Statistical Terms Glossary

Fallow agricultural land refers to arable land not under rotation that is set aside for a period of time ranging from one to five years before it is cultivated again; or land, usually under permanent crops, meadows or pastures, that is not being used for such purposes for a period of at least one year.

A family is a group of two or more individuals related by birth or marriage and residing together (US Census Bureau, 2010). People who are not relatives are not considered within the family even if they lived in the same household. Household residents or members include servants, or domestic workers, while family members are those people, who are interlinked by blood or marriage; the scope of the family can go beyond the scope of the house.

It is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on non-wage family labour, including both women’s and men’s. The family and the farm are linked, coevolve and combine economic, environmental, reproductive, social and cultural functions.; It is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production which is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on non-wage family labour, including both women’s and men’s. The family and the farm are linked, coevolve and combine economic, environmental, reproductive, social and cultural functions.

A family benefit is an allowance payable to workers who have the responsibility for the maintenance of their dependent children (including adopted children). It should be a periodical payment granted to any protected person, irrespective of sex, who has completed the prescribed qualifying period, if any.

Provision of public, private, individual or collective services to meet the needs of parents and children or members of the immediate family.

Includes expenditure which support families (i.e. excluding one-person households). This expenditure is often related to the costs associated with raising children or with the support of other dependents.

These are small-scale farmers, pastoralists, forest keepers, fishers who manage areas varying from less than one hectare to 10 hectares. Smallholders are characterized by family-focused motives such as favouring the stability of the farm household system, using mainly family labour for production and using part of the produce for family consumption.

Right to leave for family reasons, which may or may not be shared between the parents.

A family nucleus is of one of the following types (each of which must consist of persons living in the same household): (a) A married couple without children; (b) A married couple with one or more unmarried children; (c) A father with one or more unmarried children; (d) A mother with one or more unmarried children. Couples living in consensual unions may, where appropriate, be regarded as constituting a family nucleus.

Family planning allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their births. It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of involuntary infertility. A woman’s ability to space and limit her pregnancies has a direct impact on her health and well-being as well as on the outcome of each pregnancy.[WHO]

Methods used by couples one or both without coercion to delay or stop pregnancy.

Care of, and support for, dependent children and other members of the immediate family who need help.

The intentional abuse among individuals where significant others are part of the family and/or are fulfilling the function of family, in order to gain power and control over the victim. It includes spousal violence, intimate partner violence, violence between parents and children, siblings, spouses and in laws. Examples include preventing a spouse from access to food, water, shelter or clothing, forced abortion, spousal abuse for not doing what is expected by the husband, such as being late in preparing food, or beating of the wife by her mother in law.

Is defined as those members of the household who are related, to a specific degree, through blood, adoption or marriage. The degree of relationship used in determining the limits of the family in this sense is dependent upon the uses to which the data are to be put and so cannot be established for world-wide use.

Are foreigners selected for long-term settlement because of the family ties they have with citizens or foreigners already residing in the receiving country.

The Cereal Supply and Demand Brief provides an up-to-date perspective of the world cereal market. The monthly brief is supplemented by a detailed assessment of cereal production as well as supply and demand conditions by country/region in the quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation. More in-depth analyses of world markets for cereals, as well as other major food commodities, are published biannually in Food Outlook.

It is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities.

To overcome a key trade barrier for small and medium scale fisheries units that supply smoked and dried fish products to domestic and export markets, an improved dual function fish processing technique, the FTT or Thiaroye Technique, has been designed. It builds on the strengths of the well-known Chorkor kiln and other existing ovens while addressing their weaknesses regarding the products' compliance to regulations on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

The total fees collected from the provision of rail transportation services during the reporting period; it excludes other income such as revenue from catering, station services and on-board services.

The total fees collected from the provision of rail transportation services during the reporting period; it excludes other income such as revenue from catering, station services and on-board service.

The car of (double axel) designed for moving people used in unpaved roads and farms like : (Landgruse, Landover, Caliber, Nissan Patrol, Armada …etc)