agriculture

3 definitions • 6 examples

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.

the practice or work of farming:

Agriculture and tourism are both important to the region’s economy.

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.

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