Geotextiles are permeable fabrics which, when used in association with soil, have the ability to separate, filter, reinforce, protect, or drain. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotextile)
North America and South America taken together as a single continent or landmass. (Wikidata. 2026. Americas (Q828). https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q828)
Abamectin is a mixture of avermectins containing > 80% avermectin B1a and < 20% avermectin B1b. The avermectins are insecticidal or anthelmintic compounds derived from the soil bacterium Streptomyces avermitilis. Abamectin is a natural fermentation product of this bacterium. (http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/24d-captan/abamectin-ext.html)
Ivermectin (CAS No. 70288-86-7)1 is a macrocyclic lactone belonging to the avermectin family, widely used as a broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug against nematodes and arthropods in food-producing animals. It is also used in human medicine to treat a variety of internal nematode infections , as well as for oral treatment of ectoparasitic infections, such as pediculosis and scabies. (Adapted from FAO & WHO. 2023. Residue evaluation of certain veterinary drugs – Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, 94th Meeting (Virtual) 16–27 May 2022. Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) Monographs, No. 28. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5153en)
The discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as binding by the community. (FAO and Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, the United Republic of Tanzania. 2024. Forests for a sustainable future: education modules for primary schools – Teacher’s book: Module 3 Forests and the climate. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4632en)
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Karst is a landscape with distinctive hydrology and landforms that arise when the underlying rock is soluble. The vast majority of karst landforms are found on carbonate rocks, such as limestones. Karst landscapes may have sinkholes, caves, enclosed depressions, disappearing streams, springs and sinkholes. (Adapted from Geological Survey Ireland, 2023. Karst. https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/programmes-and-projects/groundwater/activities/understanding-irish-karst/Pages/What-is-karst.aspx)
Grain legume: Legume (e.g. beans) that produces seeds used as food. Pulse: Grain legume (e.g. lentil) harvested for its dry seed. (FAO, 2016. Save and Grow in Practice: Maize, Rice, Wheat. A Guide to Sustainable Cereal Production http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4009e.pdf)
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The term “pulses” is limited to crops harvested solely for dry grain, thereby excluding crops harvested green for food, which are classified as vegetable crops, as well as those crops used mainly for oil extraction and leguminous crops that are used exclusively for sowing purposes.
All woody perennials that are purposefully grown to provide more than one significant contribution to the production and/or service functions of a land-use system. They are so classified according to the attributes of the plant species as well as to the plant's functional role in the agroforestry technology under consideration. (World Agroforestry Centre, 2014. A tree for all reasons. https://apps.worldagroforestry.org/Units/Library/Books/PDFs/05_A_Tree_for_all_reasons.pdf)
