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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Proximate cause
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A legal term used to describe the causal relation between and action and an outcome. The term is important in trying to determine and assign responsibility for damages. The generally assign ...
Put option
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
An option contract to sell a futures contract at an agreed price and time at any time until the expiration of the option. A put option is purchased to protect against a fall in price. The buyer pays ...
Purchaser road credits
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Credits granted to purchasers of timber in the national forests in exchange for the construction of permanent roads specified in the timber sale contract. The amount of the credits is the Forest ...
Quantitative restrictions of trade
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Quantitative restrictions are limitations on the quantity or value of a product that may be permitted to enter a country. They are probably the most familiar of the nontariff barriers and include ...
Quarantine
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A restraint on importation of certain animals or plants from areas where pests or contagious diseases are endemic — or isolation of animals or plants suspected of carrying pests or diseases — to ...
Qualified Through Verification
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
An AMS pilot programme (since 1996) for the fresh-cut produce industry, enabling them to gain official certification of the wholesomeness of their products to improve marketing opportunities. Under ...
Reclamation
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The process of rehabilitating disturbed lands, or converting unproductive lands to productive uses. The term is also used for the process of recycling or reusing water. In the context of the ...
