agriculturenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/B2 farming:
Agriculture is still largely based on traditional methods in some countries.
The area depends on agriculture for most of its income.
70 percent of the country's population practises subsistence agriculture.
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- If agriculture were given priority, the country would easily be able to feed itself.
- Nationalization of agriculture is on the government's agenda.
- Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.
- Changing patterns of agriculture are threatening the countryside.
- As agriculture became more capital intensive, many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Farming - general words
- agrarian
- arable
- corn earworm
- crop
- cultivate
- farming
- food security
- harrow
- homestead
- produce
- PYO
- rabi
- reap
- rick
- seed
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence farming
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thrash
- till
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