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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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International commodity agreement
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
An undertaking by a group of countries to stabilise trade, supplies, and prices of a commodity for the benefit of participating countries. An agreement usually involves a consensus on quantities ...
Intermediate agricultural products
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Generally refers to agricultural products that have a higher per-unit value than bulk commodities; they are often partly processed but not necessarily ready for the consumers. Examples might include ...
Land capability classification
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The quality of soil resources for agricultural use is commonly expressed as land capability classes and subclasses, which show, in a general way, the suitability of soils for most kinds of field ...
La Niña
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A Cyclical disruption in the ocean-atmosphere system characterised by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. These ocean conditions are just the opposite of El Niño; in latin La ...
Karnal bunt
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A fungus disease of wheat that reduces yields and causes an unpalatable but harmless flavour in flour milled from infected kernels. Appearance of the disease in the United States in early 1996 ...
Jones Act
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The common reference for Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, which requires that all water transportation of goods between U.S. ports be on U.S.- built, owned, crewed, and operated ships. ...
Subscription farming
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Usually refers to a direct marketing arrangement between a local farmer and one or more nearby consumers, where the consumer pays, or agrees to pay, the farmer in advance for delivery of a variety of ...
