Analysis of terms and definitions in agricultural technology and agricultural activities

Summary: In all scientific fields, general and specific terms are used to define activities, work content, plan, goal and result of work, complexity of tasks, participants and degree of expertise (qualification), competences, they are the basis for a clear use in legal regulations, scientific-professional literature and practise. The aim of the work is to compare the terminology of agricultural techniques and agricultural production in the context of agricultural techniques and to arrive at suitable explanations of the given phenomena and concepts in a critical analysis in order to enable more successful and precise professional communication and to establish a clear nomenclature. In this research, 23 technical terms most commonly used in agronomy were selected and an original definition was proposed for each term, which was systematised as a suggestion. In addition, the criterion of division and classification and the conceptual designation of five lower levels of division of labour and business was proposed for all agricultural activities. It was found that there is a discrepancy in the literature between the terms used to subdivide the level of farm organisation and the designation of the same level of farm organisation. Given the existing inconsistencies in nomenclature, imprecise and inadequate application of terms, this paper proposes a new categorisation of various agricultural activities into processes, operations, works and activities (tasks) in order to suggest the elimination of deficiencies in theory and practise.