Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.

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Developing countries

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A country with a low per capita income. Terms such as less developed country, least developed country, underdeveloped country, poor, and southern have been used to describe developing countries. The ...

Development easement

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A legal agreement by which a landowner surrenders the right to develop a designated parcel of property. Some local and state governments have programmes to acquire development easements from private ...

Disaster payments

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Direct federal payments provided to crop producers when either planting is prevented or crop yields are abnormally low because of adverse weather and related conditions. The Federal Crop Insurance ...

Discharge

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

In water resources, the term refers to the flow of surface water in a stream or canal or the outflow of ground water from a flowing artisan well, ditch, or spring. In environmental protection, the ...

Disease vectors

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Plants or animals that harbour and carry disease organisms which may attack crops or livestock.

Dispute Settlement Body (DSB)

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The General Council of the WTO, composed of representatives of all member countries, convenes as the Dispute Settlement Body to administer rules and procedures agreed to in various agreements. The ...

Dioxin

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Any of a group of toxic chlorinated compounds known chemically as dibenzo-p-dioxins (or the most toxic of these compounds, 2,3,7,8 tetrachloro dibenzo-p-dioxin). They are produced inadvertently as a ...