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| agribusiness: a large-scale farming enterprise farming: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock Department of Agriculture: the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 the class of people engaged in growing food wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Agriculture (a term which encompasses farming and ranching) is the process of producing food, feed, fiber, fuel and other goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture Agriculture contributes nearly about 45% to the net state domestic product. It is the main source of income as well as employment in Himachal. About 93% of the state population depend directly upon agriculture. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture (Himachal) the science, art, and business of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming. www.wef.org/LearnAboutWater/ForThePublic/WaterTerms/ the science of working the ground, such as the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and care of live stock (animals on a farm) sofia.usgs.gov/flaecohist/kidscorner/dictionary.html remained central to the national economy during the Yuan. The introduction of sorghum helped revitalize and repopulate northern China. The Mongols seized land for their own use—such as in support of their armed forces—and often forced Chinese peasants into servitude on that land. ... 209.10.134.179/67/375.html Defined by section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as including; Horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the breeding and keeping of livestock (including any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skins or furs or the purpose of it’s use on the ... www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/localplan/glossary.html The science of producing healthy plants and animals for food and other uses www.planetpals.com/ecodictionary.html Opium poppies, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, karakul pelts. www.yourdictionary.com/library/afghan.html Production that relies essentially on the growth and nurturing of plants and animals, especially for food, usually with land as an important input; farming. Contrasts with manufacturing. www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/a.html All methods of production and management of livestock, crops, vegetation, and soil. This includes, but is not limited to, the related activities of tillage, fertilization, pest control, harvesting and marketing. ... dnr.maryland.gov/criticalarea/glossary.html The body of knowledge, science, or practice of cultivating the soil and/or rearing animals. www.spaceforspecies.ca/glossary/a.htm a grassroots program carried out in each state and coordinated by USDA to help students gain a greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society, so that they may become citizens who support wise agricultural policies. www.csrees.usda.gov/business/training/acronyms.html the science or process of farming or cultivating the soil for the production of plants and animals that will be useful to humans in some way. www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/LFB/glossary/index.html Animal Husbandry Horticulture Forestry Fisheries Environmental Land, Parks & Wildlife www.qtac.edu.au/Statistical_Reports/Definitions_Used.htm the extensive production of crops and livestock on a commercial basis. www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_job_sectors/Environmental__food_chain_and_rural/jargon_buster/p!ejFdgk Tea is grown in open fields or on terraced hillsides. The plants are kept pruned to bush size except the seed trees, which are allowed full natural growth. Numerous varieties have been produced through long cultivation. In the Orient the plant thrives best under a rainfall of 90 to 200 in. ... www.246.dk/teacol67.html is the practice of farming on a farm for crops, plants, vines and trees; and the keeping, grazing or feeding of livestock for sale as livestock or livestock products. www.dec.ny.gov/25670.html The growing of crops and rearing of animals. geographyfieldwork.com/GeographyVocabulary7.htm "Agriculture" means farming in all its branches and includes but is not limited to the cultivation and tillage of the soil; dairying; the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities, including commodities defined as agricultural commodities in ... janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/26/title26sec1322.html Land in farms regularly used for agricultural production; all land devoted to crop or livestock enterprises, for example, farmstead lands, cropland, and grazing land. www.epa.gov/nerlesd1/land-sci/lcb/nrb/VFRDB/glossary.htm The practice of producing crops and raising livestock for human use. www.smm.org/catal/introduction/glossary/ For many years now agriculture in Germany has been in a state of decline. Poor earnings and lack of profitability are counted to the main reasons for the failure of many medium and small concerns. The main crops grown are potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beet and cabbage. ... www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Germany The art, science or practice of producing food, feed, fiber and many other desired goods by the systematic raising of plants and animals (directly from Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org, 1 Jul 06). www.chass.ncsu.edu/langure/documents/modules/module_9/Glossary.doc Covers R&D activities to support agriculture, aquaculture, forestry and fishing, also environmental questions related to primary industry. The group is divided into: 1.1 Agriculture, forestry, hunting and freshwater fishing 1.2 Aquaculture and fishery english.nifustep.no/english/content/statistics/r_d_statistics/about_the_r_d_statistics/definitions_and_classifications/objectives The raising of crops and/or livestock for human use. Prior to the discovery of irrigation and use of fertilizers many of the soils in which longleaf pine forests grow were poorly suited for agriculture. www.auburn.edu/academic/forestry_wildlife/longleafalliance/teachers/teacherkit/glossary.htm Those establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. www.nysstatistics.org/yearbook/05/data/B/B-GLOSS.doc The science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, or raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products. www.nativehabitat.org/definitions.html |
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