Public loans are provided by "development banks" - publicly owned and organized banks that exist at the national and state level. (Germany Trade & Invest, 2024. Public Loans, Public Guarantees https://www.gtai.de/en/invest/investment-guide/incentive-programs-in-germany/public-loans-public-guarantees-815506)
uality of life (QoL) is a concept that aims to capture the well-being of a population or individual regarding both positive and negative elements within the entirety of their existence at a specific point in time. (Teoli D, Bhardwaj A. Quality Of Life. [Updated 2023 Mar 27]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK536962/)
Fibre crops are annual crops yielding vegetable fibres, mostly soft fibres, which are utilized by the textile industry to produce first thread and yarn, and, from these, innumerable fabrics or manufactures. The primary fibre crops are cotton, jute and flax. (FAO, 2024. Crops Statistics - Concepts, Definitions and Classifications https://www.fao.org/economic/the-statistics-division-ess/methodology/methodology-systems/crops-statistics-concepts-definitions-and-classifications/en/)
In economics, a shortage or excess demand is a situation in which the demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market. It is the opposite of an excess supply (surplus). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortage)
Small-scale farming (as judged by nationally relevant criteria). These systems may be “landless” (backyard or scavenger) or, in peri-urban areas, may involve mixed farming. (Adapted from FAO. 2015. The Second Report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, edited by B.D. Scherf & D. Pilling. FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Assessments. Rome (available at http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4787e/index.html).)
The full costs of an action in terms of social welfare losses, including external costs associated with the impacts of this action on the environment, the economy (GDP, employment) and on the society as a whole. (IPCC. 2019. Special Report on Climate Change and Land - SRCCL (09/2019) https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/)
Social values are defined as standards, which individuals and social groups employ to define personal goals and essentially shape the nature and form of social order in a collective i.e., what is acceptable and not acceptable, what ought or not to be, what is desirable or non-desirable. (Tsirogianni, S., Sammut, G., Park, E. (2014). Social Values and Good Living. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3666)
Sociologists are social scientists who study society and social behavior by examining the groups, cultures, social institutions, and processes that develop when people interact and work together. (Adapted from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2025. Occupational Outlook Handbook. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/sociologists.htm)
