The underlying framework, including transportation and communications systems, industrial facilities, education and technology, that enables a country or region to produce goods, services and other resources with exchange value. (GEMET, 2024. economic structure https://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/en/concept/13148)
A flat depositional feature of a river valley adjoining the channel, formed under present climate and hydrological conditions, and subject to periodic flooding. (Roni, Phil & Hanson, Karrie & Pess, G. & Beechie, Timothy & Pollock, Michael & Bartley, Devin. (2005). Habitat Rehabilitation for Inland Fisheries: Global Review of Effectiveness and Guidance for Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems. https://www.fao.org/4/a0039e/a0039e00.htm)
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Floodplains represent transition zones that alternate between aquatic and terrestrial states.
Those amino acida that cannot be made by a plant or animal but must be obtained from the environment or food. (RAMIRAN Glossary of terms on livestock and manure management 2011)
Transudates are fluids that pass through a membrane or squeeze through tissue or into the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE of TISSUES. Transudates are thin and watery and contain few cells or PROTEINS. (National Center for Biotechnology, National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov))
The process of providing funds for the public and the private sector to engage in economic activities, make purchases or carry out investment. The funds may or may not be provided conditional on a certain return (interests, dividends and so on) and/or reimbursement (of debt principal). (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. 2024. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 – Financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd1254en)
Fish cages refer to open or covered enclosed structures constructed with net, mesh or any porous material allowing natural water interchange. These structures may be floating, suspended, or fixed to the substrate but still permitting water interchange from below. (Adapted from FAO CWP https://www.fao.org/cwp-on-fishery-statistics/handbook/aquaculture-statistics/en/ Accessed 16 June 2023)
Rice grown on land that is flooded before puddling, then continuously flooded until crop maturity, (FAO, 2016. Save and Grow in Practice: Maize, Rice, Wheat. A Guide to Sustainable Cereal Production http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4009e.pdf Cited 14 April 2023.)