Glossary A

The Environmental Glossary. Letter A +++ Popular Articles: 'Acid', 'Abandoned Well', 'Accident Site'

Deutsch: Agrar / Español: Agrícola / Português: Agrícola / Français: Agricole / Italiano: Agricolo /

In the context of the environment, "agricultural" refers to practices related to the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for food, fiber, and other products. Agricultural practices can have significant environmental impacts, both positive and negative.

An Agricultural irrigation is a water distribution systems and practices in agriculture.

An Agricultural Pollution is Farming wastes, including runoff and leaching of pesticides and fertilizers; erosion and dust from plowing; improper Disposal of animal manure and carcasses; crop residues, and debris.

Agricultural revolution is the gradual shift from small, mobile hunting and gathering bands to settled agricultural communities in which people survived by breeding and raising wild animals and cultivating wild plants near where they lived.

An Agricultural User Sector/Market is Pesticides applied by owner/operators and custom/commercial applicators to farms and facilities involved in production of raw agricultural commodities, principally food, fiber, and tobacco; includes non-crop and post-harvest use as well as crop/field applications.

An Agricultural Waste is Poultry and livestock manure, and residual materials in liquid or solid form generated from the production and Marketing of poultry, livestock or fur-bearing

Deutsch: Landwirtschaft / Español: Agricultura / Português: Agricultura / Français: Agriculture / Italiano: Agricoltura

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.

An Agroecosystem is land used for crops, pasture, and livestock; the adjacent uncultivated land that supports other vegetation and wildlife; and the associated atmosphere, the underlying soils, groundwater, and drainage networks.

Deutsch: Agroforstwirtschaft / Español: Agroforestería / Português: Agrofloresta / Français: Agroforesterie / Italiano: Agroselvicoltura

Agroforestry in the environmental context refers to a land use management system that integrates trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock production. This approach aims to create more diverse, productive, sustainable, and resilient land use systems. By combining agricultural and forestry practices, agroforestry seeks to optimize the benefits they can provide to the environment, economy, and society.

An AHERA Designated Person (ADP) is a person designated by a Local Education Agency to ensure that the AHERA requirements for Asbestos management and abatement are properly implemented.

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