Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry.
farming, agriculture, husbandry (noun)
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Hypernyms
- cultivation
production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
- cultivation
Meronyms
- tilling
cultivation of the land in order to raise crops - harvest, harvest time
the season for gathering crops
- tilling
Derivationally Related Forms
- agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser
someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil - grow, raise, farm, produce
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- agriculturist, agriculturalist, cultivator, grower, raiser
Member of Domain
- cultivation
production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale) - smut
affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn - fertilize, fertilise, feed
provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to - thrash, thresh
beat the seeds out of a grain - sow, seed
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth - broadcast
sow over a wide area, especially by hand - inseminate, sow, sow in
place seeds in or on (the ground) - reseed
seed again or anew - grow, raise, farm, produce
cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques - carry
bear (a crop) - till
work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation - cultivate, crop, work
prepare for crops - overcrop, overcultivate
to exhaust by excessive cultivation - plow, plough, turn
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow - ridge
plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip - harrow, disk
draw a harrow over (land) - hoe
dig with a hoe - cultivate
foster the growth of
- cultivation
Related To
- animal husbandry
breeding and caring for farm animals - arboriculture, tree farming
the cultivation of tree for the production of timber - dairying, dairy farming
the business of a dairy - gardening, horticulture
the cultivation of plants - hydroponics, aquiculture, tank farming
a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients - mixed farming
growing crops and feed and livestock all on the same farm - planting
putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow - ranching
farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) - strip cropping
cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion - subsistence farming
farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing - truck farming
growing vegetables for the market
- animal husbandry
Wikipedia Categories
- Agriculture
- Tropical agriculture
- Industrial agriculture
- Farming tools
- 6th millennium BC
- Dairy farming
- Organic farming
- European Union and agriculture
- Sustainable agriculture
- Agriculture in Sudan
- Agriculture in Niger
- Agriculture in Chad
- Agriculture in Mauritania
- Agriculture in Senegal
- Agriculture in Nigeria
- Agriculture in Argentina
- Poultry farming
Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on crop rotation, green manure, compost, biological pest control, and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and control pests, excluding or strictly limiting the use of synthetic fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, plant growth regulators, livestock feed additives, and genetically modified organisms.
Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.
During the 6th millennium Bc, agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt.
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