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NALT Full

Fields of Study
agriculture

Preferred term

agriculture

Type

Topic

Definition

The science or practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for the production of food, fiber, fuel and other products.
Source: US, Environmental Protection Agency
Type: Concept definition

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Scope note

Use only for general agriculture; Please try to use a more specific term in the thesaurus.

In other languages

agricultura

Spanish
agricultura (general)

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5260

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