| List of Acronyms relating to Ontario, Canada, and International Agriculture | |
| AAFC | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| AAAE | American Association for Agricultural Education |
| AAALAC | Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
| AAAP | American Association of Avian Pathologists |
| AAAS | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AACC | American Association of Cereal Chemists |
| AAEA | American Agricultural Economics Association |
| AARCCC | Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| AAVCT | American Academy of Veterinary and Comparative Toxicology |
| AAVMC | Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges |
| ABA | American Bar Association |
| ABARE | Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics |
| ACP | Alberta Canola Producers Commission |
| ACPV | American College of Poultry Veterinarians |
| ADEC | American Distance Education Consortium |
| ADI | acceptable daily intake |
| ADSA | American Dairy Science Association |
| AFGC | American Forage and Grassland Council |
| AGLINK | Agri-Food Sector Linkages Project |
| AgNIC | Agriculture Network Information Center |
| AGPD | Adaptation and Grain Policy Directorate |
| AGRA | American Genetic Resources Alliance |
| AIA | advance informed agreement |
| AIBS | American Institute of Biological Sciences |
| AIC | Agricultural Institute of Canada |
| AIDA | Agricultural Income Disaster Assistance |
| AIMBE | American Institute For Medical and Biological Engineering |
| AMS | Aggregate Measure of Support |
| AMS | American Meteorological Society |
| AMSA | American Meat Science Association |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AOCS | American Oil Chemists' Society |
| AOSA | Association of Official Seed Analysts |
| APEC | Asian Pacific Economic Community |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| APMS | Aquatic Plant Management Society |
| APRES | American Peanut Research and Education Society |
| APS | American Phytopathological Society |
| ARC | Agricultural Research Council (United Kingdom) |
| ARD | Association of Research Directors |
| ARI | Agricultural Research Institute (there are many all around the world) |
| ARIO | Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario |
| ARPAS | American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists |
| ARS | Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| ASA | Agricultural Stabilisation Act |
| ASA | American Society of Agronomy |
| ASAC | American Society of Agricultural Consultants |
| ASAE | American Society of Association Executives |
| ASAE | ASAE: The society for engineering in agricultural, food, and biological systems (formerly known as the American Society of Agricultural Engineers) |
| ASAS | American Society of Animal Science |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASFMRA | American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers |
| ASHS | American Society for Horticultural Science |
| ASM | American Society for Microbiology |
| ASNS | American Society for Nutrtional Sciences |
| ASPB | American Society of Plant Biologists (formerly American Society of Plant Physiologists) |
| ASPP | American Society of Plant Physiologists (now American Society of Plant Biologists) |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| ATIP | Access to Information and Privacy |
| ATNESA | African Traction Network of Eastern and Southern Africa |
| ATS | Agrifood Trade Service |
| ATTRA | Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas |
| AVMA | American Veterinary Medical Association |
| AWP | Alberta Wheat Pool |
| BAP | Business Alignment Plan |
| BAU | Business as Usual |
| BEC | Branch Executive Committee |
| BIA | Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| bST | bovine somatotropin |
| Bt | Bacillus thuringiensis |
| CAFO | concentrated animal feeding operations |
| CAMC | Canadian Agricultural Marketing Council |
| CANSIM | The Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System |
| CARC | Canadian Agrifood Research Council |
| CARD | Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development Fund |
| CASE | Court Appointed Scientific Experts |
| CASP | Canadian Agricultural Safety Program |
| CAST | Council for Agricultural Science and Technology |
| CBACI | Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CBI | Council for Biotechnology Information |
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office (U.S.) |
| CC | Canada Committees |
| CCA | Canadian Cattlemen’s Association |
| CCC | Canola Council of Canada |
| CCEU | Cabinet Committee on Economic Union |
| CCGD | Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors |
| CCIA | Canadian Cattle Identification Agency |
| CCMD | Canadian Centre for Management Development |
| CCME | Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment |
| CDC | Canadian Dairy Commission |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| CDCAC | Canadian Dairy Commission Advisory Committee |
