In agriculture is the normal choice for work, study, or activity in the farming sector. Of agriculture usually appears after another noun, such as the history of agriculture.
Use in agriculture when talking about jobs, research, education, or activity connected with farming. Use of agriculture when agriculture is linked to another noun, such as the future of agriculture.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use in agriculture for employment, research, education, or activity connected with farming.
Use in agriculture after nouns about change, technology, or progress within the sector.
Use of agriculture when agriculture belongs to or defines another noun phrase.
Of agriculture commonly follows nouns such as history, development, or importance.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use in agriculture when talking about working in the field.
✕ She works of agriculture. ✓ She works in agriculture.Of agriculture usually depends on another noun.
✕ We discussed of agriculture. ✓ We discussed the future of agriculture.After nouns like history or future, use of rather than in.
✕ the history in agriculture ✓ the history of agricultureChoose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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No. The normal expression is work in agriculture or work in the agricultural sector.
It is correct when agriculture follows another noun, such as future, history, or economics.
In many formal contexts, the adjective agricultural is more concise, such as agricultural policy or agricultural research.
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