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Systems

Sistemas

The set of words or expressions used for a particular subject.

<h3>UF/IFAS Web Resources</h3>
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<li><a href="https://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/education_extension/gloss.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glossary of expressions in biological control</a> Glosario de expresiones en control biol&oacute;gico de J.H. Franco</li>
<li><a href="https://propg.ifas.ufl.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PropG</a> - una aplicaci&oacute;n de glosario web dise&ntilde;ada por los autores del libro de texto est&aacute;ndar mundial: Propagaci&oacute;n de plantas de Hartmann y Kester: Principios y pr&aacute;cticas.&nbsp; Se proporcionan m&aacute;s de 500 t&eacute;rminos, im&aacute;genes y videos en nueve &aacute;reas tem&aacute;ticas principales.</li>
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Terminology

Terminología

Ecosystems

Ecosistemas

Food Systems

Sistemas alimenticios

The pattern of crops grown on a given piece of land, or order in which the crops are cultivated over a fixed period.

Cropping Systems

Government

Gobierno

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 

Irrigation Systems

Sistemas de riego

Any written, electronic, or graphical method of communicating information. The basis of an information system is the sharing and processing of information and ideas. Computers and telecommunication technologies have become essential information system components.

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