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Management and marketing of food and agriculture products.

Agriculture: Study of cultivating land, raising animals, and producing food, feed, fiber, fuel, and other products.
Food Sciences: Study of the physical, biological, and chemical properties of food and the principles underlying food processing.
Agribusiness: Combination of agriculture and business, including management, marketing, and finance.
Food Safety: Prevention of foodborne illness through proper handling, preparation, and storage of food.
Sustainable Agriculture: Agricultural practices that aim to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Agritourism: The practice of attracting visitors to farms, ranches, and other rural settings for the purpose of engaging in educational, recreational, or other leisurely activities.
Organic Farming: Agricultural production system that relies on natural inputs and avoids the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
Farm to Table: The movement of food from local small-scale farms to consumers through direct sales and marketing.
Vertical Farming: The practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers or on vertically inclined surfaces, often in urban environments.
Biotechnology: The use of living organisms, especially genetically modified organisms, in agriculture and food production.
Precision Agriculture: The use of technology to optimize crop yields and reduce input use by applying inputs only where and when they are needed.
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Agricultural practices that enhance food security while sustainably adapting and mitigating climate change.
Livestock Management: Managing animals, including feeding, housing, and healthcare, to optimize their productivity and welfare.
Horticulture: The cultivation of plants for food, medicine, decorative purposes, and landscaping.
Aquaculture: The farming of aquatic organisms, including fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants.
"Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise."
"The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for products related to natural resources."
"Examples of natural resources related to agribusiness are biotechnology, farms, food, forestry, fisheries, fuel, and fiber."
"Studies of business growth and performance in farming have found successful agricultural businesses are cost-efficient internally and operate in favorable economic, political, and physical-organic environments. They are able to expand and make profits, improve the productivity of land, labor, and capital, and keep their costs down to ensure market price competitiveness."
"Agribusiness is not limited to farming. It encompasses a broader spectrum through the agribusiness system which includes input supplies, value-addition, marketing, entrepreneurship, microfinancing, and agricultural extension."
"The agribusiness system includes input supplies, value-addition, marketing, entrepreneurship, microfinancing, and agricultural extension."
"In some countries like the Philippines, creation and management of agribusiness enterprises require consultation with registered agriculturists above a certain level of operations, capitalization, land area, or number of animals in the farm."
"In the bio-economy, agribusiness is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise."
"Agribusiness aims to satisfy the needs of consumers for products related to natural resources such as biotechnology, farms, food, forestry, fisheries, fuel, and fiber."
"Successful agricultural businesses are cost-efficient internally and operate in favorable economic, political, and physical-organic environments."
"The ultimate objective of agribusiness is to maximize profit."
"Successful agricultural businesses keep their costs down to ensure market price competitiveness."
"Examples of sectors involved in the agribusiness system are input supplies, value-addition, marketing, entrepreneurship, microfinancing, and agricultural extension."
"Agribusiness covers natural resources related to biotechnology, farms, food, forestry, fisheries, fuel, and fiber."
"Successful agricultural businesses improve the productivity of land, labor, and capital in order to expand, make profits, and achieve growth."
"In the Philippines, creation and management of agribusiness enterprises require consultation with registered agriculturists above a certain level of operations, capitalization, land area, or number of animals in the farm."
"The industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy is known as agribusiness."
"Agribusiness includes enterprises related to biotechnology, farms, food, forestry, fisheries, fuel, and fiber."
"The broader spectrum of agribusiness includes input supplies, value-addition, marketing, entrepreneurship, microfinancing, and agricultural extension."
"Yes, agribusiness is a part of the bio-economy and can contribute to it."