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Answer for the clue "Often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques ", 7 letters:
farming

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Farming \Farm"ing\, a. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn: agriculture , husbandry ] working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" [syn: land ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "action of farming out, practice of letting or leasing taxes, etc., for collection," verbal noun from farm (v.). Meaning "business of cultivating land, husbandry" is attested by 1733.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
1 Pertaining to the agricultural business. 2 Raising livestock or fish. n. 1 The business of cultivate land, raising stocks etc. 2 (rfdef: English) v (present participle of farm English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Farming is the practice of cultivating crops or livestock on a farm. Farming may also refer to: Farming (video gaming) , performing repetitious tasks in video game to acquire items in the game Gold farming , the act of gathering in-game currency and items ...

Usage examples of farming.

The first occupation to suffer seriously because of the Africans oul ere was farming.

One of the strongest impressions I had gained when I first came into country practice was that farming was the hardest way of all of making a living, and now I was finding out for myself.