In early times, hunter-gatherers (humans) lived off the abundance of the land, foraging for nuts, fruit, berries and edible plant parts. Without intervention of man, plants in nature propagated through seed which were spread by wind, water, animals, explosion and fire.
Seed is a fundamental requirement for plants to multiply.
After humans started cultivating the land, seed remained a basic and important agricultural input. For generations, farmers saved their own vegetable and grain seeds and maintained their own cultivars. This had advantages, because such seed (and the plants grown from them) were adapted to the environmental conditions of the specific region. Seeds can be bought from agricultural retailers. Buying low quality seed is cheaper in the short-term, but will generally be more costly in the long run because of lost profits from lower yields. Using quality seeds is a prerequisite for successful
crop production.
- Trainer: Rhodrick Maswabi