An orchard is an area planted with fruit trees. Orchards are often not defined in isolation from gardens. (FAO. 2003. Multilingual Thesaurus on Land Tenure. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/x2038e)
SNP genotyping is the measurement of genetic variations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) between members of a species. (Glossary Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding https://edepot.wur.nl/571324)
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is a global development cooperative owned by 189 member countries. IBRD provides financial products and policy advice to help countries reduce poverty and extend the benefits of sustainable growth to all of their people. (World Bank. 2025. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd)
The transfer, or release, of a gas e.g. ammonia from agricultural processes such as manure spreading, livestock houses etc. or odour and dust to the atmosphere. (Adapted from RAMIRAN Glossary of terms on livestock and manure management 2011)
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The term "farm-gate emissions” is used mainly for greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
In physics, a field is a physical quantity, represented by a number or another tensor, that has a value for each point in space and time. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_(physics))
An organic acid is an organic compound with acidic properties. The most common organic acids are the carboxylic acids. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_acid)
An organic compound is any of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon, are considered inorganic. (https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/technical-overview-volatile-organic-compounds)
Chick is a newly hatched or a very young chicken. (The Livestock Conservancy. 2024. ANIMAL TERMS AND THEIR PROPER USAGE. https://livestockconservancy.org/resources/animal-terms/)
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Use only for chickens; for other poultry use <8489> plus the descriptor for the species
Remuneration for the utilization of economic rights of works or product of related rights received by the author or owner of related right (UNESCO. 2020. Policies and measures that prevent piracy and increase the collection of royalties from cultural intellectual property. https://www.unesco.org/creativity/en/policy-monitoring-platform/policies-and-measures-prevent-piracy-and-increase-collection-royalties-cultural-intellectual)
Organic halogen compounds are derivatives of organic compounds in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by an equal number of halogen atoms (F, Cl, Br, or I). (Marianna Anderson Busch, Halogen Chemistry, Editor(s): Robert A. Meyers,
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https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-227410-5/00307-0.
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Matter derived from the remains of plants and animals and their waste products in the environment. (FAO and Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, the United Republic of Tanzania. 2024. Forests for a sustainable future: education modules for primary schools – Teacher's book: Module 1 Forest products, plants and animals. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4628en)
Refers to the total number of individuals of a species caught per a survey, or hunting or fishing activity. For fish, refers to the total number of individuals of a fish species caught per fishing activity or trip. (Adapted from Palmer, M.; Álvarez-Ellacuría, A.; Moltó, V.; Catalán, I.A. Automatic, operational, high-resolution monitoring of fish length and catch numbers from landings using deep learning. Fish. Res. 2021, 246, 106166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106166)
