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Preferred term

foresight  

Entry terms

  • foresight studies
  • futurology
  • long-range planning
  • long-term forecast

Subject

  • Agriculture, economics and politics

Example

  • “Erratic rains have negatively affected the growth of the ‘belg’ (short-term) crops in several areas, with reduced yield expectations; the ‘meher’ (long rainy season) had a late onset, but with a positive long-term forecast, normal or above average harvests in most of the farmland could follow.” (Source : INRA)
  • “Foresight attempts to outline a set of possible futures and to assist in developing a strategy to reach a preferred future.” (Source : INRA)
  • “It is considered very risky to attempt no-till establishment of alfalfa in Oklahoma. […] No-till requires even more long-range planning than conventional establishment.” (Source : INRA)

preferred label (skos-xl)

In other languages

  • Information

    lexinfo:gender: feminine

    lexinfo:partOfSpeech: noun

    prospective

    French

URI

http://opendata.inrae.fr/ASYSEL/48

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