husbandry

(noun)

Farming or agriculture.

Related Terms

Examples of husbandry in the following topics:

  • The Black Death

    • There was a shift from grain farming to animal husbandry.
    • Grain farming was very labor-intensive, but animal husbandry needed only a shepherd and a few dogs and pastureland.

  • The Bantu Migration

    • In Eastern and Southern Africa, Bantu speakers may have adopted livestock husbandry from other unrelated Cushitic- and Nilotic-speaking peoples they encountered.

  • Daily Medieval Life

    • Peasant children at this age stayed at home and continued to learn and develop domestic skills and husbandry.