AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION

  

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AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION

Specialty Definition: AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION

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Agriculture

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION

Synonym: Diversified farming. (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION

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Economic History

Guatemala

This is expected to continue as more emphasis is placed on agricultural diversification. (references)

St. Lucia

In view of the European Union's announced phase-out of preferred access to its markets by Windward Island bananas by 2006, agricultural diversification is a priority. (references)

Barbados

The major political problems facing Barbados today are in promoting economic growth: creating jobs, encouraging agricultural diversification, attracting small industry, and promoting tourism. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 47 52 49 43 55 4C 54 55 52 41 4C      44 49 56 45 52 53 49 46 49 43 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000111 01010010 01001001 01000011 01010101 01001100 01010100 01010101 01010010 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000100 01001001 01010110 01000101 01010010 01010011 01001001 01000110 01001001 01000011 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#71 &#82 &#73 &#67 &#85 &#76 &#84 &#85 &#82 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#68 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#82 &#83 &#73 &#70 &#73 &#67 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0047 0052 0049 0043 0055 004C 0054 0055 0052 0041 004C      0044 0049 0056 0045 0052 0053 0049 0046 0049 0043 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3541524337554654555235462384356395253434043373554434948

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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