agrarian economy

collocation in English

meaningsofagrarianandeconomy

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agrarian
adjective
uk
/əˈɡreə.ri.ən/us
/əˈɡrer.i.ən/
relating to the land, especially the use of land ...
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economy
noun
uk
/iˈkɒn.ə.mi/us
/iˈkɑː.nə.mi/
the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made ...
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(Definition ofagrarianandeconomyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The colonial state, despite increasing agrarian support to the settlers, also came to a realization that settleragrarianeconomywas bankrupting the young colony.
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These times of fundamental transition are seen as linked by 400 years of contraction, recovery and modest stability within an essentiallyagrarianeconomy.
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One hopeful line of enquiry was in the direction of changes in theagrarianeconomy.
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In a pre-industrialagrarianeconomy, most people did not give up working so long as they were not completely unable to carry out work.
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The depressed state of theagrarianeconomy, however, made politicians churlish of adding further to the fencing burden of their constituents.
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This pattern witnessed the creation of an advanced but non-polarisedagrarianeconomyand a centralised but non-militarised state apparatus.
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Trapped between diminishing returns fromagrarianeconomyand an overcrowded labour market jute industrial workers needed to maintain their village ties for survival in industrial areas.
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Well into the twentieth century the state remained decentralised and lacked autonomous power and theagrarianeconomywas comparatively underdeveloped and marked by a politically weak local dominant class.
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It has rainfall, and a huge lake—another feature of the country—but in many ways theagrarianeconomycannot take advantage of them.
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This would not matter if we had a purelyagrarianeconomy, and if we were content with a humble or modest standard of living.
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The days when any nation such as ours could remain competitive based on large manufacturing industries, or a largelyagrarianeconomy, are rapidly drawing to a close.
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Meghalaya has predominantly anagrarianeconomywith a significant commercial forestry industry.
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Kaviyoor used to have a prosperousagrarianeconomytill agriculture more or less became unviable of late.
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Furthermore, theagrarianeconomyevolved into an industrial one thanks to the railway station which was founded in the city.
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This bank is a very important component of ouragrarianeconomy.
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Kushti is located at the intersection of sports, politics and culture and is deeply embedded in theagrarianeconomy.
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In the 1960s, theagrarianeconomywas replaced with light industry as small and medium enterprises started to form.
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It is anagrarianeconomydepending on the agricultural output of surrounding villages in its panchayat.
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After the internal affairs stabilized, the still mainlyagrarianeconomygrew relatively fast.
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As early as the thirteenth century, the region was developing as anagrarianeconomy.
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