Dr Shirgure , agriculture is the best  culture of all cultures , simply because of so much science and technology have gone into it  to shapen agriculture as Industry.

Hi Parameshwar,

Agriculture is the most important culture . . . without agriculture we could not feed ourselves.

Thats   why , we say , best culture is agriculture , since it feeds human race and livestock  as well.

Hi Parameshwar,

Agriculture is the most important culture. . . . Without Agriculture there would be no other culture!  N'est–ce pas?

(Now: Agriculture is the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, fiber, and other products for humans.)

(Then: late Middle English: from Latin agricultura, from ager, agr- ‘field’ + cultura ‘growing, cultivation.)

Please see: http://tinyurl.com/hl5vhv3

Good Luck

Thanks Dr Jack. for giving me the real definition of agriculture.

Thank you Dr. Parameshwar.

 For me Agriculture is the Science of Sciences 

 if you think about any applied science you will find it included or at least have a strong relation  

eg 

Medicine 

Microbiology 

machinery 

Animal 

chemistry 

It can also be defined as science of better life for 

human - Animal and plant 

Agriculture is the most important science . . . Without agriculture there would be no other science! 

I agree with you Dr Jack. Agricultural science is the science of all sciences catering the need of plant, human and animal kingdom as well.

Agriculture is the Science of Sciences. . . Without agriculture there would be no people to formulate sciences and hence no other science! 

So thence:

Agriculture is the most important science . . . Without agriculture there would be no other science! 

Agriculture is art and science of cultivating plants and rearing animals to generate multiple products and services.

 Soil  is the single most important resource required for food production. The early human civilization started in areas with deltas and valleys endowed with rich and fertile soil that enable agriculture for food production. The Mesopotamia civilization in the Tigris Euphrates, the Nile valley, Hwang Ho and Yang Tze Kiang in China and the Indus Valley are examples of these civilizations which owed their origin to fertile soil. The word agriculture originated from a Latin words agre and cultura, in which agre means land and cultura means cultivation, thus agriculture means cultivation of land The significance of soil in agriculture and its role in food production cannot be disputed. Thus sound soil conservation and management are vital to support human lives on this planet. Its effect is not only relevant to the current inhabitants but also to the unborn in the future. Source : Khanif (2010), J.ISSAAS, 16:1:1-7