Glossary A

The Environmental Glossary. Letter A +++ Popular Articles: 'Active solar heating system', 'Animal', 'Asexual reproduction'

Deutsch: Agent / Español: Agente / Português: Agente / Français: Agent / Italiano: Agente /

An Agent is any physical, chemical, or biological entity that can be harmful to an Organism (synonymous with stressors.)

An Agent Orange is a toxic herbicide and Defoliant used in the Vietnam conflict, containing 2,4,5-trichlorophen-oxyacetic Acid (2,4,5-T) and 2-4 dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4-D) with trace amounts of dioxin.

An Agribusiness is an enterprise that derives a significant portion of its revenues from sales of agricultural Products or sales to agricultural producers.

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.

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