 9

of course its a part of agriculture.

Answer 10

As some of your answerers have pointed out, the farming of trees is called silviculture, but a lot of the time, especially in developing nations where homesteads are smaller, the agricultural application of forestry is actually combined into the agricultural method in a process called agroforestry.  In doing this a lot of benifits are attained for the agricultural/horticultural crops that grow underneath/between the trees.  Often there is less need for irrigation because the evaporation potential is decreased.  Nitrogen fixing nodes or the fall of enriching foliage naturally fertilizes the soil such that less artificial fertilizer is needed and the agricultural yeilds increase.  Some crops are sensitive to wind and agroforestry can act as a natural barrier to allow these plants to have more success.  The inclusion of trees also allows for more economically diverse homesteads which now have production which is short term, mid term and long term and can also allow you harvestable products at more times of the year to provide a more consistent income.  All of this is extremely important in developing countries because often they have only themselves to rely on so it is not good to put all your eggs in one basket as is done in homogenous crop planting.

Answer 11

In general, yes, but in practice the disciplines are different at the university level even though the core and elective courses are frequently the same. If one grows trees it is "agriculture" but if one manages and/ studies forests it is "forestry". You will take botany, organic chemistry, plant identification, organic/ conventional propagation, etc for both but when another student would concentrate on farming and production courses, the forestry major would be tailoring his elective load to meet the criteria for their degree program. Look on line at different universities for course lists to see what is available. A four year program in either a forestry or plant and soil sciences would have the first two years almost exactly the same, giving a student plenty of time to declare or change their major, and for a little extra time and money could have one a major and the other a minor study. Then if a masters degree is sought, you would be really well versed. I went to UMASS Amherst to get an agriculture degree and fell in love with hydroponics and greenhouse production; I would never had considered it until I had experienced it, and a lot of students "fall in to" what they find in their studies because of immersion into a study and a "new love/ passion."

Answer 12

No actually forestry is a part of Silviculture (learned it in AP Environmental Science), but it's the same thing as agriculture basically

Answer 13

Yes, It is better to belong it to agriculture to recognize plants under the trees.