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FAOTERM

FAOTERM is FAO's main and largest terminology collection. It includes technical terminology from all the FAO areas of work, as well as titles (slogans, publications, etc.) and names of bodies (commissions, committees, etc.) from FAO and other entities (see the list of subjects below).

As of November 2023, FAOTERM comprises more than 72 000 records, most of which provide equivalents in the six FAO official languages. It also includes scientific names for taxonomies as well as some terms in non-FAO languages, such as German, Italian and Portuguese.

FAOTERM is maintained by the Terminology Team in the Language Branch (CSGL).

FAOTERM list of subjects:

  • Acoustics
  • Acridology
  • Administration
  • Agricultural Buildings
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Equipment
  • Agricultural Extension
  • Agricultural Statistics
  • Agriculture
  • Air Transport
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Animal Breeding
  • Animal Breeding Equipment
  • Animal Genetics
  • Animal Names and Species
  • Animal Nutrition
  • Animal Pests and Diseases
  • Animal Products
  • Apiculture
  • Aquaculture
  • Artificial Products
  • Bacteriology
  • Bananas
  • Beverages
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioenergy
  • Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany
  • Building FAO
  • Buildings
  • Cartography
  • Cereals
  • Chemistry
  • Citrus Fruits
  • Civil Engineering
  • Climate Change
  • Climatology
  • Cocoa
  • Coconuts
  • Coffee
  • Commodities
  • Cotton
  • Cultivation
  • Dairy Products
  • Data Processing
  • Demography
  • Disasters
  • Documentation
  • Domestic Animals
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Geography
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Entomology
  • Environment
  • Fertilizers
  • Fibres
  • Finance
  • Fish Anatomy
  • Fish Culture
  • Fish Diseases
  • Fish Names and Species
  • Fish Products
  • Fisheries
  • Fisheries Management
  • Fishing Gear
  • Fishing Vessels
  • Food Additives
  • Food Irradiation
  • Food Legislation
  • Food Processing
  • Food Safety
  • Food Security
  • Food Storage/Preservation
  • Food Technology
  • Forest Management
  • Forestry
  • Forestry Equipment
  • Fruit Juices
  • Fruits
  • Fuelwood
  • Gender
  • General
  • Genetics
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Glues
  • Health Care
  • Hides and Skins
  • Home Economics
  • Human Diseases
  • Hydrology
  • Hygiene
  • Industrial Equipment
  • Information
  • Insurance
  • Irrigation
  • Laboratory Techniques
  • Labour
  • Law
  • Law of the Sea
  • Maize
  • Marketing
  • Meat
  • Medical Equipment
  • Medicine
  • Microbiology
  • Mining
  • Navigation
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nutrition
  • Oceanography
  • Oils and Fats
  • Packaging
  • Paper
  • Pest Control
  • Pesticides
  • Physical Geography
  • Physics
  • Plant Genetics
  • Plant Names and Species
  • Plant Pests and Diseases
  • Plant Production
  • Plant Products
  • Plant Protection
  • Politics
  • Printing and Publishing
  • Rail Transport
  • Remote Sensing
  • Rice
  • Road Transport
  • Sea Transport
  • Seeds
  • Sociology
  • Soil Management
  • Soils
  • Spices
  • Statistics
  • Sugar
  • Tea
  • Telecommunications
  • Textiles
  • Titles
  • Tobacco
  • Toxicology
  • Trade
  • Transport
  • Tropical Fruits
  • Urbanism
  • Vegetation
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • Virology
  • Waste Management
  • Water
  • Water Management
  • Welfare
  • Wheat
  • Wood Products
  • Woodworking
  • Zoology

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