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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Cholinesterase inhibitors
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A class of chemicals that includes numerous insecticides, such as parathion or carbaryl. They inhibit an enzyme found in animals that regulates nerve impulses. Cholinesterase inhibition is associated ...
Chronic hunger
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Long-term hunger caused by endemic problems of availability and access, rather than by temporary emergencies.
Chronic toxicity
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The capacity of a substance to cause long-term or delayed adverse health effects. For example, a cancer resulting from exposure to a carcinogen may not appear for years or decades.
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A joint commission of the Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organization, comprised of some 146 member countries, created in 1962 to ensure consumer food safety, establish ...
Coliform index
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A rating of the purity of water based on a count of faecal coliform bacteria. The presence of faecal coliform bacteria, which are harmless bacteria that live in the intestines of humans and other ...
Collaborative Research Support programme (CRSP)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Created by a 1975 amendment, Title XII, to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the CRSP is a long-term mechanism to encourage and support collaborative research efforts in the areas of international ...
Class I Railroad
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Any railroad with annual gross revenues of at least $250 million (in 1991), according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. These are the largest long-distance U.S. railroad systems such as Union ...
