agrimetrics

English

Etymology

From agri- +‎ metrics.

Noun

agrimetrics (uncountable)

1. (statistics, agriculture) The measurement of fields or agricultural data.
   • 1994, New Scientist, volume 141, numbers 1908-1918, page 13:

     We're South Africa's science councils Agricultural Research Council— Made up of 13 institutes covering topics from agrimetrics and plant biotechnology, to research on crops, soil and pests.

   • 1997, International Hatchery Practice, volumes 12-13:

     For the third straight year Hybrid Turkeys leads in both independent strain studies and agrimetrics summaries.

   • 2003, David E. Reeves, “Benchmarking reproductive performance within production systems”, in 2003 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference:

     Quantifiable comparisons are done sequentially, examining: • within peer group comparisons, such as agrimetrics; • within system farm-level mean measures; • within system measures of variance; and • within production flow measures using descriptive measures.

   • 2016, Report of the kick off meeting of the Knowledge Network on Sustainable Intensification (KNSI), 3 June 2016, Wageningen:

     • Mapping and enhancing different decision making tools for farmers • Influencing EC to develop agrimetrics data • Adopting and developing emerging technologies and infrastructures

Related terms

• agrimetric