Agriculture

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• cultivated land

  arable land that is worked by ploughing and sowing and raising crops. ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth, farmland. Fallow.
• cultivated pasture

  Are lands with annual and perennial shrubby vegetation which include bushes, shrubs, and some scattered trees that are used for grazing season
• cutting {plants}

  A plant cutting is a piece of a plant’s stem, leaf, or root that is used to produce a new plant.
• cytoplasm

  Cytoplasm refers to the fluid that fills the cell, which includes the cytosol along with filaments, proteins, ions and macromolecular structures as well as the organelles suspended in the cytosol.
• dairy

  Food products made from milk.
• diffusion

  The movement of atoms in a gaseous mixture or of ions in a solution, primarily as a result of their own from highest concentration to lowest concentration.
• dip

  To put something into a liquid for a short time.
• direct drill

  Direct drilling is an economical and sustainable method of cultivating agricultural land. It involves planting seeds or seedlings directly into the unploughed soil, leaving the ground structure undisturbed.
• disbudding

  To remove buds from (a plant) to promote better blooms from the remaining buds or control the shape of the plant.
• dispersion

  The process by which particles or seeds spread out or scatter
• domestic animal

  An animal that is not wild and is kept as a pet or to produce food.
• dry

  Free from moisture or liquid / not wet or moist.
• dual purpose breeds

  A Dual-Purpose Breed refers to a type of animal that can be bred for two purposes, e.g. chicken for both egg-laying and meat production.
• ear mark

  Refer to a mark on an animal's ear, a distinguishing feature, or a designated fund.
• ecosystem

  A dynamic and interacting combination of all the living organisms and non-living elements (matter and energy) of an area.
• electrical conductivity

  The capacity of a substance to conduct or transmit electrical current. In soil or water, measured in siemens/meters (or often dS/m), and related to dissolved solutes.
• empty

  Containing nothing / not filled or occupied.
• entomology

  Entomology is the scientific study of insects, their diversity, structure, function, behaviour, and ecology.
• eutrophic

  Having concentrations of nutrients excessive for plant or animal growth. (said of algal-enriched bodies of water).
• evapotranspiration

  The combined loss of water from a given area, and during a specified period of time, by evaporation from the soil surface and by transpiration from plants.
• fallow

  Cropland left idle in order to restore productivity, mainly through accumulation of nutrients, water, and / or organic matter.
• fecundity

  The ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth / fertility.
• fertigation

  Application of plant nutrients in irrigation water to accomplish fertilization.
• fertiliser dressing

  A surface application of fertilizer to a soil after the crop has been established.
• fertility

  The quality of a soil that enables it to provide essential chemical elements in quantities and proportions for the growth of specified plants.