Glossary F

The Environmental Glossary. Letter F +++ Popular Articles: 'Function', 'Fishery', 'Facility'

A family planning is a system of limiting family size and the Frequency of childbearing by the appropriate use of contraceptive techniques.

Famine is the widespread malnutrition and starvation in a particular area because of a shortage of food, usually caused by drought, war, flood, earthquake, or other catastrophic events that disrupt food production and distribution.

Deutsch: Bauernhof / Español: Granja / Português: Granja / Français: Ferme / Italiano: Fattoria
A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes or an area of water that is devoted primarily to aquacultural processes, in order to produce and manage such commodities as fibres, grains, livestock, or fuel.

Deutsch: Landwirt / Español: Agricultor / Português: Agricultor / Français: Agriculteur / Italiano: Agricoltore

Farmer refers to an individual engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. Farmers are integral to environmental management as they directly influence land use, biodiversity, and the sustainability of food systems.

Deutsch: Agrarwirtschaft / Español: Granja / Português: Granja / Français: Ferme / Italiano: Fattoria
A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes (farming) or an area of water that is devoted primarily to aquacultural processes, in order to produce and manage such commodities as fibres, grains, livestock, or fuel.

Deutsch: Ackerland / Español: tierra agrícola / Português: terras agrícolas / Français: terre agricole / Italiano: terreno agricolo

Farmland refers to land that is used primarily for agricultural purposes, including the growing of crops and the rearing of livestock. This type of land is a critical resource for food production and has significant implications for environmental sustainability.

A Farrow to Finish Operation is a production system that contains all production phases, from breeding to Gestation to Farrowing to Nursery to grow-finishing to market.

A Farrowing is the period from birth to weaning of a pig.

Deutsch: Befestigungselement / Español: Elemento de fijación / Português: Elemento de fixação / Français: Fixation / Italiano: Elemento di fissaggio

A fastener in the environmental context refers to any component used to securely join, connect, or attach materials or structures in ways that minimise environmental impact. Fasteners are critical in industries such as construction, manufacturing, and renewable energy, where eco-friendly materials and reusable or recyclable fastening solutions contribute to sustainability goals.

Deutsch: Strahlregler / Italiano: Rompigetto

A faucet aerator (or tap aerator) is a device that can installed onto the tip of a modern indoor water faucet head, creating a non-splashing stream and possibly delivering a mixture of water and air.

Faucet aerators are often installed in order to:

Sometime the aerator is already included in the faucet. Then a Faucet aerator is a device that can be installed in a sink to reduce water use (Jensen, 1991).