AGROVOC

A set of interconnected components in dynamic interaction that deliver a number of outcomes. (FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en (derived from Estrada, E. 2024. What is a complex system, after all? Foundations of Science, 29(4): 1143–1170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-023-09917-w ))

A location is a “a point or extent in space“ and thus holds concepts such as “climatic zones”, “maritime zones”, “protected areas” and “urban areas”. (AGROVOC Team)

A critical evaluation of information on a state or process at a particular time and in a specific location for the purpose of guiding decisions. (Adapted from CGIAR, Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, https://ccafs.cgiar.org/sites/default/files/assets/docs/commission_on_sustainable_agriculture_and_climate_change_matrix_of_evidence.pdf)

Strategy: A high level plan of action or policy designed for a long-range or major aim. (https://casrai.org/rdm-glossary/)

The broader context in which an activity, programme or assessment is undertaken. (Adapted from Riemer, O., Mairaj Shah, T. & Müller, A. 2023. The role of true cost accounting in guiding agrifood businesses and investments towards sustainability – Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2023. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 23-13. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8422en)

A kennel is a structure or shelter for dogs or cats. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennel)

A single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age. (GEMET http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/5409)

States are any condition in which a physical substance or organism can be in. (AGROVOC Team)

Biological activities and function of the whole organism in human, animal, microorgansims, and plants, and of the biosphere. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2010/MB_cgi)

Glycosuria is the excretion of glucose into the urine. (Wikipedia, 2024. Glycosuria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycosuria)

Inflammation of the cornea of the eyes. (FAOTERM)

Sites contain narrower concepts that serve to describe locations and facilities that are set up by humans for a certain purpose, such as “hospitals”, “laboratories”, “meteorological stations”, “restaurants” and “timber yards”. (AGROVOC Team, 2023)

Those biological processes that are involved in the transmission of hereditary traits from one organism to another. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2010/MB_cgi?mode=&index=21542&field=all&HM=&II=&PA=&form=&input=)

The biological objects that contain genetic information and that are involved in transmitting genetically encoded traits from one organism to another. (DeCS/MESH. 2025. Genetic Structures https://decs.bvsalud.org/en/ths/resource/?id=37666)

Exon is any part of a gene that will encode a part of the final mature RNA produced by that gene after introns have been removed by RNA splicing. The term exon refers to both the DNA sequence within a gene and to the corresponding sequence in RNA transcripts. (Wageningen University and Research eDepot. Glossary Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding https://edepot.wur.nl/571324)

Any method used for determining the location of and relative distances between genes on a chromosome. (National Library of Medicine. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), 2025, 'Chromosome Mapping', http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002874)