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Agricultural prices cover prices of agricultural products (output prices) and prices of requisites for agricultural production (input prices), at various stages of marketing. (FAO. 1980. Farm and input prices: Collection and compilation http://www.fao.org/3/ca5993en/ca5993en.pdf)

Agricultural products that are either in their original form or have undergone only primary processing. Examples include cereals, coffee beans, sugar, palm oil, eggs, milk, fruits, vegetables, beef, cotton and rubber. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)

Behaviour means the way in which a person (or organism) conducts oneself or behaves. (Adapted from FAO. 2024. Veterinary paraprofessional competency framework – Uganda. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6992en)

Aggregate of food and agricultural trade includes trade data of all food and agricultural products, excluding fishery and forestry products. (FAOSTAT,cIted in FAO. 2022. The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2022. The geography of food and agricultural trade: Policy approaches for sustainable development. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0471en)

Agricultural waste is waste produced as a result of various agricultural operations. It includes manure and other wastes from farms, poultry houses and slaughterhouses; harvest waste; fertilizer run- off from fields; pesticides that enter into water, air or soils; and salt and silt drained from fields. (ISO/TMB/SAG SF - Strategic Advisory Group on Smart Farming, Final Report – January 2023, https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/publications/en/2023_SAG-SF_Final_Report.pdf)

Any person who undertakes one or more of the following: cultivation, harvesting and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables. (FAO & WHO. 2017. Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Codex Code of Practice, No. CXS 53-2003. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)

Branch of agriculture that deals with the origin, structure, analysis and classification of soils, especially in their relation to crop production. (United Nations, 1997. UNSD Glossary of Environment Statistics. Agrology. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/Glossary/SeriesF/SeriesF_67E.pdf)

Agrometeorology deals with all the weather-sensitive elements of agriculture production: pollination, animal migration, human and animal health, transport of pathogens by wind, irrigation, micro-climate manipulation and artificial climates, weather risk assessments, the use of weather forecasts in farming, crop yield and phenology forecasts and particularly advice to farmers. (http://www.fao.org/nr/climpag/about_en.asp)

Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. (AGROVOC Team)

Agrostologists — botanists and taxonomists specializing in the study of grasses. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Agrostologists)

Form of tourism that involves making a working farm a travel destination for paying guests for educational and/or recreational purposes. (Hall, P.K. and Wood, A. 2020. Ten legal issues for farmstay operators. Factsheet Series: 2020. Fayetteville, USA, National Agricultural Law Center. Cited 21 October 2025. https://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/articles/hall_farmstay.pdf)

Livestock-based livelihood and food systems relying on seasonal mobility of animals and people within and across borders. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)