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| 300 | Social sciences |
| 301.35 | Rural sociology |
| 330 | Economics |
| 333 | Land economics |
| 338.1 | Agricultural economics |
| 338.19 | Food policy |
| 570 | Biology |
| 577 | Ecology |
| 630 | Agriculture |
| 630.717 | Extension work |
| 631 | The farm |
| 631.4 | Land and soil |
| 631.5 | Crop production |
| 632 | Plant diseases and pests |
| 633 | Field crops |
| 634 | Fruit crops and orchards |
| 635 | Horticulture |
| 636 | Livestock and domestic animals |
| 637 | Dairy industry |
| 658 | Business and marketing |
| 658.8 | Marketing |
Agricultural economics 338.1
Agricultural extension 630.717
Agricultural meteorology 630.2515
Agroforestry 634.99
Animal welfare 636.08
Breeding: crops 631.522
Breeding: livestock 636.0824
Cattle 636.2
Cereals 633.1
Common Agricultural Policy 338.1094
Communication 001.51
Conservation (biological resources) 639.9
Cooperatives 334.683
Credit, agricultural 332.71
Dairy farming 636.2142
Development economics 338.9
Ecology: animal 591.5
Ecology: plant 581.5
Econometrics 330.18
Fertilizers 631.8
Food retailing 338.47664
Food supply 338.19
Forest economics 338.1749
Grain industry 338.1731
Irrigation 631.7
Livestock industry 338.176
Macroeconomics 330.1
Market research 658.83
Marketing: food 338.47664
Marketing: general 658.8
Microeconomics 330.1
Nutrition, animal 636.085
Organic farming 631.584
Overseas Aid 338.91
Pasture grasses 633.2
Pesticides 632.95
Plant pathology 632
Plant physiology 581.1
Poultry 636.5
Rural land use 333.76
Sheep 636.3
Soils 631.4
Statistical methods 630.015195
Sustainable agriculture 630.2745
Tropical agriculture 631.0913
Veterinary science 636.089
Weeds 632.58
Wheat 633.11
Wildlife management 639.9
Women in agriculture 331.483
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