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Agribusiness
Agribusiness refers to the businesses involved in the supply chain of agricultural products, including crop production, processing, and distribution.
Food Security
Food security is a condition in which all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Economies of Scale
Economies of Scale refer to the cost advantage that arises with increased output of a product, where the average cost of producing each unit declines as the scale of production and the quantity of output rises.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
IPM is an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques such as biological control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of resistant varieties.
Organic Farming
Organic farming is a method of crop and livestock production that involves much more than choosing not to use pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics, and growth hormones.
Crop Rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area across a sequenced seasons to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and combat pest and weed pressure.
Livestock
Livestock refers to domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.
Agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, fiber, and land rehabilitation.
Aquaculture
Aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and aquatic plants under controlled conditions.
Monoculture
Monoculture is the agricultural practice of growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time.
Agroforestry
Agroforestry is the integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems to create environmental, economic, and social benefits.
Commodity Market
A commodity market is a physical or virtual marketplace for buying, selling, and trading raw or primary products.
Vertical Integration
Vertical integration in agribusiness is when a company controls multiple stages of production or marketing within the same industry, often to increase efficiency or reduce costs.
Subsistence Farming
Subsistence farming is a type of agriculture where the farmer grows enough food to meet the needs of themselves and their families, with little to no surplus for sale or trade.
Commodity
In agriculture, a commodity is a basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other goods of the same type.
Supply Chain
The supply chain in agribusiness refers to the network between a company and its suppliers to produce and distribute a specific product to the final buyer.
Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is the practice of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment.
Green Revolution
The Green Revolution refers to a set of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s, that increased agriculture production worldwide, particularly in the developing world.
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)
A GMO is an organism, including plants and animals, whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.
Precision Agriculture
Precision agriculture is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops.
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