Dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease (GWD), is an infection caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. GWD is spread by drinking water containing Guinea worm larvae. (CDC, Guinea Worm Disease Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/guineaworm/gen_info/faqs.html)
A laser altimeter emits laser pulses, which are reflected from the ground surface; part of the reflected radiation returns and is detected by the instrument; then, the distance from the ground surface can be calculated considering the speed of light. (Baltsavias, 1999a,b; Wehr and Lohr, 1999; Kraus, 2007; Shan and Toth, 2008; Mallet and Bretar, 2009; Yu et al., 2010)
Any agricultural action or practice used by growers to allow and improve the growing conditions of crops, fresh fruits or vegetables whether grown in an open field or in protected facilities (e.g. hydroponic systems, greenhouses/net houses). (Adapted from FAO & WHO. 2017. Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Codex Code of Practice, No. CXS 53-2003. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
A cultivator is any of several types of farm implement used for secondary tillage. One sense of the name refers to frames with teeth (also called shanks) that pierce the soil as they are dragged through it linearly. Another sense refers to machines that use rotary motion of disks or teeth to accomplish a similar result. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivator)
Agricultural structure: a concept that can be freely defined as characteristics and patterns that describe the participants in agricultural production, including farm businesses, farm operators, and farm households. For example, farms may be described by average size, sales class, form of legal organization, type of production, geographic location, and financial position. (https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/42178/32548_aib746e_002.pdf?v=0)
Cultural control is the manipulation of abiotic and biotic components of the agroecosystem that makes the cropping system less suitable to the establishment and increase of diseases, weeds and pest populations. (Adapted from Beata Gabryś, Bożena Kordan, Chapter 15 - Cultural control and other non-chemical methods, Editor(s): Andrei Alyokhin, Silvia I. Rondon, Yulin Gao, Insect Pests of Potato (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2022, Pages 297-314, ISBN 9780128212370, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821237-0.00006-8.)
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Control of diseases or pests by use of cultivation techniques or changed cropping patterns
Fermented milk products, also known as cultured dairy foods, cultured dairy products, or cultured milk products, are dairy foods that have been fermented with lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, and Leuconostoc. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermented_milk_products)
Agriculture or farming is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. (Safety and health in agriculture. International Labour Organization. 1999. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-92-2-111517-5. )
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The farinograph is a recording dough mixer that measures and records the torque developed by the action of the mixer blades on the dough during mixing. It is used to estimate the water absorption of flours, the relative mixing time, the stability to overmixing, and rheological properties of the dough during mixing. (North Dakota State University, Farinograph https://www.ndsu.edu/faculty/simsek/wheat/farinograph.html Accessed 16 May 2023)
