Agri-World

From Conworld

A α-class (alpha class) or Agri-World (short for Agricultural World or Farming Planet) is one devoted to food production. The majority of its surface is given over to producing food for other worlds reliant on such imports - the food itself forms part of the the planet's required tithe. Governors of such planets are required by the Terran Authority to protect the harvest and meet the quotas places on them. Often inter-commander rivalry leads to attempts to destroy or steal crops and livestock and then blaming them on pirates or raids

One method of defining an agri-world is where at least 850 parts per 1000 of the planet's surface are covered by some form of crop cultivation, hydroponics, animal fodder or animal husbandry. The population usually ranges from between fifteen thousand to one million - which is widely spread across the planet.