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Sciences

Ciencias

The science or practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for the production of food, fiber, fuel and other products. [NALT]
Agriculture or farming is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. [AGROVOC]

Agriculture

Agricultura

4-H Agricultural Science

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Geomatics is commonly defined as a discipline aimed at managing geographic data by means of the science and technology used to acquire, store, process, display and distribute them. [AGROVOC]

Geomatics

Geomática 

A science dealing with the properties, distribution, and circulation of water, specifically the study of water on the surface of land, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere, particularly with respect to evaporation and precipitation.

Ciencia que se ocupa de las propiedades, la distribuci&oacute;n y la circulaci&oacute;n del agua, que constituye espec&iacute;ficamente el estudio del agua sobre la superficie de la tierra, en el suelo y las rocas subyacentes, y en la atm&oacute;sfera, particularmente con respecto a la evaporaci&oacute;n y la precipitaci&oacute;n.

Hydrology

Hidrología

The diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife and production animals.

Veterinary Medicine

Medicina veterinaria 

The branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society [<a href="http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36390">AGROVOC</a>]

Social Sciences

Soil Sciences

All of the divisions of the natural sciences dealing with the various aspects of the phenomena of life and vital processes

Life Sciences

Food Science

Discipline which includes the design of machinery, equipment and structures used for agricultural operations and the storage and processing of agricultural commodities.

Disciplina incluye el dise&ntilde;o de maquinaria, equipo y estructuras usados para operaciones agr&iacute;colas y el almacenamiento y procesamiento de art&iacute;culos agr&iacute;colas.

Ingeniería agrícola

Agricultural engineering

Science Communication

Voluntary public participation in the scientific process, addressing real-world problems in ways that may include formulating research questions, conducting scientific experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, making new discoveries, developing technologies and applications, for solving complex problems.

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