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AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION [1 record]

Record 1 2008-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

A system of farming that encourages production of a variety of plants and animals and their products as opposed to monoculture or large-scale specialization.

OBS

Advocates of diversification argue that it provides greater income stability. Specialized farms benefit from economies of size.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Économie agricole
CONT

La diversification agricole concerne toutes les productions ou activités [agricoles dont] : l'agriculture biologique, l'arboriculture, l'apiculture, l'héliciculture, l'horticulture, la production de fruits et légumes, [...] la production de semences, la production viticole [,etc.]

Spanish

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