A barrier constructed across a valley for impounding water or creating a reservoir. Dams are characterized by their purposes and construction materials used. (Irrigation in Africa in figures: AQUASTAT Survey, 2005, FAO Water Reports No. 29, 2005. )
Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest, in an established systematic fashion in order to have the means to present information in official reports. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Oat Bran is the food which is produced by grinding clean oat groats or rolled oats and separating the resulting oat flour by sieving bolting, and/or other suitable means into fractions such that the oat bran fraction is not more than 50% of the original starting material and has a total betaglucan content of at least 5.5% (dry-weight basis) and a total dietary fiber content of at least 16.0% (dry-weight basis), and such that at least one-third of the total dietary fiber is soluble fiber. (Cereals & Grains Association. Oat Bran. https://www.cerealsgrains.org/resources/definitions/Pages/OatBran.aspx)
Seed bruchid, small beetle of the subfamily Bruchinae whose larvae develop within a single seed. Bruchus ervi Frölich is widely recognized as field pest in lentil cultivation across Europe, Africa, and Asia. (Adapted from Baxevanos, Dimitrios & Kargiotidou, Anastasia & Noulas, Christos & Kouderi, Antigoni & Aggelakoudi, Maria & Petsoulas, Christos & Tigka, Evangellia & Mavromatis, Athanasios & Tokatlidis, Ioannis & Beslemes, Dimitrios & Vlachostergios, Dimitrios. (2024). Lentil Cultivar Evaluation in Diverse Organic Mediterranean Environments. Agronomy. 14. 10.3390/agronomy14040790.)
Estate management is the maintenance or enhancement of the value of the land interests owned. (Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure (English version)
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