Agro-industry is a broad concept that refers to the establishment of linkages between enterprises and supply chains for developing, transforming and distributing specific inputs and products in the agricultural sector. (COAG/2007/5, FAO, 2007 https://www.fao.org/3/j9176e/j9176e.pdf)
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Integration of agricultural production, processing and marketing under a single comprehensive management
A statistical procedure that allows subdivision of the total variation among experimental units into known sources of variation and provides a measure for each source. (IRRI, 2002. Acronyms and Glossary of Rice Related Terminology http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/images/docs/acronyms-and-glossary-of-rice-related-terminology.pdf)
Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective. (OECD Frascati Manual, Sixth edition, 2002, para. 64, page 30)
The bank loan is a deal between the bank and the borrower. The bank is obliged to extend to the borrower a monetary amount for a specific purpose and under agreed terms and conditions and the borrower is obliged to use the funds in accordance with the agreement and to repay this amount upon expiry of the term of the loan. (Republic of Bulgarian, Ministry of Economy and Industry, 2021. Bank Loans. https://www.mi.government.bg/en/general/bankovi-krediti/)
The relative power that one party has vis-à-vis the other in negotiations, especially the ability of a party to a transaction to achieve desirable results. (UNTERM. https://unterm.un.org/ Based on: Black's Law Dictionary, 11th ed. St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters, 2019, p. 183.)
Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. (OECD Frascati Manual, Sixth edition, 2002, para. 64, page 30)
In probability theory and statistics, Bayes' theorem (or Bayes' law or Bayes' rule), describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes%27_theorem)
Bonded labour is a form of forced labour in which the job or activity is associated with (i) an advance payment or loan from recruiters and/or employers to the worker or to his or her family members; (ii) a financial penalty, meaning that the terms of repayment are unspecified at the outset and/or in contravention of laws and regulations regarding the amount of interest or other repayment conditions, or the job or activity is under‐remunerated (in relation to legal regulations or the labour market); and (iii) some form of coercion until a worker or family member has repaid the loan or payment advance, (Measurement of forced labour, ICLS/20/2018/Room document 14, ILO 2018. https://ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@stat/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_636050.pdf)
A survey that determines the ownership, boundaries, and location of a parcel of land. (Bruce, J. 1998. Review Of Tenure Terminology http://pdf.wri.org/ref/bruce_98_review_tenure.pdf)
Larger agricultural unit in which the land is owned, leased or used by a labor collective under the direction of a council elected by the members. Farm where multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise. (Adapted from https://snl.no/jordbrukskollektiv and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_farming)
Component analysis is the analysis of two or more independent variables which comprise a treatment modality. It is also known as a dismantling study. The chief purpose of the component analysis is to identify the component which is efficacious in changing behavior, if a singular component exists. (https://dbpedia.org/page/Component_analysis_(statistics))
Forced/compulsory labour: All work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself/herself voluntarily. (Convention (No 29) concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (adopted 28 June 1930, entered into force 1 May 1932) 39 UNTS 55, Art. 2(1).)
