Agriculture - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock (syn: farming, husbandry)
- 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
Extra examples
They cleared the land to use it for agriculture.
...the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture...
More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture is the main economic enterprise among these people.
The area's dry climate discourages agriculture.
Agriculture is the mainspring of their economy.
...the amplitude of Thomas Jefferson's interests—government, architecture, agriculture, science, philosophy—is truly awesome...
...a sere region that can't support agriculture...
Meat production falls under the control of the Agriculture Department.
Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country's economy.
The Food Ministry is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture.
European Confederation of Agriculture
The government should do more to promote sustainable agriculture.
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