AlgaeBASE.org – definitive source of taxonomic classification for marine algae
ATC - alkali-treated chips made from eucheuma seaplants
Business transaction - a logical unit of business that is conducted by two or more enterprises and involves the transfer of liquid resources according to mutually accepted systems of governance.
Cottonii – Kappaphycus spp.
Cultivar – A clone derived from vegetative propagation originating from a single seaplant thallus.
End-user – an enterprise that utilizes as-is or further-processed ingredient building-blocks or ingredient solutions in goods that are purchased by wholesale and retail enterprises.
Enterprise core - is a purpose that powers it and the capabilities that enable it to effectively utilizes its resources.
EU – European Union
Eucheuma - “spinosum” of the trade; a seaplant source of iota carrageenan. Eucheuma seaplants – Betaphycus, Kappaphycus and Eucheuma
EUREPGAP - Euro Retailer Produce Working Group (EUREP) on standards and procedures for the development of Good Aquaculture Practices (GAP) in conventional agriculture. FAO – United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Firm resources - used in day-to-day process operations. They can be “liquidated” for use as liquid resources.
Further processor – an enterprise that purchases -building blocks for further refinement.
Governance system - specifies the mutually agreed terms and conditions that apply to each transaction; they specify how any disputes will be settled; and they settle things when disputes happen.
GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
HACCP - Hazard Analytical Control Points requirements
Hierarchical governance - based on explicitly defined systems of authority, rank and layered reporting relationships that are typified by the presence of powerful leaders.
IBB - Ingredient building-blocks
Ingredient building-blocks – products derived or extracted purely from one defined source of raw material and then sold to further-processors or solution providers.
IP - Intellectual property
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
IT – information technology
JaSuDa – Jaringan Sumber Daya (Source Net), a program of SEAPlant.net.
TSV – tropical seaweed-to-carrageenan value-chains
USFDA – United States Food and Drug Administration
