REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN Paix – Travail – Patrie MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT RURAL SECRETARIAT GENERAL DIRECTION DES ENQUÊTES ET DES STATISTIQUES AGRICOLES
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace - Work – Fatherland MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPPEMENT GENERAL SECRETARIAT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS AND STATISTICS
STATISTICAL MONITORING OF AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
Handbook of concepts, definitions and nomenclatures used in Cameroon
A publication of the Department of Agricultural Surveys and Statistics (DESA), with the financial support of the Cocoa and Coffee Sub-sectors Development Fund (CCODEF)
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Handbook of concepts, definitions and nomenclatures for the agricultural inputs sub-sector
TABLE OF CONTENT
TABLE OF CONTENT...2 INDEX...3 Introduction...5 1 Chapter 1:...Erreur ! Signet non défini. Concepts and definitions of agricultural inputs...Erreur ! Signet non défini. 1.1 Fertiliser concepts...Erreur ! Signet non défini. 1.2 Seed concepts...11 1.3 Concepts on phytosanitary products...15 1.4 Other concepts...16 2 Chapter 2: Nomenclatures...19 2.1 Nomenclature on fertilisers...20 2.2 Nomenclature on phytosanitary products...22 2.3 Nomenclature on seeds...20 3 References...26
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INDEX
A
Acaricide, 15 Agricultural use of fertilisers, 18 Agro dealer, 16 Amendment, 8 Apparent fertiliser consumption, 16
B
Basic seeds, 13 Biopesticide, 15 Biostimulant, 8 Breeder seed, 12
C
Certified seeds, 13 Chemical degradation, 8 Cleaning, 11 Clones, 11 Co-financing, 16 Comparison prices, 18 Composite seeds, 13 Compost, 8 Compound/Complex fertiliser, 9 Control, 11 Conventional seeds, 13 Core seeds, 13 Counterfeit seeds, 13 Cross-pollination, 12 Cutting, 11
D
Deficiency, 8 Dialogue within a sector, 16 Distributor, 16 Distribution, 17 Dormancy, 11
E
Emergence, 12 Export, 17
F
Farmer, 17 Farmers' organisations, 18 Farm-saved seeds, 13
Farmers' varieties, 14 Fertilisation, 9 Fertiliser, 9 Fertiliser grade, 10 Fertiliser import declaration receipt, 10 Fertiliser sub-sector, 10 Fertilisers, 8 Fertilisers at risk, 9 Foliar fertiliser, 8 Formulation, 10 Fungicides, 15 Formulation, 10
G
Genetically modified organism, 12 Germination, 11 Germination rate, 13 Grafting, 11 Graft, 11 Green manure, 8
H
Hazardous fertilisers, 9 Herbicides, 15 Hybrid seeds, 13 Hybrid varieties, 14 HS Codes, 16
I
Import prices, 18 Importers/producers, 17 Importers/authorised producers, 16 Improved seed, 13 Improved varieties, 14 Insecticides, 15 Inter-profession, 17 Inputs/registered products, 17
L
Label, 17 Layering, 12 Licenced inputs/products, 17 Liquid manure, 10 Local varieties, 14
M
Manure, 10 Marketing authorisation, 16
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Maintenance (of breeding), 12 Mineral fertilisers, 9 Molluscicides, 15 Miticide, 15
N
Nematicide, 15 Nitrogen fertiliser, 9 Non-use of fertilisers, 17
O
Off-type, 11 Official sample, 17 Open pollination, 11 Organic fertilisation, 10 Organic fertilisers, 9 Organo-mineral fertiliser, 9 Organics seed, 13
P
Packaging, 16 and 17 Pathogens, 15 Peasant seeds, 13 Peasant varieties, 14 Pesticide import declaration receipt, 15 Pesticides, 15 Pest, 15 Phenotype, 12 Phosphate fertiliser, 9 Phosphurus fertiliser, 9 Physical degradation, 8 Phytosanitary products, 15 Phytosanitary certificate, 11 Plant nutrients, 8