A shortage of water supply of an acceptable quality and/or low levels of water supply at a given place and a given time, relative to design supply levels. This may arise from climatic factors, or other causes of insufficient water resources, such as a lack of, or poorly maintained, infrastructure, or a range of other hydrological or hydrogeological factors. (FAO. 2022. The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture – Systems at breaking point. Main report. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9910en)
Antibiosis is a mechanism by which chemical substances produced mainly by different microorganisms or secreted by plants, able to retard growth or kill other pathogenic microorganisms and pests. (Anirban Bhar, Akansha Jain, Sampa Das,
Chapter 20 - Development and regulation of microbial pesticides in the post-genomic era,
Editor(s): Amitava Rakshit, Vijay Singh Meena, P.C. Abhilash, B.K. Sarma, H.B. Singh, Leonardo Fraceto, Manoj Parihar, Anand Kumar Singh,
In Advances in Bio-inoculant Science,
Biopesticides,
Woodhead Publishing,
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Pages 285-299,
ISBN 9780128233559,
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Food adulteration is a subcategory of food fraud in which the composition of the product is changed during the period of growth, storage, processing, transport or distribution of the food products by i) addition of substances, ii) substitution of ingredients and/or iii) dilution of ingredients. (Adapted from Feed and food safety in times of global production and trade: Vol. 4/2019. (2019). Bundesinst. für Risikobewertung. https://doi.org/10.17590/20190930-102623)
Bank deposits are claims on banks that are either transferable or are “other deposits.” Transferable deposits consist of deposits that are exchangeable on demand at par without restriction, or penalty, and directly usable for making payments by check, giro order, direct debit/credit, or other payment facility. (MF, 2003, External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users – Appendix 1. Special financial instruments and transactions: classifications, IMF, Washington DC)
A firefighter is a rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property and the environment as well as to rescue people and animals from dangerous situations. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighter)
Fast food is a type of mass-produced food designed for commercial resale and with a strong priority placed on "speed of service" versus other relevant factors involved in culinary science. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_food)
The foods and beverages that are prepared and/or sold by itinerant or stationary vendors in streets and in other public places for immediate consumption or for later consumption without further processing or preparation. (Gálvez Nogales, E., Puntsagdavaa, A., Casari, G. & Bennett, A. 2023. Linking agriculture and tourism to strengthen agrifood systems in Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc7124en)
