# Agriculture Advanced

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- CEFR: C1 (Advanced)
- Theme: Professional & Specialized
- Words: 20
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Advanced agriculture vocabulary for sustainable farming methods, including agronomy, precision agriculture, agroforestry and the hydroponics and integrated…

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## Word list

* **agronomy** /əˈɡrɑnəˌmɪ/: The science of soil management and crop production. — “She studied **agronomy** before taking over the family farm.”
* **precision agriculture**: The use of technology such as GPS and sensors to manage crops and soil more accurately. — “**Precision agriculture** let the farm cut fertiliser use by a third.”
* **agroforestry**: A farming method that combines growing crops or raising animals with planting trees on the same land. — “**Agroforestry** gave the farm both shade and an extra crop.”
* **cover crop**: A plant grown mainly to protect and improve the soil, rather than to be harvested and sold. — “The field grows a **cover crop** of clover over winter.”
* **no-till farming**: A method of growing crops without ploughing the soil, to reduce erosion and preserve its structure. — “**No-till farming** left the soil's structure undisturbed for years.”
* **biodiversity** /ˌbaɪoʊdaɪˈvɜrsəti/: The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat or on Earth as a whole. — “The wetland project aimed to restore local **biodiversity**.”
* **desertification**: The process by which fertile land gradually turns into desert, often due to drought or poor farming. — “**Desertification** has made large areas of the region unfarmable.”
* **hydroponics**: A way of growing plants in water with added nutrients, without soil. — “The vertical farm uses **hydroponics** to grow lettuce indoors year-round.”
* **topsoil** /ˈtɑpˌsɔɪl/: The upper layer of soil where most plant roots grow. — “Years of neglect had washed away the farm's fertile **topsoil**.”
* **seed bank**: A place that stores seeds safely for future planting or research. — “Scientists store rare seeds in a global **seed bank** in Norway.”
* **integrated pest management**: Controlling pests with several methods rather than chemicals alone. — “**Integrated pest management** cut the spray bill by two thirds.”
* **soil structure**: The way soil particles group together and hold air and water. — “Heavy machinery destroyed the **soil structure** in a single wet autumn.”
* **nutrient cycling**: The movement of nutrients between soil, plants and animals. — “**Nutrient cycling** on that farm was closed by design.”
* **catchment** /ˈkætʃmənt/: The whole area of land that drains into one river. — “The **catchment** above the reservoir is entirely arable.”
* **riparian**: Relating to the banks of a river. — “The **riparian** strip was fenced off and the water cleared within a year.”
* **stewardship scheme**: A payment for managing land in an environmentally good way. — “The **stewardship scheme** paid better than the crop did.”
* **carbon footprint**: The total greenhouse gas produced by an activity. — “Their **carbon footprint** halved when the herd did.”
* **rewilding**: Letting land return to a natural state with little management. — “**Rewilding** the top hundred acres was the least popular decision.”
* **agri-environment**: Farming policy aimed at protecting the countryside. — “Every **agri-environment** payment came with eleven pages of conditions.”
* **provenance labelling**: Marking food with where it actually came from. — “**Provenance labelling** is what the small producers wanted most.”

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