As such, it has to be distinguished from agricultural land, which, according to Food and Agriculture Organization's ( FAO ) definition, additionally includes land under permanent crops as well as permanent pastures.

He has published extensively on the social and environmental significance of agriculture and a number of volumes and papers on the philosophical significance of farming, notably The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics ( 1995 ) and The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism ( 2000 ).

Agriculture has the been a key industry since the 1870s.

Since conference and of the Food and Agriculture Organization's publication World Festival of Trees, and a resolution of the United Nations in 1954: " The Conference, recognising the need of arousing mass consciousness of the aesthetic, physical and economic value of trees, recommends a World Festival of Trees to be celebrated annually in each member country on a date suited to local conditions "; it has been adopted by the Netherlands.

According to United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization the term bean should include only species of Phaseolus ; however, a strict consensus definition has proven difficult because in the past, several species such as Vigna ( angularis ( azuki bean ), mungo ( black gram ), radiata ( mung bean ), aconitifolia ( moth bean )) were classified as Phaseolus and later reclassified.

Agriculture has been theorized to have become the dominant way of producing food since the Neolithic Revolution.

Agriculture, while sufficient to support the small early settler population, has always been limited by the scarcity of arable land.

The World War II-era Department of Agriculture film Hemp for Victory, encouraging the growing of hemp for war uses, has achieved a similar cult status.

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, China's per capita food availability and consumption have increased, and average per capita food availability has grown from less than 1700 kcal in 1960 to 2570 kcal per day in 1995.

A 2005 report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) estimates that although the Earth's total forest area continues to decrease at about 13 million hectares per year, the global rate of deforestation has recently been slowing.

Dalhousie University also has a strong focus on agriculture, with the addition of the Faculty of Agriculture in September 2012.

The Faculty of Agriculture also has club teams in cross country, equestrian and golf, as well as a number of intramural leagues.

Agriculture, mainly in private hands, has been largely deregulated, with the exception of cotton and sugar production.

The U. S. Government has provided $ 37. 7 million in assistance through USAID and the U. S. Departments of Agriculture and Defense.

FAO has carried out projects in over 25 countries and inter-agency missions in nearly 60, scaled up its monitoring through the Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture, provided policy advice to governments while supporting their efforts to increase food production, and advocated for more investment in agriculture.

Some countries may denote specific representatives to the FAO, for instance the United States Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, who has ambassador rank and is also part of the United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome.

Agriculture is presently of little importance in the economy but climate change in southern Greenland, the growing season averages about three weeks longer than a decade ago has enabled expanded production of existing crops.

This campaign is linked to the recognition of the detrimental environmental effects of meat production, which the United Nations ' Food and Agriculture Organization has established to represent nearly one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions.

It has been identified as having " inspired some of the most important developments in human history including the invention of the wheel, the planting of the first cereal crops and the development of cursive script, Mathematics, Astronomy and Agriculture.

In consequence, the United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) has approved the use of low-level irradiation as an alternative treatment to pesticides for fruits and vegetables that are considered hosts to a number of insect pests, including fruit flies and seed weevils ; the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has cleared among a number of other applications the treatment of hamburger patties to eliminate the residual risk of a contamination by a virulent E. coli.

" Agriculture Canada has developed a " flavour wheel " that details 91 unique flavours that can be present in maple syrup.

Agriculture throughout the region has been supplemented by nomadic pastoralism, where tent-dwelling nomads herded sheep and goats ( and later camels ) from the river pastures in the dry summer months, out into seasonal grazing lands on the desert fringe in the wet winter season.

Agriculture dominates the economy, but unequal land distribution has resulted in a large class of peasant farm laborers.

Agriculture has served as a strong foundation for Taiwan's economic miracle.

The United States Department of Agriculture and its myriad agencies such as the Agricultural Marketing Service are the primary sources of regulatory activity, although other administrative bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency play a significant regulatory role as well.

Agriculture represents a smaller, but still significant, portion of the economy.

Agriculture is a significant component of its economy: Slavonia contains 45 % of Croatia's agricultural land and accounts for a significant proportion of Croatia's livestock farming and production of permanent crops.

Agriculture is an industry which provides significant economies of scale to large producers.

Agriculture plays a significant role in the municipality.

Agriculture expansion of the central and southern regions of the prefecture was in contrast to the depopulation of these areas as a significant part of the population moved to the northeast of the prefecture as a result of the urbanization of Japan, a process that continues into the 21st century.

The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union has often been accused of dumping though significant reforms were made as part of the Agreement on Agriculture at the Uruguay round of GATT negotiations in 1992 and in subsequent incremental reforms, notably the Luxembourg Agreement in 2003.

Agriculture is also significant, and the Camargue's horses and bulls are famous.

Agriculture is still of importance, but manufacturing and the service industry are now more significant.

A significant predecessor of the second Board of Agriculture ( later MAFF ) was the Tithe Commission, which was set up in 1841 under the Tithe Act 1836 and amalgamated with the Enclosure Commissioners and the Copyhold Commissioners to become the Lord Commissioners for England and Wales under the Settled Land Act 1882, responsible to the Home Secretary, which became the Land Department of the new Board of Agriculture in 1889.

Agriculture and forestry employ a significant share of the population.

Agriculture continues to play a significant part in the make-up of the town and surrounding area.

Agriculture has, traditionally, played a small, though significant role in San Juan's economy.

In the early 1980s, aphids were causing significant problems for growers of pecan trees, so the United States Department of Agriculture again attempted to bring the insect into the country — this time in the southeastern United States, using beetles brought from their native region in northeastern Asia.

Agriculture had never played a significant role in the town's economy, but various circumstances led to the rise of Brugg as the “ Farmers Metropolis ” (“ Bauernmetropole ”) at the turn of the century.

In 1965, significant changes were introduced by the federal Department of Agriculture, which had been a longtime sponsor of The Royal.

Brzostowski was for some time Minister of Agriculture and director of Polski Zwiazek Pilki Noznej ( Polish Football Association ), so his favorite team prospered in soccer as well as in boxing, achieving significant successes.

Agriculture is also undertaken on a significant scale within the basin.

Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 15. 7 % of the GDP in 2009 – 10, employed 52. 1 % of the total workforce, and despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, is still the largest economic sector and a significant piece of the overall socio-economic development of India.

Agriculture still has a significant presence in the area.

Agriculture and work in Israel also play a significant role.

However, there are three significant Near / Middle Eastern influences: Jābir ibn Hayyān, the Ikhwan al-Safa, and a text called Nabataean Agriculture.