Developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (I.A.R.I.), these silos are made of earth or sun-dried bricks; they are rectangular in shape and have a capacity of 1 to 3 tonnes. Used for grain storage. (Grain storage techniques, FAO 1994)
Drainage water recycling is the practice of capturing excess water drained from fields, storing the drained water in a pond, a reservoir, or a drainage ditch, and using the stored water to irrigate crops when there is a water deficit. (The Transforming Drainage project, 2021. Drainage Water Recycling https://transformingdrainage.org/practices/drainage-water-recycling/)
Resistance varieties are identified as varieties having a slow getting infected and low disease intensity. (Y A Bety and R Pangestuti 2021 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 883 012023)
A primary or secondary tillage implement used for broadcast or strip tillage. Rotary tillers are also used as chemical incorporators prior to planting and as row crop cultivators. They consist of a power-driven shaft, transverse to the direction of travel, equipped with curved knives that slice through the soil, chop surface residue, and mix all materials in the disturbed layer. (ASAE S414.2 MAR2009: Terminology and Definitions for Agricultural Tillage Implements)
A measure used to express how easy it is to move an item from one place to another. (Adapted from IHRIM. 2024. Portability. https://www.ihrim.org/glossary/portability/)
Chemical, physical, or biological characteristics of soil which can indicate its level of function of ecosystem services. Properties can be dynamic or inherent characteristics. (http://soilquality.org/basics/glossary.html)
The state of being compatible; in which two or more things are able to exist or work together in combination without problems or conflict. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compatibility)
In biology, a population is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding. In sociology, population refers to a collection of humans. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population)
An economic activity takes place when resources such as capital goods, labour, manufacturing techniques or intermediary products are combined to produce specific goods or services. Thus, an economic activity is characterised by an input of resources, a production process and an output of products (goods or services). (Eurostat Statistics Explained, Glossary https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php)
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/report)
The activity or process of coordinating task goals and activities to resources. (Adapted from Wikipedia, 2024. Organizing (management) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizing_(management))
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Organization as activity. For organizations as entities, see "organizations" <c_37968>.
Protection is any measure taken to guard something against damage caused by outside forces. (Wikipedia. 2025. Protection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection)
To restore or improve some aspects for a system or entity, but not fully restore all components. A general restoration term that can include improvement, enhancement, or reclamation. (Adapted from Roni, Phil & Hanson, Karrie & Pess, G. & Beechie, Timothy & Pollock, Michael & Bartley, Devin. (2005). Habitat Rehabilitation for Inland Fisheries: Global Review of Effectiveness and Guidance for Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems. https://www.fao.org/4/a0039e/a0039e00.htm)
The activity of adding any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or impressed on, or attached to, an object. (Adapted from FAO and WHO. 2019. Food control system assessment tool: Introduction and glossary. Food safety and quality series No. 7/1. Rome. https://www.fao.org/3/ca5334en/ca5334en.pdf)
Means any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or impressed on, or attached to, a container of food or other article. (Adapted from FAO and WHO. 2019. Food control system assessment tool: Introduction and glossary. Food safety and quality series No. 7/1. Rome. https://www.fao.org/3/ca5334en/ca5334en.pdf)
Account of intended future course of action aimed at achieving specific goal(s) or objective(s) within a specific timeframe. (ISO 19156 Industrial automation systems and integration — Formal semantic models for
the configuration of global production networks)
