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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Agricultural programs & laws
Resource Conservation and Development programme
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The Resource Conservation and Development program, initiated in 1962 under authority of Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-703), assists multi-county areas in enhancing conservation, water ...
Pesticide resistance
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The evolutionary capacity of pests exposed to a pesticide to develop resistance to that pesticide. Some genetically engineered crops now being marketed are accompanied by pest resistance management ...
Residual supplier
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A country that supplies the world market only after importers have met their initial needs from preferred suppliers. A residual supplier is not initially competitive because of higher prices or lower ...
Reserve pool
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A quantity provision in a fruit or vegetable marketing order that requires that some marketable supplies be withheld from the fresh market to be used instead in a so-called secondary market such as ...
Reregistration
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The reevaluation and reapproval by the Environmental Protection Agency of pesticides originally registered prior to 1984. The purpose of reregistration is to evaluate and approve the older ...
Repayment contract
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A contract between a water user's organisation and the Bureau of Reclamation by which the organisation obligates itself to repay a share of the reimbursable construction and other costs (not all ...
Renewable resources
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Natural resources, sometimes called flow resources, that replenish themselves within time limits that permit sustained use, in contrast to nonrenewable resources. Congress recognised the renewable ...
