The set of actors (private, public, and including service providers) and the sequence of value-adding activities involved in bringing a product from production to the final consumer. In agriculture they can be thought of as a ‘farm to fork’ set of processes and flows. (Agricultural value chain finance - Tools and lessons, FAO, 2017)
Erysiphe euonymicola U. Braun, CBS Biodiversity Series 11: 461 (2012) [MB#561414] (http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?TableKey=14682616000000067&Rec=477159&Fields=All)
Fish inspection regulations are regulations that regulate the product and process standards that contribute to the acceptable quality, safety, and identity of fish and seafood products that are processed for export trade or import. (Adapted from Food Regulations in Canada https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081005965032704)
Cottus gobio L., 1758. The bullhead is a stenoecious species of freshwater fish inhabiting clear streams and lake edges. (Adapted from A. Nocita , A. Massolo , M. Vannini & G. Gandolfi (2009) The influence of calcium concentration on the distribution of the river bullhead Cottus gobio L. (Teleostes, Cottidae), Italian Journal of Zoology, 76:4, 348-357, DOI: 10.1080/11250000902806631)
Glutaminase (EC 3.5.1.2, glutaminase I, L-glutaminase, glutamine aminohydrolase) is an amidohydrolase enzyme that generates glutamate from glutamine. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutaminase)
A description of all steps in the process, from beginning to end, involving the production, processing, packaging, handling, storage, preservation, distribution and preparation of a food product. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137455)
An approach and methodology of social analysis that aims to recognize the different types of inequality generated due to the intersection of the social dimensions that shape the lives of individuals and groups, which combine to create intersecting forms of privilege and oppression depending on a person’s context and existing power structures. (FAO. 2025. FAO Framework on Inclusion. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd3861en citing FAO. 2023. Practical guide for the incorporation of the intersectionality approach in sustainable rural development programmes and projects. Santiago. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cc2823en and UN Women. 2021. Intersectionality resource guide and toolkit. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digitallibrary/publications/2022/01/intersectionality-resource-guideand-toolkit)
Members of the phylum Arthropoda, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs. It includes the class insects and the subclass Arachnida, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man. (NALT, 2024. Arthropods. https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/79)
DOC is the in water dissolved fraction of total organic carbon of a soil or a water body. It is predominantely composed of a diverse array humic substances. (BonaRes project)
Canopy temperature depression is the difference between air temperature and plant canopy temperature. (Adapted from Tuberosa R. Phenotyping for drought tolerance of crops in the genomics era. Frontiers in Physiology. 2014;3:347 doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00347 )
