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Biocontrol agent

Agricultural input comprising a living organism or nature-derived product used to suppress pests or disease vectors.

Definition source: AGROVOC: biological control agents

Synonyms

biological control agent, biopesticide

Broader

Agricultural input

Narrower

none

Relations

part-of Integrated pest management

Counts as adaptation

Output addresses a climate hazard, OR is produced by a qualifying intervention, OR an adaptation-specific principle or cross-cutting concept applies to it, OR produces a qualifying outcome; NOT adaptation when it is a general product with no climate-risk framing and no adaptation-specific link.

Provenance

Domain expert; Restructure (v5)

Identifier

OUT_081 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/OUT_081
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/OUT_081)