Agribusiness

Agribusiness: is the economic activity that includes the production, processing and marketing of livestock, forest and biological agricultural products.

Agribusiness: Agri= Prefix

Agriculture: is the set of skills and knowledge to cultivate the land and part of the primary sector that is dedicated to it.

Agriculture: Agri= Prefix

Air: Gas, transparent, odorless and tasteless substance that surrounds the earth and forms the atmosphere; consists mainly of oxygen and nitrogen.

Animal husbandry: Livestock breeding for exploitation and trade.

Alkali: Soluble metal oxide or hydroxide in water having a basic reaction.

B

Biotechnology: production of high quality plant material and free from disease.

Biotechnology: Bio= Prefix

Biology: Science that studies the structure of living things and their life processes.

Bacterium: Microscopic unicellular organism lacking a nucleus, which is multiplied by simple cell division or by spores.

Bread: Staple food which is made with a mixture of flour, usually wheat, water, salt and yeast, which is kneaded and baked in an oven in pieces of various shapes and sizes; its flavor, color and texture may vary by type of flour used and the added secondary ingredients such as milk, butter, nuts, etc. ..

Bee: Bug about 15 mm long, dark brown hair and reddish, with two pairs of transparent wings crossed nerve; live in colonies, each of which consists of a single fertile female, very many different male and female-sterile; inhabits hollow trees or rocks, or hives that man prepares you, and produces wax and honey.

C

Cold rooms: is a state or private industrial facility where meat or vegetables are stored for later sale.

Cellar: It is a construction, building or underground site is aimed for the production and storage of wine.

Cereal mill: can refer both to the building where grain is ground and the grinding mechanism.

Cheese: It is a solid food made ​​from the curdled milk of cow, goat, sheep, buffalo, camel or other.

Cattle: Set of four-footed animals of one or more species that are bred for their exploitation and trade.

D

Discipline: Set of rules in order to maintain order and subordination among the members of a body or a community in a job or in a particular community.

Drought: Lack of rainfall over an extended period of time produces dry fields and water shortages

Damask: silk fabric one color, dense and full-bodied, interwoven with threads of different hue, brightness and thickness generally forming floral patterns.

Dog: domestic carnivorous mammal of the family Canidae which is characterized by the senses of smell and very fine ear, his intelligence and his loyalty to the man, who has domesticated since prehistoric times; there are many races, many different characteristics.

Dwarf bean: kidney bean.

E

Erosion: Wear and modeling of the Earth's crust caused by the action of wind, rain, river, sea and glacial processes, and by the action of living things.

Employee: Person who performs work for a wage.

Engineer: Person dedicated to engineering.

Eggplant: Horticultural plant, with large, oval leaves, green, covered with a white powder-filled stingers, large purple flowers and fruit ovate or elongated.

Embryo: In living beings of sexual reproduction, fertilized in the early stages of egg development.

F

Fish: These fish can be caught in water oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, but can also be raised through aquaculture.

Fruits: are those edible fruits obtained from cultivated or wild plants which by their usually sweet and tangy flavor, intense and pleasant aroma, and its nutritional properties, are consumed mostly in its fresh state, as juice or dessert.

Food: Taking a nutrient or a living organism to maintain its vital functions.

Fertilizer: That substance improves the quality of the land and facilitates the growth of plants.

Fumigation: Action fumigated.

G

Grain silo: construction is designed to store grain and other bulk materials; are an integral part of the collection cycle of agriculture.

Greenhouse: Gated, covered and conditioner to maintain an even temperature to protect the plants from extreme inclement own winter weather, such as severe cold, frost, wind, etc...

Grennhouse: House=suffix

Growing house: Covered with a fabric that manages to decrease about 32% solar radiation units, which allows for vegetables in the months of intense heat.

Graduate: The Agroindustrial engineer is a comprehensive professional capable of implementing, maintaining, evaluating and selecting efficient transformation processes, production of raw materials and inputs for conversion into finished products and production systems developed for the agribusiness sector.

Graft: Applying a portion provided with one or more pads at a branch or trunk to another floor level, so that outbreak therein and a permanent bond is established.

H

Humic acids: They are very productive fertilizers come in solid and liquid state.

Hygiene: Cleaning or cleansing to maintain health or prevent disease.

Hectares: Measurement of surface symbol is, which is equal to 100 areas.

Horse: Equine mammal, male, medium or large, short hair generally uniform color and short ears; is easily domesticated, and is often used for riding.

Hygrometer: Instrument for measuring humidity.

I

Irrigation: is to provide water to the soil for plants that need supply have