AGROVOC

Non-governmental organization (NGO): is a formally constituted, legally registered, free from commercial interest, non-profit organization that provides services, information and expertise, sensitizes public opinion, and conducts advocacy activities. (FAO, 2019. The International Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers. Rome.)

Acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging; a radio device or system for locating an object by means of ultrahigh-frequency radio waves reflected from the object and received, observed, and analyzed by the receiving part of the device in such a way that characteristics (as distance and direction) of the object may be determined. (National Weather Service Glossary. https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=radar)

A water-soluble polypeptide (molecular weight approximately 8,000) extractable from the corpus luteum of pregnancy. It produces relaxation of the pubic symphysis and dilation of the uterine cervix in certain animal species. Its role in the human pregnant female is uncertain. (DeCS/MESH. 2025. Relaxin https://decs.bvsalud.org/en/ths/resource/?id=12487)

Substance causing milk to coagulate, used for the preparation of cheese. (Glossary - Gateway to dairy production and products, FAO, consulted in 2022 (http://www.fao.org/dairy-production-products/resources/glossary/en/?index=m).)

The ability of an organism to resist the adverse effects of excessive soluble salts in an environment. (http://agclass.nal.usda.gov/mtwdk.exe?k=default&l=60&w=145&n=1&s=5&t=2)

Seed stands or seed production areas are formed to produce seed of the best provenances of forest trees; seed orchards are planted to produce seed of new improved cultivars. (Unasylva - No. 73-74 - FAO/IUFRO meeting on forest genetics, 1964)

The liquid arising from a crop during ENSILING e.g. in clamp. (RAMIRAN Glossary of terms on livestock and manure management 2011)