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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
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food production
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E Economics, Business and Industry
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Scope Note
Use for production of food at the local, regional, or national level as an economic indicator; For the treatments used to manufacture food products for retail markets USE food processing; For the preparation of foods for meals USE food preparation; For the preparation of harvested or gathered commodities, such as food crops, feed crops or wood, for fresh market or processing USE postharvest treatment.
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Broader Term
agricultural productivity
Related Term
farm to fork
food consumption
food preparation
food processing
food sovereignty
food supply chain
foodshed
postharvest treatment
Spanish
producción de alimentos
Term Number
40879