Ridge tillage or ridge-till describes the practice of forming ridges from tilled soil into which widely spaced row crops are drilled. Such ridges may remain in place for several seasons while successive crops are no-tilled into the ridges,or they might be re-formed annually. (http://www.fao.org/3/a-al298e.pdf)
A bacterial protein that, following release into the intestine, causes cramps, diarrhoea and nausea. (FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture, 2001 (http://www.fao.org/biotech/index_glossary.asp?lang=en).)
Storage equipment is devices, containers, or systems designed for the purpose of storing and organizing goods, materials, or data. (AGROVOC Team, 2023)
Enterovirus is a genus of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses associated with several human and mammalian diseases. (Wikipedia, 2024. Enterovirus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterovirus)
After defoliation with a topper, a mechanical beet lifter pulls beets from the soil, removing much of the soil from the root. Beet lifter-loader harvesters can also load roots onto trucks, but simple two-wheeled, bladed beet lifters may also be followed by hand labourers. (AGROVOC Team)
Entomology is the study of insects and encompasses the biological, agricultural, and environmental sciences related to insects and their interaction with humans and other organisms. (University of Nebraska, 2024. About Entomology https://entomology.unl.edu/about-entomology)
A grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is any of various power tools or machine tools used for grinding. In the food industry, grinding is a unit operation widely used to reduce the size of materials to give a usable form or to separate their components. (Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinding_machine and from E.D. Baudelaire, 6 - Grinding for food powder production. In Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Handbook of Food Powders, Woodhead Publishing, 2013, Pages 132-149, ISBN 9780857095138,
https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857098672.1.132.)
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville (formerly known as the Northern Solomons Province) is comprised of two main islands, Bougainville Island and Buka Island, and many small islands and atolls. In total, the region’s terrestrial area covers approximately 9,384km2. The region is organised into three sub-districts; North, Central and South. The landscape is a mix of coastal and mountainous areas with the highest feature, Mount Balbi, reaching 2,715m above sea level. (Autonomous Bougainville Government. 2025. Quick Facts https://abg.gov.pg/about/quick-facts)
