Here at SAIFood, we want to make things a bit more digestible for you. But sometimes it is hard to provide all the context you need in one blog. So we have compiled a glossary with a list of words which might need a bit more explanation or a further example.
We are always adding to the list.
- Bioeconomy
- Biotechnology
- Carbon footprint
- Carbon sequestration
- Climate-smart agriculture
- Conventional
- Enteric methane
- Food security
- Gene editing
- Genetically modified organisms
- Genome editing
- Hazard
- Innovation
- Mutagenesis
- New breeding techniques (NBTs)
- Non-governmental organization (NGO)
- Novel food
- Novel trait
- Organic
- Organic food label
- PNT
- Precautionary principle
- Quota
- Regenerative agriculture
- Risk
- Supply management
- Sustainability
- Tariff
- Traditional plant breeding
- Transgenesis

