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Agronomy
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Agronomy definition: Agronomy is a Greek word derived from agros meaning field and nomos meaning management.

It is defined as an agricultural science deals with principles and practices of crop production and field management.

Agronomist is a scientist who is dealing with the study of problems of crop production and adopting/recommending practices of better field crop production and soil management to get high yield and income.

In recent times, agronomy has assumed newer dimensions and can be defined as a branch of agricultural science that deals with methods which provides favourable environment to the crop for higher productivity.

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