Outline of production

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to production: Production – act of creating 'use' value or 'utility' that can satisfy a want or need. The act may or may not include factors of production other than labor. Any effort directed toward the realization of a desired product or service is a "productive" effort and the performance of such act is production. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to production: Industry – production of an economic good or service within an economy. Industry is divided into four sectors, or types of production; they are: Primary sector – this involves the extraction of resources directly from the Earth, this includes agricultural and resource extraction industries. In these industries, the product (that is, the focus of production) is a natural resource. Agriculture (outline) – cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Animal husbandry – agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. Farming – cultivating land for the purpose of agricultural production. Aquaculture – the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae, and other aquatic organisms. Forestry (outline) – creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources in a sustainable manner to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Resource extraction – Fishing – activity of catching or harvesting fish and other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. Logging – harvesting timber, including cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. Mining (outline) – extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or (coal) seam. Extraction of petroleum – process by which usable petroleum (oil) is extracted and removed from the earth. Extraction of natural gas – Natural gas is commercially extracted from oil fields and natural gas fields.