Agro vs. Agriculture — What's the Difference?

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Agriculture is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities.

The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

A large-scale farming enterprise

The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862

The class of people engaged in growing food