Aesthetic value is the value that an object, event, or state of affairs (most paradigmatically an artwork or the natural environment) possesses in virtue of its capacity to elicit pleasure (positive value) or displeasure (negative value) when appreciated or experienced aesthetically. (Plato, L., Meskin, A. (2014). Aesthetic Value. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3349)
High-level data that is obtained by combining (or ‘aggregating’) individual-level data. (Hashimzade, Nigar; Myles, Gareth; Black, John (2017-01-19). A Dictionary of Economics. Oxford University Press. p. 4. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198759430.001.0001)
Statistical operation for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture, covering the whole or a significant part of a country. (FAO. 2017. World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020. Volume I Programme, concepts and definitions. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i4913e)
Insurance applied to agricultural enterprises. Types of business include crop insurance, livestock insurance, aquacultural insurance and forestry, but normally excludes building and equipment insurance although these may be insured by the same insurer under a different policy. (FAO. 1992. Glossary of terms for agricultural insurance and rural finance. https://www.fao.org/3/ak923e/ak923e.pdf)
Agroclimatic zones refer to areas that share similar soil types, temperatures, rainfall patterns, and water availability that influence vegetation types. (https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/892381538415122088/pdf/130405-WP-P160212-Lebanon-WEB.pdf)
A complex of integrated industries (animal husbandry, crop production, food processing, agricultural machinery, organic farming) and supportive facilities (storage, insurance, transportation, distribution of food and agricultural products). (New Approaches to Agricultural Production Management in the Arctic: Organic Farming and Food Security. Mykhailo Guz (National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine) Handbook of Research on International Collaboration, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the Arctic. 2019. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6954-1.ch028)
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Integration of agricultural production, processing and marketing under a single comprehensive management
A subset of financial markets that specifically deal with the buying and selling of equity and debt securities. (CFI (Corporate Finance Institute). 2024. Capital markets. In: CFI.
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/career-map/sell-side/capital-markets/capital-markets)
A cartel is a formal agreement among firms in an oligopolistic industry. Cartel members may agree on such matters as prices, total industry output, market shares, allocation of customers, allocation of territories, bid-rigging, establishment of common sales agencies, and the division of profits or combination of these, (OECD, 1993. Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law, compiled by R. S. Khemani and D. M. Shapiro, commissioned by the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs)
Civil law, also known as private law, regulates disputes between private individuals or entities (e.g. companies). It is thus different to cases dealing with matters between individuals and the state, i.e. public law and criminal law. Civil law deals with issues such as personal injury, contracts, property, inheritance and family law. (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V., 2024. Civil law. https://www.ecchr.eu/en/glossary/civil-law/)
