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AGROFOOD SYSTEM [2 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Food Industries
  • Trade
DEF

A system including food and non-food products that serves the production, processing, trade, marketing, consumption and disposal of goods that originate from agriculture, forestry, or fisheries [as well as] the inputs needed and outputs generated at each of these processes.

Key term(s)
  • agrifood system
  • agrofood system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Commerce
DEF

Ensemble constitué, d'une part, par les produits alimentaires et autres entrant dans la production, la transformation, le commerce, la commercialisation, la consommation et la mise au rebut d'articles d'origine agricole, forestière et halieutique et d'autre part, par les intrants nécessaires et les extrants obtenus dans chacun de ces processus.

OBS

agroalimentaire : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía agrícola
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Comercio
DEF

Conjunto de las actividades que concurren a la formación y a la distribución de los productos alimentarios y, en consecuencia, al cumplimiento de la función de la alimentación humana en una sociedad determinada.

OBS

Los tres principales sectores de actividad económica del SAA son el sector agrario, la industria agroalimentaria y la distribución alimentaria.

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Record 2 2016-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
  • Dietetics
  • Food Industries
  • Hygiene and Health
DEF

A food and agriculture system that effectively and explicitly incorporates nutrition objectives, concerns and considerations to enable communities to achieve food and nutrition security.

Key term(s)
  • nutrition-sensitive agrifood system
  • nutrition-sensitive agrofood system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
  • Diététique
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Hygiène et santé
Key term(s)
  • système agro-alimentaire tenant compte de la nutrition
  • système agro-alimentaire prenant en compte la nutrition

Spanish

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