For agriculture we have terms and definitions in 4 topics. The topics are Biodiversity, Botanical, Energy and International Economics.

Agriculture (Biodiversity)

An agricultural system in which farmers periodically clear land for farming by cutting and burning patches of forest. Traditionally, patches used for agriculture were allowed to revert to forests for a number of years before being replanted, causing minimal impact. Today, however, intensive slash and burn agriculture damages many tropical forest ecosystems.

Agriculture (Botanical)

The science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.

Agriculture (Energy)

An energy-consuming subsector of the industrial sector that consists of all facilities and equipment engaged in growing crops and raising animals.

Agriculture (International Economics)

Production that relies essentially on the growth and nurturing of plants and animals, especially for food, usually with land as an important input; farming. Contrasts with manufacturing.

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