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The food system is a complex web of activities involving the production, processing, transport, and consumption. This term is used frequently in discussions about nutrition,…

The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan (Arabic: مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن‎) is a huge Mamluk period mosque and madrassa situated in Cairo, Egypt, near the Citadel.…

Energy crops are crops cultivated specifically to provide feedstock for energy industries. These are low-cost and low-maintenance crops grown solely for energy production by combustion…

Plastids are storage organelles contained in plant cells, including chromoplasts (they carry colored pigments for organisms such as flowers) and chloroplasts (which carry the green…

An ordinary differential equation (ODE) is an equation involving some ordinary derivatives of a function (as opposed to partial derivatives). In comparison to the term…

Contract farming can be defined as agricultural production carried out according to an agreement between a buyer and farmers, which establishes conditions for the production…

Refined coal is raw coal that has been treated to make it less polluting when burned in a power plant or factory to make steam.…

Ko Samui or Koh Samui, also often locally shortened to Samui (Thai: เกาะสมุย, pronounced (kɔ̀ʔ sā.mǔj)) is a cosmopolitan melting pot, attracting budget travelers staying…

An orange to brown-black solid is ferric chloride, also referred to as Iron(III) chloride. It is the inorganic formula compound (FeCl3); in the +3 oxidation…

Coal is a rock made of almost pure carbon. Bituminous coal or black coal is relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen or…

Miargyrite is a mineral, a sulfide of silver and antimony with the formula AgSbS2. It is an uncommon silver sulfosalt. It is a dimorph of…

Agribusiness is the business of agricultural production. It is the business sector encompassing farming and farming-related commercial activities. This term is used to refer to…