Agriculture, Fishing, and Economic Terms: A Glossary

Agriculture

Intensive Agriculture

Intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system that makes extensive use of the means of production.

Extensive Agriculture

Extensive agriculture is an agricultural production system that does not maximize short-term productivity.

Lease

Lease: To use and produce fruit in exchange for a good or compensation.

Sharecropping

Sharecropping: A lease in which the economic compensation is a part of the fruits or harvest.

Fallow

Fallow: Earth that is not planted in a given time so that it recovers its fertility through natural agents.

Bocage

Bocage: Fields of irregular and closed plots.

Exploitation

Exploitation: A set of plots of land that a farmer cultivates.

Erial

Erial: Fallow land or fields to farm.

Evapotranspiration

Evapotranspiration: Water loss through the leaves of plants.

Greenhouse

Greenhouse: Glass or plastic construction in which plants are grown at higher temperatures than abroad.

Fishing

Drag Fishing

Drag fishing is the use of a weighted net that sweeps the bottom, capturing what it finds.

Aquaculture

Aquaculture: A set of activities, techniques, and knowledge of the cultivation of aquatic species, both vegetable and animal. These include fish farms.

Fishing Bank

Fishing bank: Areas of the sea where the fish that are consumed abound.

Fishing Area

Fishing area: An area of the sea where consumable fish are abundant.

Clupeidae

Clupeidae: An order of fish with cycloid scales.

Demersal

Demersal: Next to or on the bottom of an aquatic space.

Ictiofagia

Ictiofagia: Fish consumption.

Economic Terms

Gross Tonnage

Gross tonnage is a measure of a ship's internal capacity.

Gauge

Gauge: An agreement between countries so that trains have the same track width.

Trade Balance

Trade balance: The difference between exports and imports of assets.

Balance of Payments

Balance of payments: A document that sets out all economic operations between countries.

Cash-Flow

Cash-flow: The sum of retained earnings after paying taxes, depreciation, and provisions.

Commissioner

Commissioner: A person who receives a post title similar to a government minister, but from the European Commission.

Charter Flights

Charter flights: Non-scheduled flights at a reduced price for sporadic or tourist trips.

Asymmetry

Asymmetry: More extensive on one side than the other of an axis.

Directors

Directors: Provided by EU law and binding on all states of the EU.

R&D

R&D: Research and development. A set of activities to improve and innovate products and production processes.

Other Terms

Biofuel

Biofuel: Organic matter originating from a biological process, used as a source of usable energy.

Biodiversity

Biodiversity: The variety of living things on Earth and the patterns they make up.

Caserio

Caserio: Housing formed by a family unit and a farm. It has a rectangular shape and a gable roof.

Cortijo

Cortijo: Contains housing areas and restrooms for the farm workers.

Aerobic Conservation

Aerobic conservation: Conservation in the open air.

Anaerobic Conservation

Anaerobic conservation: Conservation in closed containers.

Marinade

Marinade: A method for preserving food in vinegar.

Estero

Estero: A coastal area that is flooded during high tide.

Habitat

Habitat: The mode of grouping of housing and complementary facilities.

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith: An economist who studies the evolution of societies in developed capitalism.