Systems

Sistemas

Farms

Granjas 

The science or practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for the production of food, fiber, fuel and other products. [NALT]
Agriculture or farming is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. [AGROVOC]

Agriculture

Agricultura

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Agricultural Production

Producción 

The farming system is defined as a decision-making unit comprising the farm household, cropping systems, and livestock systems, which transforms land, external inputs (seed, pesticides, nutrients, etc.), and labor (including knowledge) into useful products that can be consumed or sold. [NALT]

El sistema agr&iacute;cola se define como una unidad de toma de decisiones que comprende el hogar agricultor, los sistemas de cultivo y los sistemas ganaderos, que transforma la tierra, los insumos externos (semillas, pesticidas, nutrientes, etc.) y la mano de obra (incluido el conocimiento) en productos &uacute;tiles que se puede consumir o vender. [<a href="https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5506">NALT</a>]

Farming Systems

Sistemas agrícolas 

Livestock and Poultry Farming

Ganadería y Avicultura

Farms with less than $250,000 gross receipts annually, on which day-to-day labor and management are provided by the farmer and/or the farm family that owns the production or owns, or leases, the productive assets. [NALT]

Fincas con ingresos brutos anuales inferiores a $250,000, en las que el agricultor y/o la familia campesina propietaria de la producci&oacute;n o propietaria, o arrendataria, de los activos productivos, proporcionan la mano de obra y la administraci&oacute;n cotidianas. (NALT)

Small Farms

Pequeñas granjas

The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants with some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated. [AGROVOC]

La cr&iacute;a de organismos acu&aacute;ticos incluyendo moluscos, crust&aacute;ceos y plantas acu&aacute;ticas con alg&uacute;n tipo de intervenci&oacute;n en el proceso de crianza para mejorar la producci&oacute;n, como repoblaci&oacute;n regular, alimentaci&oacute;n, protecci&oacute;n contra depredadores, etc. La acuicultura tambi&eacute;n implica la propiedad individual o corporativa de animales acu&aacute;ticos que est&aacute;n siendo criados.&nbsp;

Aquaculture

Acuicultura

Precision Agriculture

Agricultura de precisión

A concept and practice of agricultural production that focuses on production without the use of synthetic inputs and does not allow the use of transgenic organisms. USDA's National Organic Program has established a set of national standards for certified organic production.

Organic Certification

Orgánicos

Organic Production

Producción orgánica 

Agroforestry

Agroforestería

Irrigated Farming

Agricultura de riego

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes green house gases (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national fool security and development goals.

La agricultura clim&aacute;ticamente inteligente es la agricultura que sosteniblemente incrementa la productividad, la resiliencia (adaptaci&oacute;n), reduce/remueve los gases de efecto invernadero (mitigaci&oacute;n) y promueve el logro de la seguridad alimentaria nacional y las metas de desarrollo.[<a href="http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1361789093890">AGROVOC</a>] [<a href="https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/314824">NALT</a>]

Climate-Smart Agriculture

Agricultura climáticamente inteligente

Urban agriculture (UA) is defined as the production of crop and livestock goods within cities and towns.

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Livestock and Poultry Farming

Small Farms

Aquaculture

Precision Agriculture

Organic Production

Agroforestry

Irrigated Farming

Climate-Smart Agriculture

Urban Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture

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