Agriculture

Permanent grassland

Sens commun

All natural meadows, pastures, grazing lands and productive moors.

Source

According to Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

Surface including field crops, permanent grassland areas, permanent crops (vineyards, orchards, etc), fallow lands, family gardens and orchards. The usable agricultural area does not include the grounds of buildings and yards, moors and unproductive wastelands, poplar plantations, thickets, woods and forests of the farm, as well as non-agricultural areas.

Source

According to Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

Grassy buffer zone

Sens technique

Grass strip bordering a plot, mainly located along rivers, which acts as a buffer zone by intercepting and filtering runoff water.

Source

According to Poitou-Charentes Regional Council

Admissible/acceptable daily intake (ADI)

Sens technique

Amount of chemicals that a man or an animal can swallow per day, during his/its life, without any appreciable risk to his/its health. Values are especially established for food additives and pesticide residues whose presence in food meets technical requirements or that are necessary for the protection of plants.

Source

According to Ademe

Run-off

Sens commun

Water driving substances attached to fine particles through the soil. Nitrates and some pesticides in particular (or their degradation by-products) can reach groundwater and affect its quality up to making water unfit for consumption.

Source

According to BRGM

Spreading

Sens commun

The act of spreading a solid or liquid matter onto a surface (manure, soil improvement, fertilizers, pesticides, sludge, etc).

Source

According to Rhone-Mediterranean and Corsica Water Agency

Mudslide

Sens commun

Dramatic result of erosion (destruction of farmlands, flooding of roads, etc). The main consequences of a mudslide are the degradation of the agricultural potential of the soil and of the quality of rivers caused by increase in turbidity, transfer of

Source

According to SOeS

Water use

Sens commun

Utilization of water by human beings (domestic, industrial, agricultural, recreational, cultural uses of drinking water).

Source

According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Scarification

Sens technique

Mechanically loosening soil by trenching without turnover.

Source

According to the Ministry for the Environment and OFB

Sustainable irrigation

Sens commun

Irrigation method that make of good use of irrigation water with calculated inputs to ensure optimal agricultural production. It aims to avoid wasting and draining substances that may be polluting due to excess water.

Source

d'après Ministère en charge de l'environnement et OFB