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English translation: agriculture and cattle raising


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Portuguese term or phrase:agropecuária
English translation:agriculture and cattle raising
Entered by: Christina Moreira
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19:46 Sep 28, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Meio-Ambiente
Portuguese term or phrase: agropecuária
Por favor, como se verte a palavra ***agropecuária*** para o inglês?

"...trabalha propondo soluções que permitam o desenvolvimento sustentável da agropecuária no Brasil."
Christina Moreira
Brazil
Local time: 03:14
agriculture and cattle raising
Explanation:
desenvolvimento sustentável da agropecuária no Brasil."

..... development of sustainable agricultural and cattle raising activities in Brazil.
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Lumen
Brazil
Local time: 03:14
Grading comment
Obrigada Lumen e a todos que ajudaram com sugestões e/ou comentários. Depois de alguma pesquisa e de ter encontrado esse termo inclusive em documentos do BNDES vertidos para o inglês - http://www.bndes.gov.br/english/prolapec_in.asp -, eu concluí que essa é a opção que melhor se encaixa no contexto, apesar de também ter encontrado várias ocorrências com "agriculture and livestock".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6agriculture and cattle raising
Lumen
5 +1Agriculture
Maria Luisa Duarte
5 +1agricuture and livestock
Muriel Vasconcellos
5farming and cattle raising
Edgar Potter
5 -2mixed farminglexical


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
agriculture and cattle raising


Explanation:
desenvolvimento sustentável da agropecuária no Brasil."

..... development of sustainable agricultural and cattle raising activities in Brazil.

Lumen
Brazil
Local time: 03:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Obrigada Lumen e a todos que ajudaram com sugestões e/ou comentários. Depois de alguma pesquisa e de ter encontrado esse termo inclusive em documentos do BNDES vertidos para o inglês - http://www.bndes.gov.br/english/prolapec_in.asp -, eu concluí que essa é a opção que melhor se encaixa no contexto, apesar de também ter encontrado várias ocorrências com "agriculture and livestock".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Brandi Miller
27 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Clauwolf:
36 mins
  -> Obrigada
agree  Claudio Mazotti
38 mins
  -> Obrigada
agree  Jorge Rodrigues
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Fernando Domeniconi
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
12 hrs
  -> Muito obrigada
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
farming and cattle raising


Explanation:
Another option:

solutions to promote the sustainable development of farming and cattle-raising activities / or perhaps= of the farming and cattle-raising sector in Brazil

Edgar Potter
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
agricuture and livestock


Explanation:
This is the standard translation used in the United Nations and its agencies.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 23:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Donna Sandin: the word agropecuaria is NOT specific to the asker's context but is widely used in Portuguese documents on economics, farming etc. worldwide; Muriel would know that and the asker should use the generally-accepted term.
15 hrs
  -> Thank you, Donna!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Agriculture


Explanation:
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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-09-29 07:02:21 GMT)
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ag·ri·cul·ture (gr-klchr) KEY

NOUN:

The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/agricu...

Appendix I. General definitions of agriculture
Agriculture: The use of land for raising plants or animals useful to man. (Websters)
Agriculture: The science or business of raising plants and animals useful to man. It implies the cultivation of the soil, the production and harvesting of crops, the care and breeding of livestock. (Websters)
Agriculture: the use of land for farming or pasturage for production of provisions, forage and primary products for energy purposes or to further industrial improvement or preparation.
(translated from the Swedish National encyklopedin)
Agriculture: The science or art of cultivating the soil, growing and harvesting crops, and raising livestock. (Encyclopaedia Britannica)



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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-09-29 07:07:44 GMT)
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http://dictionary.laborlawtalk.com/Agriculture

Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 08:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Claudio Mazotti: sorry, that's not the real idea
32 mins
  -> Sorry! but you are not correct! MLD
agree  Henrique Serra: sim, o termo em inglês é abrangente e inclui a pecuária.
32 mins
  -> Thanks!MLD
agree  Donna Sandin: I worked for the US Dept of Agriculture for several years and although we had a Livestock Division we never referred to the branch of the economy or name of the dept as other than agriculture - I don't think pecuaria just cattle, anyway
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!MLD
agree  Michele Fauble
13 hrs
  -> Thanks!MLD
disagree  lexical: Surely, the point is not the abstract definition of agriculture, but what the word agropecuária is meant to convey in this context., where I suspect it refers specifically to the mix of crop growing and stock rearing.
16 hrs
  -> who are you?MLD
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
mixed farming


Explanation:
The use of a single farm to grow crops and raise cattle, poultry, etc.
384,000 hits on Google.

http://www.answers.com/topic/mixed
Português (Portuguese)
(…)
* mixed farming agropecuária (f)



    Reference: http://www.answers.com/topic/mixed
lexical
Spain
Local time: 08:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Maria Luisa Duarte: maybe you should try a dictionary......MLD
2 hrs
  -> I'm sorry, I don't understand your objection. Try Googling it.
disagree  Henrique Serra: agriculture: see a good and comprehensive definition at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture - 261,000,000 hits on Google!!!
2 hrs
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