AGROVOC

Any chemical compound naturally occurring in living organisms can be called a ‘biochemical compound’. Biochemical compounds can be classified according to their structure, physico-chemical properties or biological function. (Degtyarenko K, de Matos P, Ennis M, Hastings J, Zbinden M, McNaught A, Alcántara R, Darsow M, Guedj M, Ashburner M. ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jan;36(Database issue):D344-50. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm791. Epub 2007 Oct 11. PMID: 17932057; PMCID: PMC2238832.)

Organized collective violent confrontations between at least two groups, either state or non-state actors. (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2024. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 – Financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1254en)

Any organism, such as a virus, parasite, or bacterium, that is capable of invading body tissues and multiplying. (National Cancer Institute (NCI). NCIthesaurus.Infectious Agent (Code C14316). https://ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C14316)

Timber resources, crop and plant resources, aquatic resources , and animal resources other than aquatic that bring use benefits today or that may do so in the future. (United Nations, European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Bank , 2005, Handbook of National Accounting: Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting 2003, Studies in Methods, Series F, No.61, Rev.1, Glossary, United Nations, New York, para. 7.53, EA 14)

A fixed (for the duration of the measurements) man-made structure away from the coast to which instrumentation may be attached (e.g. oil rig, gas rig or jack-up barge). (NERC Vocabulary Server http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/16/)

Reef: A shallow elevation composed of consolidated material that may constitute a hazard to surface navigation. (Standardization of Undersea Feature Names, International Hydrographic Organization 2017 https://iho.int/iho_pubs/bathy/B-6_e4.1.0_2013_EF_rev2017.pdf)

Antimicrobials are agents used to prevent, control and treat infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants. They include antibiotics, fungicides, antiviral agents and parasiticides. Disinfectants, antiseptics, other pharmaceuticals and natural products may also have antimicrobial properties. (A one health priority research agenda for antimicrobial resistance. Geneva: World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme and World Organisation for Animal Health; 2023)

Fishing with longlines (a fishing gear that comprises a long mainline (up to 60 km) that can be anchored either adrift on the surface or in the water column, with numerous baited hooks on branch lines or snoods.) (Adapted from Lucchetti, A., Petetta, A., Bdioui, M., Gökçe, G., Saber, M., Sacchi, J., Özbilgin, H., Carlson, A. & Carpentieri, P. 2023. Catalogue of fishing gear in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 695. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc7260en)

The area of economics concerned with issues related to man's use and abuse of natural resources. (Jolly, C.M. & Clonts, H.A. (1993) Economics of aquaculture. New York, Food Products Press. 319 p.)

E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the process of buying, selling or exchanging products and services electronically—usually via the Internet or a mobile device. (Business Development Bank of Canada, 2024. Glossary. E-commerce. https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/entrepreneur-toolkit/templates-business-guides/glossary/e-commerce)

A tsunami is a wave train, or series of waves, generated in a body of water by an impulsive disturbance that vertically displaces the water column. Earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, explosions, and even the impact of cosmic bodies, such as meteorites, can generate tsunamis. Tsunamis can savagely attack coastlines, causing devastating property damage and loss of life. (https://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html)

A volcanic eruption is a process during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure. (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000634)

A management strategy that gathers, processes and analyses temporal, spatial and individual data and combines them with other information, to manage variations in the field accurately and to support management decisions and precise machine action for improved resource-use efficiency, productivity, quality, profitability and sustainability of agricultural production. (ISPA (International Society of Precision Agriculture). 2021. Precision Ag Definition. In: ISPA. Monticello, IL, USA. www.ispag.org/about/definition)

Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing)

The ability to trace the history, application or location of any given product. (FAO. 2009. Guidelines for the ecolabelling of fish and fishery products from marine and capture fisheries. Revision 1. Rome. https://www.fao.org/4/i1119t/i1119t.pdf)