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agricultural biotechnologybioteknologi i landbruket
agricultural building The buildings and adjacent service areas of a farmlandbruksbygning
agricultural disaster Violent, sudden and destructive change in the environment either affecting or caused by land cultivation or the raising of crops or livestocklandbrukskatastrofe
agricultural ecologylandbruksøkologi
agricultural economics An applied social science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of agricultural or farming goods and serviceslandbruksøkonomi
agricultural effluent Any solid, liquid or gas that enters the environment as a by-product of agricultural activitieslandbruksavrenning
agricultural engineering A discipline concerned with developing and improving the means for providing food and fiber for mankind's needslandbruksteknikk
agricultural equipment Machines utilized for tillage, planting, cultivation, and harvesting of cropslandbruksutstyr
agricultural exploitation No definition neededlandbruksutnyttelse
agricultural holding As defined by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, an agricultural holding is simply a basic unit for agricultural productiongårdsanlegg
agricultural hydraulics Science and technology involved in the management of water resources, in the control of erosion and in the removal of unwanted waterlandbrukshydraulikk
agricultural land Land used primarily for the production of plant or animal crops, including arable agriculture, dairying, pasturage, apiaries, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, animal husbandry and the necessary lands and structures needed for packing, processing, treating, or storing the producejordbruksområde
agricultural landscape No definition neededjordbrukslandskap
agricultural legislation Agricultural law is a blend of traditional fields of law including the law of contracts, bailments, torts, criminal, environmental, property, nuisance, wills and estates, and tax law. As such, it is a gathering of statutory and common lawlandbrukslovgivning
agricultural machinery Machines utilized for tillage, planting, cultivation and harvesting of crops. Despite its benefits in increasing yields, mechanisation has clearly had some adverse environmental effects: deep ploughing exposes more soil to wind and water erosion; crop residues can be removed as opposed to ploughing back into the soil; removal of residues can lead to a serious loss of organic content in the soil, which may increase the risk of soil erosionlandbruksmaskin
agricultural management The administration or handling of soil, crops and livestocklandbruksforvaltning
agricultural method Practices and techniques employed in agriculture to improve yields and productivity. Over the last few decades they have undergone big changes: tilling, sowing and harvesting have become increasingly mechanised, and the methods of applying fertilisers and pesticides have become more sophisticated. Many changes within the agricultural system can be summed up by "intensification". The result and aim of intensification has been to achieve increases in production, yields and labour productivity in agriculturejordbruksmetode
agricultural pest Insects and mites that damage crops, weeds that compete with field crops for nutrients and water, plants that choke irrigation channels or drainage systems, rodents that eat young plants and grain, and birds that eat seedlings or stored foodstuffsskadegjører i landbruket
agricultural planning The development of plans and measures to achieve greater and more efficient output from agriculture; a sound agricultural policy should be able to reconcile three basic needs: the production of food and agricultural products, the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the socio-economic structure of rural areaslandbruksplanlegging
agricultural policy A course of action adopted by government or some other organization that determines how to deal with matters involving the cultivation of land; raising crops; feeding, breeding and raising livestock or poultry; and other farming issueslandbrukspolitikk
agricultural pollution The liquid or solid wastes from farming, including: runoff from pesticides, fertilizers, and feedlots; erosion and dust from plowing; animal manure and carcasses, crop residues, and debrislandbruksforurensning
agricultural product The output of the cultivation of the soillandbruksprodukt
agricultural productionjordbruksproduksjon
agricultural real estate Property of agricultural land and anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, fences, etc.fast landbrukseiendom
agricultural storage Any deposit or holdings of farm products, fertilizers, grains, feed and other related supplies in facilities or containers, often to prevent contamination or for times when production cannot meet demandlagring av landbruksprodukt
agricultural structure The buildings, machinery, facilities, related to agricultural productionlandbrukssstruktur
agricultural undervaluation The underrating or diminishing in value of agricultural or farming goods and servicesundervurdering av landbruket
agricultural waste Unusable materials, liquid or solid, that result from agricultural practices, such as fertilizers, pesticides, crop residue (such as orchard prunings) and cattle manurelandbruksavfall
common agricultural policy The set of regulations and practices adopted by member countries of the European Community that consolidates efforts in promoting or ensuring reasonable pricing, fair standards of living, stable markets, increased farm productivity and methods for dealing with food supply or surplusfelles landbrukspolitikk
cultivation of agricultural land Cultivation of land for the production of plant crops. Agricultural land may be employed in an unimproved state with few, if any, management inputs (extensive rangeland), or in an intensively managed state with annual inputs of fertilizer, pest, control treatments, and tillagedyrking av jordbruksareal
means of agricultural production No definition neededlandbruksproduksjonsmiddel
processed agricultural produce No definition neededbearbeidet landbruksprodukt
regulation of agricultural production A body of rules or orders prescribed by government, management or an international organization or treaty pertaining to the cultivation of land, raising crops, or feeding, breeding and raising livestockregulering av landbruksproduksjon
water for agricultural use Water used in agriculture for irrigation and livestock. Livestock watering is only 1 percent of the total water withdrawal for agricultural use. Of all functional water uses, irrigation is the largest agricultural use of watervann til bruk i landbruk