Agronomy vs Economics - What's the difference?
agronomy | economics |
The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.
(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.
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As a noun agronomy
is the science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more to do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.As an adjective economics is
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