Glossary
Glossary | Kordoba Agrotech
Glossary of terms: protein infrastructure, food security, agribusiness, small ruminants, aquaculture, value chain, and related concepts.
- Protein infrastructure
- The systems, assets, and capabilities that enable reliable, scalable production of protein and food—including breeding and genetics, farm and hatchery facilities, veterinary and biosecurity protocols, and trading and logistics. When built to institutional standards, it becomes investable and aligned with national food security objectives.
- Food security
- The availability, access, and stability of food supply at national, household, and individual levels. Governments often prioritise domestic protein production (livestock and aquaculture) to reduce import dependence and strengthen resilience.
- Small ruminants
- Sheep and goats. A focus area for Kordoba Agrotech, where genetic improvement, breeding infrastructure, and farm-level productivity can be scaled through structured programmes and institutional capital.
- Aquaculture
- The farming of fish and other aquatic organisms. We focus on hatchery-to-market systems: broodstock, hatcheries, controlled grow-out, biosecurity, traceability, and market access.
- Value chain
- The full sequence of activities from genetics and production through processing, logistics, and market. Integrated value chains reduce fragmentation and allow institutional investment to flow into measurable, scalable assets.
- Hatchery-to-market
- An integrated approach that spans fish hatcheries, nursery and grow-out, biosecurity and compliance, and export or domestic market channels—turning production into tradable, traceable output.
- Biosecurity
- Measures to prevent, control, and manage disease and biological risk in livestock and aquaculture. Essential for productivity, animal welfare, and trade; a core part of our operating and ESG frameworks.
- MENA
- Middle East and North Africa. A core region for Kordoba Agrotech, alongside Southeast Asia, with strong food security agendas and government-linked protein programmes.
- ESG
- Environmental, social, and governance. For agribusiness, this includes biosecurity, animal welfare, carbon and resource efficiency, livelihoods, and transparent governance—increasingly expected by institutional investors.