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AAA |
Agricultural Adjustment Administration |
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AAZK |
American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc. |
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ABWAK |
Association of British Wild Animal Keepers |
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ACIAR |
Australian Center for International Agriculture Research |
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ACP |
Agricultural Conservation Program |
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AGORA |
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture |
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AHS |
Agricultural History Society |
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ALCOM |
Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme |
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ANPR |
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
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APMRU |
Areawide Pest Management Research Unit |
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APRP |
Arabian Peninsula Regional Program |
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ARS |
United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service |
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ARTP |
Agricultural Research and Training Project |
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ASAE |
American Society of Agricultural Engineers |
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ASCS |
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service |
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ASI |
American Sheep Industry Association |
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ASZK |
Australasian Society of Zoo Keeping |
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AWT |
Advanced Wastewater Treatment |
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BIT |
Bilateral Investment Treaty |
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BMP |
Best Management Practice |
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BOD |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
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CAFO |
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation |
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CAPART |
Council for the Advancement of People's Action & Rural Technology |
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CAST |
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology |
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CHATSEA |
Challenges of the Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia |
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CNP |
Confédération Nationale Paysanne |
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CPVO |
Community Plant Variety Office |
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CSRS |
Cooperative State Research Service (US Dept. Of Agriculture) |
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CTA |
Conservation Technical Assistance |
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DEFRA |
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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DRDA |
District Rural Development Agency |
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EAGGF |
European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Funds |
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ECARP |
Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program |
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EEP |
Export Enhancement Program |
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EFSA |
European Food Safety Authority |
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ES |
Extension Service |
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EUP |
Experimental Use Permit |
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FAPRI |
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
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FBP |
Food and Bioproducts Processing |
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FCC |
Farm Credit Canada |
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FFDCA |
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 |
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FFT |
Fédération Française des Trufficulteurs |
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FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (1972) |
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IPPS |
International Plant Propagators Society |
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IRI |
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction |
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IRI |
International Research Institute |
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IRI |
International Research Institute for Climate and Society |
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IRI |
International Research Institutetute |
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IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
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ISST |
International Society of Seed Technologists |
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ISTA |
International Seed Testing Association |
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JAER |
Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research |
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JAS |
Journal of Agricultural Science |
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JAWF |
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility |
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LDD |
Land Degradation & Development |
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LULUCF |
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
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LUTEA |
Land Use in Temperate East Asia |
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MGK |
McLaughlin Gormley King Company |
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MLRA |
Major Land Resource Area |
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MOFA |
Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
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MTD |
Maximum Tolerated Dose (that does not produce unacceptable toxicity) |
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NADA |
New Animal Drug Applications |
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NASDA |
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture |
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NDFU |
North Dakota Farmers Union |
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NFU |
National Farmers Union |
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NRCS |
Natural Resource Conservation Service |
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NRI |
National Research Initiative |
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OGC |
Office of General Counsel |
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OPP |
Office of Pesticide Programs |
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PAF |
Penicillium Antifungal |
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PBDAC |
Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit |
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PGC |
Plant Growth Chamber |
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PIN |
Pesticide Information Network |
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POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
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RAID |
Regional Association for Irrigation and Drainage |
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RCD |
Resource Conservation District |
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RCWP |
Rural Clean Water Program |
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RMHI |
Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute |
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RMOS |
Rice Microarray Opening Site |
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SAB |
Science Advisory Board (USEPA) |
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SAES |
State Agricultural Experiment Station |
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SASA |
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency |
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SCC |
Saskatoon Colostrum Company |
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SCS |
Soil Conservation Service (Anchorage, Alaska) (USDA and DOA) |
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SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act (as amended in 1986) |
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SIP |
State Implementation Plan |
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SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security |
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SRF |
State Revolving Fund |
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SSBA |
Shropshire Sheep Breeders Association |
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SSBA |
Saskatchewan Sheep Breeders Association |
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sssa |
Soil Science Society of America, Inc. |
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STFU |
Southern Tenant Farmers Union |
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TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
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TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
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TRI |
Toxic Release Inventory |
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TSCA |
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 |
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UIC |
Underground Injection Control |
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UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
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VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds (air pollution) |
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WAOB |
World Agricultural Outlook Board |
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