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Concept information
Preferred term
farming systems
Type
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Topic
Definition
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The farming system is defined as a decision-making unit comprising the farm household, cropping systems, and livestock systems, which transforms land, external inputs (seed, pesticides, nutrients, etc.), and labor (including knowledge) into useful products that can be consumed or sold.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- agroforestry
- agropisciculture
- alternative farming
- carbon farming
- climate-smart agriculture
- contour farming
- conventional farming
- dryland farming
- extensive farming
- fur farming
- integrated agricultural systems
- intensive farming
- irrigated farming
- livestock farming
- low input agriculture
- organic production
- pastoralism
- permaculture
- precision agriculture
- rainfed farming
- shifting cultivation
- small-scale farming
- social farming
- specialized farming
- subsistence farming
- traditional farming
- urban farming
Synonyms
- farming
- farming practices
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5506
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