| CDIA | Canadian Direct Investment Abroad |
| CEEMA | Canadian Economic and Emission Model for Agriculture |
| CELS | Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences |
| CEMA | Canadian Egg Marketing Agency |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act |
| CESSE | Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives |
| CFA | Canadian Federation of Agriculture |
| C-FARE | The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| CFBMC | Canadian Farm Business Management Council |
| CFC | Chicken Farmers of Canada |
| CFC | Chlorofluorocarbon (refrigerant) |
| CFIA | Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
| CGC | Canadian Grain Commission |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CHC | Canadian Horticultural Council |
| CIA | Crop Insurance Act |
| CIAT | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) |
| CIFOR | Center for International Forestry Research |
| CIGR | International Commission of Agricultural Engineering |
| CIMMYT | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) |
| CIP | Centro Internacional de la Papa (International Potato Center) |
| CIPSI | Canadian Industry Packaging Stewardship Initiative |
| CIT | Center for Irrigation (California State Univ. - Fresno) |
| CITT | Canadian International Trade Tribunal |
| CMIS | Canadian Marketing Information Services |
| CNIE | Committee for the National Institute for the Environment |
| COCC | Canadian Organic Certification Cooperative LTD |
| Codex | Codex Alimentarius |
| COEN | The Canada Organic/Ecological Network |
| COG | Canadian Organic Growers |
| COLA | Canadian Organic Livestock Association |
| CPEPC | Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPI | Crop Protection Institute |
| CQM | Canadian Quality Milk Program |
| CRAM | Canadian Regional Agricultural Model |
| CRFA | Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association |
| CRP | Conservation Reserve Program |
| CRS | Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress |
| CRTP | Canadian Rural Transition Program |
| CSAE | Canadian Society for Engineering in Agriculture, Food, and Biological Systems |
| CSDA | Canadian Soft Drink Association |
| CSE | Consumer Subsidy Equivalents |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia) |
| CSREES | Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| CSSA | Crop Science Society of America |
| CSSP | Council of Scientific Society Presidents |
| CSTA | Council of Science and Technology Advisors |
| CUSTA | Canada US Trade Agreement |
| CVD | Cattle Countervailing Duty |
| CWB | Canadian Wheat Board |
| DFAIT | Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
| DFC | Dairy Farmers of Canada |
| DHHS | U. S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| DMC | Departmental Management Committee |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| ECP | Environmental Choice Program |
| EFAO | Ecological Farmer's Association of Ontario |
| EKS | Élteto-Köves-Szulc Method |
| ERDA | Economic and Regional Development Agreements |
| ERS | Economic Research Service |
| ERS | Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| ESA | Entomological Society of America |
| EU | European Union |
| EU | European Union |
| FAA | Financial Administration Act |
| FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FAIR | Food Animal Integrated Research |
| FAITC | Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada |
| FANSA | Food and Nutrition Science Alliance |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FAOCP | Food and Agriculture Organization Cooperative Programme (UN) |
| FAOSTAT | FAO database |
| FAPRI | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
| FAPRI | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
| FARM | Food and Agriculture Regional Model |
| FASEB | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
| FASS | Federation of Animal Science Societies |
| FCC | Farm Credit Corporation |
| FDA | U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDRA | Farm Debt Review Act |
| FDRB | Farm Debt Review Boards |
| FERRO | Far Eastern Regional Research Organization, New Delhi, India |
| FFAP | Feed Freight Assistance Program |
| FFDCA | Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (U.S.) |
| FIC | Food Institute of Canada |
| FIFRA | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (U.S.) |
| FIPA | Farm Income and Program Analysis |
| FLIPSIM | Farm Level Income and Policy Simulation |
| FPI | Frozen Potato Institute |
| FPIS | Food Processing Information System |
| FQPA | Food Quality Protection Act |
| FSAM | Farm Support and Adjustment Measures |
| FSIS | Food Safety Inspection Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture |
| FSNet | Food Safety Network |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| FTAA | Free Trade Agreement of the Americans |
