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  2. Agritourism - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, agriculture accounts for 26% of India's GDP. [7] Maharashtra and Kerala are the states in India that are taking advantage of the potential of agritourism. In Maharashtra Agritourism is promoted by the Agri Tourism Development Corporation. [8] Kuttanad, Wayanad, Palakkad and Idukki are some of the important agricultural areas in Kerala.

  3. Rural tourism - Wikipedia

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    Mass tourism is the idea of visiting a place with minimal responsibility to the local community and environment. [7] Tourism, the world's largest industry of more than 10% of total employment and 11% of global GDP, is also a quickly growing industry as "total tourist trips are predicted to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020". [8]

  4. Economy of France - Wikipedia

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    The implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) have resulted in reforms in the agricultural sector of the economy. As the world's second-largest agricultural exporter, France ranks just after the United States. [85]

  5. Rural economics - Wikipedia

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    Increasingly rural tourism, niche manufacturers, and recreation have replaced resource extraction and agriculture as dominant economic drivers. [10] The need for rural communities to approach development from a wider perspective has created more focus on a broad range of development goals rather than merely creating incentive for agricultural ...

  6. 'Time to go home', farmer leaders say as France ... - AOL

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    Detailing his agenda to boost France's agricultural sector - Europe's largest - Attal said it was "out of the question" that France would accept to agree to the Mercosur trade deal with Latin ...

  7. Glossary of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    (pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...

  8. Chamber of Agriculture in France - Wikipedia

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    The Chambers of Agriculture are consular organizations (chambre consulaire).They were founded in France by the Law of January 3, 1924. [1] Their role is to representing all the different economic agents involved in agriculture: farmers, but also landowners, employees, and agricultural organizations such as mutual societies, cooperatives, credit unions, and general-purpose unions; [2] and ...

  9. Agribusiness - Wikipedia

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    Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study [1] of value chains in agriculture [2] and in the bio-economy, [3] in which case it is also called bio-business [4] [5] or bio-enterprise.