Indicator of the total volume of fresh water that is used directly or indirectly to produce a product. (Water for food security and nutrition, A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security, FAO, 2015 (http://www.fao.org/3/a-av045e.pdf).)
Refers to the sequencing of multiple genes or a genetic locus, displaying enough polymorphism to be used in a typing scheme. These are ideally ‘house-keeping’ genes, i.e. genes encoding enzymes that are involved in primary metabolism of the organism in question and which are therefore present in all isolates. (Comité scientifique, Agence fédérale pour la sécurité de la chaîne alimentaire. 2020. Whole Genome Sequencing pour la détection des toxi-infections alimentaires et l'évaluation du risque bactérien (dossier SciCom 2020/08 - auto-saisine). Annex 2: Glossary https://www.favv-afsca.be/scientificcommittee/opinions/2021/_documents/Appendix2.Glossary_Opinion18-2021_DossierSciCom2020-08.pdf)
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The terms MLST and MLSA are often considered interchangeable. However, each analysis method has its distinctive features and uses. Care should be taken to use the correct term.
The region south of Polar Front to coastal waters of Antarctica is known as the Antarctic Zone (AZ). It is also a climatic zone that occupies the belt between latitudes 45° S and 60° S. (Adapted from Jenson Vilayil George, Ravidas Krishna Naik, Narayanapillai Anilkumar, Prabhakaran Sabu, Shramik Maruti Patil, Rajani Kanta Mishra, Physical control on the inter-annual variability of summer dissolved nutrient concentration and phytoplankton biomass in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean, Oceanologia, Volume 64, Issue 4, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2022.06.003, and AGROVOC Team, 2023.)
Acer negundo, commonly known as box elder, is a suckering, fast-growing, weak-wooded, medium-sized, deciduous tree that typically grows 30-50’ (less frequently to 70’) tall with an irregular rounded crown. Although it is a maple and produces the familiar maple fruits (paired samaras), it differs from most maples by having odd-pinnate compound leaves and by being dioecious (separate male and female trees). (Missouri Botanical Garden. nd. Acer negundo. https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a841)
The asparagus bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) is a legume cultivated for its edible green pods containing immature seeds, like the green bean. It is also known as: yardlong bean, pea bean, long-podded cowpea, Chinese long bean, snake bean. A variety of the cowpea, the asparagus bean is grown primarily for its strikingly long immature green pods and has uses very similar to those of the green bean. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus_bean)
The process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas. Key factors in this process include education, entrepreneurship, and the development of both physical and social infrastructure. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
A tributary, or affluent, s a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary)
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A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
The movement of people from a rural to an urban area for the purpose of establishing a new residence. (Sironi, A. C. Bauloz and M. Emmanuel (eds.), 2019. Glossary on Migration. International Migration Law, No. 34. International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva. https://publications.iom.int/books/international-migration-law-ndeg34-glossary-migration)
A non-essential amino acid in humans, Aspartic Acid has an overall negative charge and plays an important role in the synthesis of other amino acids and in the citric acid and urea cycles. Asparagine, arginine, lysine, methionine, isoleucine, and some nucleotides are synthesized from aspartic acid. Aspartic acid also serves as a neurotransmitter. (National Cancer Institute (NCI). NCIthesaurus. Aspartic Acid (Code C29608). https://ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C29608)