| G7 | Group of Seven Nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States) |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GED | Government Expenditure Data |
| GHG | Greenhouse gases |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GM | genetically modified |
| GMO | Genetically Modified Organisms |
| GNP | gross national product |
| GOC | Government of Canada |
| GP | Green Plan |
| GPMC | Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| GRAS | generally recognized as safe |
| GREPA | Groupe de recherche en économie et politique agricole |
| GRIP | Gross Revenue Insurance Plan |
| GTA | Grain Transportation Agency |
| GTAP | Global Trade Analysis Program |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points |
| HCFC | Hydrochlorofluorcarbon (refrigerant) |
| HEMS | Hog Environmental Management Strategy |
| HS | Harmonized System |
| I/O | Input-Output Model |
| IA | Irrigation Association |
| IAFP | International Association for Food Protection |
| IATRC | International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium |
| IBCC | Inter-Branch Coordination Committee |
| IBE | Institute of Biological Engineering |
| IBEC | Inter-Branch Environment Committee |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICAR | Indian Council for Agricultural Research |
| ICARDA | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
| ICID | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage |
| ICLARM | International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
| ICRAF | International Centre for Research in Agroforestry |
| ICRISAT | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development, United Nations |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation (member of the World Bank Group) |
| IFCN | International Farm Comparisons Network |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IFT | Institute of Food Technologists |
| IIC | International Irrigation Center (Utah State Univ.) |
| IICA | Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture |
| IITA | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| ILRI | International Livestock Research Institute |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPGRI | International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
| IPM | Integrated Pest Management |
| IRR | Internal Rate of Return |
| IRRI | International Rice Research Institute |
| ISAAA | International Service for the Acquisition of Agricultural Biotechnology |
| ISHS | International Society for Horticultural Science |
| ISNAR | International Service for National Agricultural Research |
| ISO | International Standards Office |
| ISRTP | International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology |
| ITPD | International Trade and Policy Division |
| ITRC | Irrigation Training and Research Center (Cal Poly Univ.) |
| IU | international unit |
| IWG | Interdepartmental Working Group |
| IWMI | International Water Management Institute |
| JAC | Joint Agricultural Committee |
| KVD | Kernel Visual Distinguishability |
| LDP | Loan Deficiency Payments |
| LFB | Livestock Feed Bureau |
| LMO | living modified organisms |
| MAPAQ | Ministčre de l’Agriculture, des Pęcheries et de l’Alimentation |
| MDP | Management Departmental Program |
| MERCOSUR | Mercado Común del Sur |
| MFP | Multifactor Productivity Measurements |
| MISB | Market and Industry Services Branch |
| MIT | Ministry of Internal Trade |
| MLG | Marketing Loan Gains |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSW | municipal solid waste |
| MTO | Medium Term Outlook |
| MTPD | Medium Term Policy Baseline |
| NAADA | National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association |
| NAAEC | North American Agreement on Environmental Co-operation |
| NACEC | North American Commission for Environmental Co-operation |
| NAEC | National Agriculture Environment Committee |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAL | National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| NAPP | National Packaging Protocol |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NASDA | National Association of State Departments of Agriculture |
| NASS | National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| NASULGC | National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges |
| National C-FAR | National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research |
| NBEP | National Biomass Ethanol Program |
| NCRSP | Human Nutrition Collaborative Research Support Program |
| NCWSS | North Central Weed Science Society |
| NDCC | National Dairy Council of Canada |
| NEWSS | Northeastern Weed Science Society |
| NFPC | National Farm Products Council |
| NFPMC | National Farm Products Marketing Council |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| NISA | Net Income Stabilization Account |
| NLID | National Livestock Identification for Dairy |
| NMP | nutrient management plan |
