Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Authors
1 History of Agriculture
1.1 World Before Agriculture
1.1.1 Neolithic Revolution
1.1.2 Causes of the Neolithic Revolution
1.1.3 Origin of Domestication During the Neolithic Period
1.1.3.1 Plant Domestication
1.1.3.2 Animal Domestication
1.2 Conventional Methods Used in Farming
1.2.1 What is Conventional Farming?
1.2.2 Evolution of Agricultural Technologies and the Kind of Machinery Used in Conventional Farming

1.2.3 Ecological Concerns of Conventional Farming
1.2.4 Impact of Conventional Farming On Environment and Human Health
1.3 Andrew Meikle and His Threshing Machine
1.3.1 Background and the Threshing Machine
1.4 Eli Whitney and His Cotton Gin: Discussion of First Machine in Agriculture Sector
1.4.1 Background
1.4.2 Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
1.5 Cyrus McCormick and His Mechanical Reaper
1.5.1 Background
1.5.2 McCormick's Reaper
1.6 Timeline of Inventions in Agriculture
1.7 Technological Developments in Forestry and Farming

1.8 Discussion of Robotics Technique in Agriculture
1.9 Ecology and Agriculture
A Harmony
References
2 Types of Farming and How AI and Robotics Can Help
2.1 Arable Farming
2.1.1 Introduction
2.1.1.1 What Is Arable Farming?
2.1.1.2 History Behind Arable Farming
2.1.1.3 Arable Farming Processes
2.2 Mixed Farming
2.2.1 Introduction
2.2.1.1 What Is Mixed Farming?
2.2.1.2 History of Mixed Farming
2.2.1.3 Forms of Mixed Farming
2.2.2 Modern Technologies and Machineries Used
2.3 Subsistence Farming
2.3.1 Introduction

2.3.1.1 What Is Subsistence Farming?
2.3.1.2 History of Subsistence Farming
2.3.1.3 Types of Subsistence Farming
2.3.2 Harmony Between Modern World and Subsistence Farming
2.4 Shifting Cultivation
2.4.1 Introduction
2.4.1.1 What Is Shifting Cultivation?
2.4.1.2 History of Shifting Agriculture
2.4.2 Tools Used in Shifting Cultivation
2.4.3 Features of Shifting Cultivation
2.4.4 Problems and Prospects of Shifting Cultivation
2.5 Plantation Cultivation
2.5.1 Introduction
2.5.1.1 What Is Plantation Agriculture?
2.5.1.2 History of Plantation Farming

2.5.2 Characteristics of Plantation Farming
2.6 Types of Plantations
2.7 Precision Farming
2.7.1 Introduction
2.7.1.1 What is Precision Farming?
2.7.1.2 History of Precision Farming
2.7.2 Crop Growth Cycle in Precision Agriculture
2.7.3 Advance Technologies Involved in Precision Farming
References
3 Methods Used Currently Which Incorporate AI and Robotics
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Techniques of Vertical Farming
3.2.1 Hydroponics
3.2.2 Aquaponics
3.2.3 Aeroponics
3.2.4 Controlled Environment Agriculture
3.3 History
3.3.1 Proposal of Vertical Farming