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== '''<span style="color:#879637">Glossary</span>'''<br/> ==
  
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| style="width: 548px" | Underground geological formation(s), containing usable amounts of groundwater that can supply wells or springs for domestic, industrial, and irrigation uses.
 
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| style="width: 548px" | The amount of water needed by a plant. It depends on the climate, the crop as well as management and environmental conditions. It is the same as crop evapotranspiration.
 
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| style="width: 251px" | '''Assets'''<br/>
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| style="width: 548px" | Water is applied to the soil surface at very low flow rates (drops or small streams) through emitters. Also known as trickle or micro-irrigation.
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| style="width: 497px" | Position in balance sheet which represents what a company owns.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 200px" | '''Emitter'''
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| style="width: 251px" | '''Capital expenditures (CAPEX)'''<br/>
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| style="width: 548px" | Small micro-irrigation dispensing device designed to dissipate pressure and discharge a small uniform flow or trickle of water at a constant discharge which does not vary significantly because of minor differences in pressure head.&nbsp; Also called a "dripper" or "trickler".
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| style="width: 497px" | Are one-time expenses. Normally they are long-term investments in non-consumable parts of the business, for example money that is spent on pump, panels, machines, etc.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 251px" | '''Cash Inflows'''<br/>
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| style="width: 548px" | Loss of water as vapor from the surface of the soil or wet leaves. [mm]
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| style="width: 200px" | '''Evapotranspiration (ET)'''
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| style="width: 548px" | Combined water lost from evaporation and transpiration. The crop ET (ETc) can be estimated by calculating the reference ET for a particular reference crop (ETo for clipped grass) from weather data and multiplying this by a crop coefficient. The ETc, or water lost, equals the CWR, or water needed by plant. [mm]
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| style="width: 497px" | The incoming and outgoing cash of a business. Cash outflows are considered as negative cash flows and cash inflows as positive ones.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 548px" | The Gross Irrigation Water Requirement (GIWR) is used to express the quantity of water that is required in the irrigation system.
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| style="width: 497px" | Outgoing cash, all cash payments realized during a given period (e.g. for buying production inputs, loan installments, buying equipment).<br/>
 
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| style="width: 548px" | The act of water entering the soil profile.
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| style="width: 200px" | '''Fertigation'''
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| style="width: 548px" | The ability to generate sufficient income to meet operating expenditure, financing needs and, ideally, to allow profit generation. It is usually assessed using the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) approaches together with estimating the sensitivity of the cost and revenue elements (See Module FINANCE).<br/>
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| style="width: 200px" | '''Friction loss<br/>'''
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| style="width: 251px" | '''Current Assets'''<br/>
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| style="width: 548px" | The loss of pressure due to flow of water in pipe. It depends on the pipe size (inside diameter), flow rate, and length of pipe. It is determined by consulting a friction loss chart available in an engineering reference book or from a pipe supplier.<br/>
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| style="width: 497px" | Cash and other assets which are expected to be converted into cash or consumed during the normal operating cycle of a business.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 548px" | The energy carried by radiation on a surface over a certain period of time. The global solar radiation is locations specific as it is influenced by clouds, air humidity, climate, elevation and latitude, etc. The global solar radiation on a horizontal surface is measured by a network of meteorological stations all over the world and is expressed in kilowatt hours per square meter [kWh/m²].<br/>
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| style="width: 548px" | The use of gravity to produce pressure and water flow, for example when a storage tank is elevated above the point of use, so that water will flow with no further pumping required.<br/>
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| style="width: 497px" | A cost charged against fixed assets for their replacement.<br/> Note: “depreciation” is one of the few expenses for which there is no associated outgoing cash flow.
 
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| style="width: 548px" | Value of atmospheric pressure at a specific location and condition. (meters):<br/>head, total (dynamic ) Sum of static, pressure, friction and velocity head that a pump works against while pumping at a specific flow rate, head loss Energy loss in fluid flow.<br/>
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| style="width: 497px" | Payment of cash or cash equivalent for good or services received. Cost of resources used up or consumed by the activities of the business.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 251px" | '''Finished Good Stock'''<br/>
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| style="width: 548px" | The rate at which solar energy reaches a unit area at the earth measures in Watts per square meter [W/m<sup>2</sup>]. Also called solar irradiance.<br/>
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| style="width: 497px" | Ability to generate sufficient income to meet operating expenditure, financing needs and, ideally, to allow profit generation. Financial viability is usually assessed using the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) approaches together with estimating the sensitivity of the cost and revenue elements. Both NPV and IRR are the most commonly used decision criteria of a cost-benefit analysis.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 548px" | Irrigation is the controlled application of water to respond to crop needs.<br/>
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| style="width: 548px" | Proportion of the irrigation water that is beneficially used to the irrigation water that is applied [%].<br/>
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| style="width: 251px" | '''Gross Margin'''<br/>
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| style="width: 497px" | Income is money generated from the activities of the business.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 497px" | Gives the discount rate over the life-span of a capital investment; i.e. the profit rate generated by a certain investment (amount) over its life-span. By calculating IRR of a project you can answer the question whether the money is well spent or if less risky investment alternatives might be more profitable in the long run, e.g. putting the money on a bank account to get interest on it.<br/>
 
