agriculture

agriculture
agriculture ag‧ri‧cul‧ture [ˈægrɪˌkʌltʆə ǁ -ər] noun [uncountable]
FARMING the practice or science of farming:

• Agriculture accounts for over 25% of net domestic production.

— agricultural adjective :

• sales of agricultural machinery

exˌtensive ˈagriculture
FARMING farming of large areas, usually with low production for each unit of land farmed, usually without using chemicals:

• Most of the farms in Estonia are concentrated in regions with extensive agriculture.

inˌtensive ˈagriculture
FARMING farming of smaller areas, usually with higher production for each unit of land farmed, often involving the use of chemicals:

• A farm using intensive agriculture will require less land than an extensive agriculture farm to produce a similar profit.

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agriculture UK US /ˈægrɪkʌltʃər/ noun [U] COMMERCE
► the business, science, or activity of farming: »

Recent floods have devastated the state’s agriculture, with sharp declines in its production of corn, soy, and wheat crops.

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Over the past ten years the area’s labour force has shifted from agriculture to manufacturing.

→ See also EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE(Cf. ↑extensive agriculture), INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE(Cf. ↑intensive agriculture)

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