According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
AGRONOMY
agronomy, scientific agriculture
(noun) the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
agronomy (countable and uncountable, plural agronomies)
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.
Synonym: husbandry
Hyponyms
• agrology (one sense)
Source: Wiktionary
A*gron"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. agronomie.]
Definition: The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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