rain-fed agriculture

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agriculture
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us
/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
farming:
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(Definition ofagriculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The participants hadrain-fedagricultureas the first or their only source of income.
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Depending on the location of the land, irrigated orrain-fedagricultureis feasible, resulting in an area-specific flow of rental payments (or profits).
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Hugh's team of 35 professional staff contributed significantly to the knowledge of growing groundnuts and several other crops underrain-fedagriculturein the semiarid tropics.
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Meeting the growing demand for more and better food for an expanding global population is a major concern; experts look increasingly to the production potential ofrain-fedagriculture.
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Irrigation is more energy intensive thanrain-fedagriculture, and drip irrigation is more intensive yet since the water must be pressurized.
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Some northern and western areas supportrain-fedagriculture, while others require irrigation.
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There is potential forrain-fedagriculturebut only a small proportion is utilized for commercial agriculture.
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The area's economy is sustained byrain-fedagriculture.
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It is semi-arid and its economy is mainlyrain-fedagriculture.
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Some northern and western areas supportrain-fedagriculture, while other areas require irrigation for successful crop production.
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The main economic activity wasrain-fedagriculture.
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In contrast, agriculture that relies only on direct rainfall is referred to asrain-fedagriculture, or if it falls in semi-arid regions, it is called dry land farming.
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Monoculture is commonly practiced in industrial agriculture, which is more environmentally damaging than sustainable farming practices such as organic farming, permaculture, arable, pastoral, andrain-fedagriculture.
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