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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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Food insecurity
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Life Sciences Research Office (LSRO) defines food insecurity as when the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods in socially acceptable ways is limited or uncertain.
Palmer Drought Index
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A measure of the severity of prolonged periods (months or years) of abnormal dryness or wetness over large regions, published periodically by the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility. The Palmer Index ...
Paid lunch (or breakfast, supper, or snack)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Refers to a federally reimbursed meal (or snack) bought by a child who does not qualify for a free or reduced price meal. Also often referred to as a "full-price" lunch, or a Section 4 lunch. See ...
Paid diversion
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A program, repealed by the FAIR Act of 1996, under which farmers were paid to voluntarily take acreage out of production. The diverted land was devoted to approved conservation practices. Unlike ...
Particulates
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The Environmental Protection Agency has set National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulates. One, in effect since 1987, regulates particles smaller than 10 microns in diameter (PM10); the ...
Parity ratio
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The ratio of the prices received index, 1910-14=100, to the prices paid index on a 1910-14=100 base (called the parity index). The parity ratio is a measure of relative price relationships. It is not ...
Parity price
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A measurement of the purchasing power of a unit of a particular commodity. Originally, parity was the price per bushel, bale, pound, or hundredweight that would be necessary for a unit of a commodity ...
