Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
HUSBANDRY
farming, agriculture, husbandry
(noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
husbandry (countable and uncountable, plural husbandries)
The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
Synonym: agronomy
The prudent management or conservation of resources.
Synonyms: economy, frugality, thrift
(now, chiefly, nautical) Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
(obsolete) Agricultural or cultivated land.
Source: Wiktionary
Hus"band*ry, n.
1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak.
2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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