agricultural sector

collocation in English

meaningsofagriculturalandsector

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agricultural
adjective
uk
/ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/
us
/ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
used for farming or relating ...
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sector
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsek.tər/
us
/ˈsek.tɚ/
one of the areas into which the economic activity of a country ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandsectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They include structural adjustment reforms, road sector reform, banking sector reform,agriculturalsectorreform, land sector reform, and tax reform.
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The social impact of these had been limited, and attention was directed at a transformation of theagriculturalsector.
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Institutional quality evolves through an internal dialectical process, dramatically influenced by the structure of theagriculturalsector.
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The question of cartels raises a particular issue of equivalence in theagriculturalsectorbecause there are no obvious parallels, at least amongst agricultural producers.
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Nowhere in theagriculturalsectoris this awareness growing more rapidly than in the seed sub-sector.
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We have observed earlier that mineral wealth is associated with a strengthened urban sector and a relatively smallagriculturalsector(table 1).
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These functions assume a constant elasticity of substitution in the primary factors (land enters only theagriculturalsector) and a linear technology in intermediate inputs.
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It aims to transform theagriculturalsectorfrom a subsistence production orientation towards a professional, commercial and competitive economic activity.
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Whereas the subsistence approach focuses exclusively on theagriculturalsectorand population growth, the market approach draws attention to the rest of the economy.
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Coffee has generally been produced by small family farms and thus theagriculturalsectorcan be characterized as unimodal.
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A stagnant smallholderagriculturalsectorwill not be capable of generating these skills among many rural residents, for two reasons.
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In this paper, we explore the relationship between technology that affects theagriculturalsectorand deforestation by considering land-use decisions of rural households.
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At the same time, the state established a research and extension system for theagriculturalsector.
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According to the 1991 census, almost 80 per cent of the aged workers work in theagriculturalsector.
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Theagriculturalsectoremploys about 80 per cent of the population.
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Rather, the optimal management regime in our model provides a point of reference against which the current performance of theagriculturalsectormay be evaluated.
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Rapid growth in theagriculturalsector, combined with the spread of anti-poverty programmes, did make a dent on the problem.
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First, the structure of theagriculturalsectoris an important factor in determining the mode of long-term growth.
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Lastly, the declining importance of theagriculturalsectorin electoral campaign further facilitated the politicians to prefer an export promotion policy over protectionist policies.
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