farmer

Also known as agriculturist, grower, raiser, cultivator, agriculturer

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 (

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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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Research

50,129 papers

Farmer Mental Health Interventions: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Younker T, Radunovich HLDOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010244
Farmer Burnout in Canada.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Jones-Bitton A, Hagen B, Fleming SJ et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16245074
Understanding the factors contributing to farmer suicide: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research.Rural and remote health · 2023Purc-Stephenson R, Doctor J, Keehn JEDOI: 10.22605/RRH8189
Strengthening research-extension-farmer-input linkage system for sustainable smallholder livestock farming in Africa: progress and prospects.ReviewTropical animal health and production · 2024Mapiye O, Dzama KDOI: 10.1007/s11250-024-04210-9
Farmer risk behaviour in TB cull areas.The Veterinary record · 2024Loeb JDOI: 10.1002/vetr.4342
Farmer bluetongue hotline available.The Veterinary record · 2023DOI: 10.1002/vetr.3729
Lameness in dairy cows: farmer perceptions and automated detection technology.ReviewThe Journal of dairy research · 2020Dutton-Regester KJ, Barnes TS, Wright JD et al.DOI: 10.1017/S0022029920000497
Farmer adaptation strategies through local farming systems in Enrekang, Indonesia.Scientific reports · 2024Yusriadi Y, Cahaya A, Hamzah FDOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72953-4

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Wikidata facts

Image: Farmers weeding.jpg

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ISCO-88 occupation class: 9212
female form of label: agricultoare
male form of label: labrego
equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/Farmer
Commons category: Farmers
Commons gallery: Farmer
P8168: Hoodie Allen

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Contents

History
Advancements in technology
Types
Techniques
Farming organizations
Youth farming organizations
Income
Occupational hazards
Etymology
Gallery
See also
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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.