agricultural science
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- noun
- /ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl saɪəns/
- Specialized
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ciencia agrícola
- The university offers a degree in agricultural science that covers crop cultivation and livestock management.
- a degree in agricultural science
Examples
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Research in agricultural science aims to improve food production methods and address environmental challenges.
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Students in the agricultural science program learn about sustainable farming practices and technology.
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In the system, the secondary levels of the 3:3 are to have agricultural science taught as a science subject and as a vocational course.
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Monsanto, the controversial agricultural science company based in St. Louis, has had a close relationship with our university for decades.
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As such, it has led to agricultural systems better suited to West African environmental conditions than anything that Western agricultural science has yet been able to devise.
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So it was in agriculture when the government created new land-grant colleges and expanded funding for agricultural science, leading to the development of new and better crops.
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In America, virtually everyone was to follow a calling, and the Founders expected even gentlemen-farmers to study agricultural science and devote themselves to improving their land and stock.
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It is therefore necessary that the agricultural science teacher be adequately prepared in number to meet the demands of the population and qualitatively to meet the needed standard.
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Today, the rate of growth of public investment in agricultural science is declining, and although private-sector investments are increasing, the research they support focuses primarily on commodities produced for markets in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Given society's lack of agricultural literacy and the popularity of agricultural science communication via the Internet, the purpose of this study was to examine the content of interdisciplinary agricultural centers' websites.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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The growing of crops and raising of animals on land for food
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The study of how to grow crops and care for soil
The study and use of science and technology to make farming, crops, and animals better
Farming using knowledge about soil and plants to grow crops better
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'agricultural' (relating to farming) and 'science' (systematic study), so the meaning 'the scientific study of farming' is directly derivable from its constituents. This is a regular adjective+noun compositional pattern that is common cross-linguistically, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Agricultural science comes from the words agricultural (about 'farming') and science (a careful 'study'). Picture people in fields taking notes and testing seeds and animals to find better ways to grow food, so the phrase means the scientific study of growing crops and raising livestock.