| NPGS | National Plant Germplasm System |
| NRC | National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) |
| NRCS | National Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| NRI | National Research Initiative (U.S.) |
| NRICGP | USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program |
| NSCSS | National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists |
| NSNAC | National Safety Nets Advisory Committee |
| NSNRC | National Safety Nets Review Committee |
| NSSL | National Seed Storage Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado |
| NSWCP | National Soil and Water Conservation Program |
| NTA | National Transportation Act |
| NTSP | National Tripartite Stabilization Program |
| OAGC | Office of the Auditor General of Canada |
| OATI | Ontario Agricultural Training Institute |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFA | Ontario Federation of Agriculture |
| OGMPA | Ontario Goat Milk Producers' Association |
| OICD | Office of International Cooperation and Development, USDA |
| OM | Organic matter |
| OMAF | Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food |
| OMAFRA | Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget (U.S.) |
| OMEE | Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy |
| OMNR | Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources |
| OOMN | The Ontario Organic Marketing Network |
| OSCIA | Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association |
| OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy (U.S.) |
| OWB | Ontario Wheat Board |
| PCFR | Pest Control Products Regulations |
| PECC | Pacific Economic Cooperation Council |
| PEM | Policy Evaluation Matrix |
| PFC | Production Flexibility Contract |
| PFRA | Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration |
| PMRA | Pest Management Regulatory Agency |
| PPAM | Policy and Program Analysis Models |
| PPP | Producer Payment Panel |
| PRAS | Performance Review and Analysis Section |
| PRO | Pool Return Outlook/Perspective de rendement (regarding Canadian Wheat Board) |
| PSA | Poultry Science Association |
| PSC | Public Service Commission |
| PSE | Producer Subsidy Equivalents |
| PSEA | Public Service Employment Act |
| QSRC | Quick Service Restaurant Council |
| rbst | recombinant bovine somatotropin |
| RCAS | Research Center Administrators Society |
| RCAT | Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology |
| rDNA | recombinant DNA |
| REPCAN | Representative Canadian Farm Model |
| RIOT | Rapid Instrumental Objective Testing |
| RMID | Red Meats Industry Database |
| RS | Rural Secretariat |
| RSS | Rural Sociological Society |
| SAGE | Science Advice for Government Effectiveness |
| SCS | Soil Conservation Service (USDA) |
| SETAC | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| SFT | Speech from the Throne |
| SGTC | Senior Grain Transportation Committee |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIVB | Society for In Vitro Biology |
| SMP | Skim Milk Powder |
| SON | Society of Nematologists |
| SPAC | Soil and Plant Analysis Council |
| SPS | Sanitary / Phytosanitary Regulations on Quality and Food Safety Standards |
| SRM | Society for Range Management |
| SSSA | Soil Science Society of America |
| SWCS | Soil and Water Conservation Society |
| SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society |
| TBT | Technical Trade Barrier |
| TMDL | total maximum daily load |
| TRAC | Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee |
| TRIPS | trade-related intellectual property rights |
| TRQ | Tariff Rate Quota |
| TSE | transmissible spongiform encephalopathy |
| UGG | United Grain Growers |
| UHT | ultra-high temperature |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| UofG | University of Guelph |
| UPA | Union des Producteurs Agricoles |
| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
| USCID | United States Committee on Irrigation and Drainage |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| USIECR | U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution |
| VAEI | Value Added Export Initiative |
| VMAC | Visible Minority Advisory Committee |
| WARDA | West Africa Rice Development Association |
| WCWGA | Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association |
| WED | Western Economic Diversification |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WFAD | Work Force Adjustment Directive |
| WFP | United Nations World Food Programme |
| WGTA | Western Grain Transportation Act |
| WGTAF | Western Grain Transportation Adjustment Fund |
| WGTPP | Western Grain Transition Payments Program |
| WGTR | Western Grain Transportation Reform |
| WHO | United Nations World Health Organization |
| WSC | World Science Conference |
| WSSA | Weed Science Society of America |
| WSWS | Western Society of Weed Science |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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