System terms | HESTIA Glossary

Browse all 44 system terms HESTIA uses to describe agricultural data — with definitions and synonyms. Free and open.

Agroecological system
Agroforestry system Forest farming; Agro-sylviculture
Barn system Confinement; Stall
Battery cage system Caged; Factory farming; Confinement; Stall
Biofloc aquaculture system Biofloc system; Biofloc technology
Circular farming system Circular agriculture; Circular food production system
Colony cage system Caged; Factory farming; Confinement; Stall
Confined pasture system Grass fed; Pasture fed; Pasture-fed; Pasture-based; Lowland pasture; Low-land pasture; Flat pasture
Container-grown system Container gardening; Pot gardening: Pot farming
Extensive system (aquaculture)
Farrowing crate system Farrowing cage
Feedlot system Intensive farming; factory farming; concentrated animal feeding operations; CAFO; Stall
Floating bag system FBS
Floating raft system Floating system; Raft farming
Flow-through system Raceway system
Free range system Mixed outdoor-indoor system; Mixed indoor-outdoor system
Grow bag farming system Bag farming system; Growing bag farming; Sack farming; Sack bag farmin; Growbag; Growbag farming
Hilly pasture system Grass fed; Pasture fed; Pasture-fed; Pasture-based; Mountain pasture
Indoor animal system Caged; Factory farming; Confinement; Stall
Integrated livestock-fish farming system Integrated fish-livestock system
Integrated pest management system IPM system; Integrated pest control system; IPC system; IPM; IPC
Integrated production system IP; Integrated farming; IF; UNI 11233-2009
Intensive system (aquaculture)
Longline system Line farming; Rope farming; Lines farming; Ropes farming
Mixed farming system Integrated agriculture–aquaculture systems; Integrated crop-livestock systems; Mixed agriculture–aquaculture systems; Mixed crop-livestock systems; Mixed farms
Open net pen system Open-net pen system; open-net pens; open-net cages; open-net cage system
Open range system Grass fed; Pasture fed; Pasture-fed; Pasture-based; Open range land; Large grazing area
Outdoor animal system
Peri-urban farming system Peri-urban agriculture
Permaculture system
Protected cropping system, aeroponics
Protected cropping system, hydroponics
Protected cropping system, soil- and substrate-based
Protected cropping system, soil-based
Protected cropping system, substrate-based
Recirculating Aquaculture System RAS; Recirculation aquaculture
Semi-intensive system (aquaculture)
Silvopasture system
Smallholder system Smallholding
Static system (aquaculture) Still water body
System of Rice Intensification SRI
Terraced farming system Step farming system
Urban farming system Urban agriculture
Vertical farming system