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| style="width: 548px" | s the rate at which energy is transferred by an electrical circuit expressed in watts.&nbsp; Power depends on the amount of current and voltage in the system.&nbsp; Power equals current multiplied by voltage (P=I x V).<br/>Pressure The measurement of force within a system. This is the force that moves water through pipes, sprinklers and emitters. Static pressure is measured when no water is flowing and dynamic pressure is measured when water is flowing. Pressure and flow are affected by each other. [bars, psi, kPa]<br/>
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| style="width: 497px" | Determines the present worth of an investment by discounting the cash inflows and cash outflows generated by this investment over its life-span. For the determination of the NPV you need to define the expected life span of the investment as well as a discount factor, which might be near to the interest rate on deposits. You could also use the NPV for comparison of alternative investment options.<br/>
 
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Assets
 Position in balance sheet which represents what a company owns.
Capital expenditures (CAPEX)
 Are one-time expenses. Normally they are long-term investments in non-consumable parts of the business, for example money that is spent on pump, panels, machines, etc.
Cash Inflows
 All cash receipts realized within a given period (e.g. from sales).
Cash Flow The incoming and outgoing cash of a business. Cash outflows are considered as negative cash flows and cash inflows as positive ones.
Cash Outflow
 Outgoing cash, all cash payments realized during a given period (e.g. for buying production inputs, loan installments, buying equipment).
Creditors
 Payable occurring from past credit (money owed to suppliers for expenses).
Collateral
 Property or other assets that a borrower offers a lender to secure a loan.
Credit Sales
 Sales made without receiving cash.
Current Assets
 Cash and other assets which are expected to be converted into cash or consumed during the normal operating cycle of a business.
Debtors
 Receivables occurring from past credit sales.
Depreciation
 A cost charged against fixed assets for their replacement.
Note: “depreciation” is one of the few expenses for which there is no associated outgoing cash flow.
Expenses / expenditure
 Payment of cash or cash equivalent for good or services received. Cost of resources used up or consumed by the activities of the business.
Finished Good Stock
 An inventory of final products ready for sale.
Financial Viability
 Ability to generate sufficient income to meet operating expenditure, financing needs and, ideally, to allow profit generation. Financial viability is usually assessed using the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) approaches together with estimating the sensitivity of the cost and revenue elements. Both NPV and IRR are the most commonly used decision criteria of a cost-benefit analysis.
Fixed Assets
 Assets required for long-term use and for physical use in the business (machinery, buildings, office equipment, cars, etc.).
Fixed Cost
 Costs that do not vary with the level of production.
Fixed Investment
 Investment made in fixed assets (e.g. machinery).
Gross Margin
 Gross income minus gross expenses.
Income
 Income is money generated from the activities of the business.
Inflation
 The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising and, consequently, the purchasing power of currency is falling.
Internal Rate of Return
 Gives the discount rate over the life-span of a capital investment; i.e. the profit rate generated by a certain investment (amount) over its life-span. By calculating IRR of a project you can answer the question whether the money is well spent or if less risky investment alternatives might be more profitable in the long run, e.g. putting the money on a bank account to get interest on it.
Liabilities
 Claims by creditors against the assets of a business.
Life Cycle Costing
 A technique for evaluating total cost of ownership to compare different alternatives.
Material Stocks
 An inventory of all raw materials not yet used in production.
Net Present Value
 Determines the present worth of an investment by discounting the cash inflows and cash outflows generated by this investment over its life-span. For the determination of the NPV you need to define the expected life span of the investment as well as a discount factor, which might be near to the interest rate on deposits. You could also use the NPV for comparison of alternative investment options.
Net Working Capital Current Assets minus Current Liabilities.
Operating expenses (OPEX)
 Are the ongoing costs for running a business that are related with the operation and maintenance. They are the expenses related to the production activity of the business and they are divided into fixed and variable costs.
Payback Period (PP)
 The length of time required to recover the cost of an investment.
Profitability
 Income minus expenses. It is stated in the income statement (or Profit and Loss Statement), which reports a company's revenue, expenses, and net income over a period of time.
Raw Material Purchases
 Cost incurred on purchase of raw material
Revenue
 Is the income earned by a business typically through selling goods/products or services.
Variable Cost
 Cost that varies directly with the level of production delivered.
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