Tenure insecurity is the lack of right of individuals and groups to effective protection from involuntary removal from their land or residence by the state. (UN-Habitat, 2004; FAO, 2003.)
Soil security has been defined as the maintenance or improvement of the world’s soil resources so that they can provide sufficient food, fibre, and fresh water, contribute to energy sustainability and climate stability, maintain biodiversity, and deliver overall environmental protection and ecosystem services. (McBratney, A., Field, D. J. & Koch, A. 2014. The dimensions of soil security. Geoderma, 213: 203-213. Cited in FAO and ITPS. 2015.
Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR) – Main Report.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
and Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, Rome, Italy https://www.fao.org/3/i5199e/i5199e.pdf)
Mould ripened cheese is a ripened cheese in which the ripening has been accomplished primarily by the development of characteristic mould growth throughout the interior and/or on the surface of the cheese. (FAO & WHO. 2022.General Standard for Cheese. Codex Standard, No. CXS 283-1978. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
Diseases in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation. (National Library of Medicine, 2024. MeSH terms. Exanthema. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh)
The Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks. The virus is primarily transmitted to people from ticks and livestock animals. (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/crimean-congo-haemorrhagic-fever)
White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) was assigned by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) as the only member of the genus Whispovirus within the Nimaviridae family. WSSV has an extremely wide host range. The virus can infect a wide range of aquatic crustaceans including marine, brackish and freshwater penaeids, crabs and crayfish. (White spot disease, Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals, OIE, 2009 )
Egg shell quality is defined in terms of strength, colour,shape and texture; the first three have moderate to high heritabilities, so respond readily to selection. (Adapted from Poultry Development Review, FAO 2013 https://www.fao.org/3/i3531e/i3531e.pdf)
Sheep finishing or fattening is described as the feeding of nutrient-rich feed to stimulate rapid growth and fat deposition for targeted carcass growth and quality. (Adapted from ICARDA, 2001. Sheep fattening: A manual for livestock farmers and extension workers in the Ethiopia https://cgspace.cgiar.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/1ad00560-ee51-4959-b8dc-3965bd999952/content)
The immature, green, succulent pods of Phaseolus vulgaris. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/16213)
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Green beans are classified by growth habit into two major groups, "bush" (or "dwarf") beans and "pole" (or "climbing") beans. Wax bean is a yellow form of the green bean. Note: The definition of green beans is broad and depends on the reporting authority. The FAO definition of “Beans, Green” for statistical purposes is beans from the genus Phaseolus and Vigna spp. grown for shelling (FAOSTAT code 0414). “String Beans” are defined as beans from the genus Phaseolus vulgaris and Vigna spp and not grown for shelling. Thus, to be consumed in-shell (FAOSTAT code 0423).
Coordinated efforts by a group of people or institutions to improve their situation and achieve a shared goal. (FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en)
In biology and medicine, feminization is the development in an organism of physical characteristics that are usually unique to the female of the species. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminization_(biology))
A symptom, where there is a feeling of constantly needing to pass stools, despite an empty colon. (International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021 https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO). https://icd.who.int/browse/2024-01/mms/en#1328152138)
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Important signal of disease, both for animals and humans.
Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Sequiviridae. RTSV causes mild symptoms by itself, but in the presence of Rice tungro bacilliform virus, symptoms are intensified. (Wikipedia. 2025. Rice tungro spherical virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_tungro_spherical_virus)
Paleomagnetism (occasionally palaeomagnetism) is the study of prehistoric Earth's magnetic fields recorded in rocks, sediment, or archeological materials. (Wikipedia, 2024. Paleomagnetism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleomagnetism)
