The science of field crop production: what to plant, when, in what soil, and how to bring a harvest in year after year without exhausting the land. Agronomy is the spine discipline of this atlas, the one plant breeding, soil science and agroecology branch from and return to. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionAgronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. 1 Agronomy
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Source George Washington Carver (Wikipedia)
Source Jethro Tull, Agriculturist (Wikipedia)
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Source Wikipedia: Crop rotation
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Agronomy is the sub-discipline of plant agriculture focused on the science and technology of crop production and soil management as it pertains to field crops in the context of industrial agriculture and cultivation with intensive farming methods.
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the increase and dissemination of knowledge concerning soils, crops, and the conditions affecting them.
What is Conservation Agriculture? (FAO)
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CA facilitates good agronomy, such as timely operations, and improves overall land husbandry for rainfed and irrigated production.
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