agronomist

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a·gron·o·my

(ə-grŏn′ə-mē)

Application of the various soil and plant sciences to soil management and crop production; scientific agriculture.

ag′ro·nom′ic (ăg′rə-nŏm′ĭk), ag′ro·nom′i·cal adj.

a·gron′o·mist n.

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Noun

agronomist - an expert in soil management and field-crop production

expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

Translations

agronom

αγρονόμος

agronomi

agronome

agronómusmezőgazdász

agronomo

agronom

агроном

agronomist

[əˈgrɒnəmɪst] N → agrónomo/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

agronomist

[əˈgrɒnəmɪst] n → agronome mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

agronomist

n → Agronom(in) m(f)

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Speaking to the Star in his Limuru office, agronomist Henry Kirui, a former agricultural officer, explained six challenges most farmers in Kenya deal with.

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Some agronomists confirmed to the Nation that some of the herbicides, including 2,4-D and Roundup, are harmful to human health and farmers should exercise extra caution when handling them."Farmers need to be extra cautious when handling the chemicals and if possible stop using them altogether," said David Koskei, an agronomist based in Eldoret.

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Therefore, we decided to build from scratch, now we are vacating the territory," said agronomist of the Zelenstroy municipal enterprise Azamat Segizekov.

Greenhouse restored in Karakol town after quarter century

'The majority of cover crops are forages," says Twain Butler, Noble Foundation research agronomist and project manager.

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John Orlowski has joined Delta Research and Extension Center as an Extension Soybean Agronomist.

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She meets agronomist Mariea O Toole, who is helping Irish farmers grow gluten free oats to cash in on a growing market.

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Talking to Research analyst-PAGE on Friday, convenor Punjab Water Council (PWC) and prominent agronomist Farooq Bajwa said that Pakistan spends nearly $2 billion annually on the import of 2.2 million ton edible oil mostly from Malaysia and Indonesia that meets 65 percent of the domestic demand.

GROWERS FOR RS 40/KG INCREASE IN CED ON IMPORTED PALM OIL

Also attending the Zambezi Dryland Maize Champion award ceremony was the commercial Master Agronomist for 2014, Andre Compion.