farmer
Sign in to saveA farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer might own the farmland or might work as a laborer on land owned by others. In most developed economies, a "farmer" is usually a farm owner (landowner), while employees of the farm are known as farm workers (or farmhands). However, in other older definitions a farmer was a person who promotes or improves the growth of plants, land, or crops or raises animals (
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A farmer is a person who grows crops or raises animals for food or raw materials, either as an owner of farmland or as a laborer working on land owned by others. Farmers matter because they produce the food and raw materials that societies depend on, making them essential to feeding populations and supplying agricultural resources.
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Key facts
- Occupation.name
- Farmer
- Occupation.image
- Woman at work, Gujarat.jpg
- Occupation.imagesize
- 250px
- Occupation.caption
- Woman working in a rice field near Junagadh, Gujarat, India, in 2013
- Occupation.type
- Employment
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Agriculture
- Occupation.employment_field
- Farm, agribusiness
- Occupation.related_occupation
- Rancher (U.S.), grazier (Australia) or stockman
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- History
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- Types
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- Farming organizations
- Youth farming organizations
- Income
- Occupational hazards
- Etymology
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer might own the farmland or might work as a laborer on land owned by others. In most developed economies, a "farmer" is usually a farm owner (landowner), while employees of the farm are known as farm workers (or farmhands). However, in other older definitions a farmer was a person who promotes or improves the growth of plants, land, or crops or raises animals (as livestock or fish) by labor and attention.
Over half a billion farmers are smallholders, most of whom are in developing countries and who economically support almost two billion people. Globally, women constitute more than 40% of agricultural employees.