Acronyms and abbreviations

AC

Autonomous Community

AECID

Spanish Agency of International Co-operation for Development

AEI

Spanish State Research Agency

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AIS

Agricultural Insurance System

AKIS

Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System

ARCA

Spanish National Livestock Breed Information System

ASAJA

Agricultural Association of Young Farmers

ASF

African swine fever

AWU

Annual Work Units

BAT

Best Available Techniques

BERD

Business Expenditure on Research and Development

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union

CBGP

Biotechnology and Plant Genomics Centre

CDTI

Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology

CENCA

National Centre for Agricultural Training

CENTER

National Centre for Irrigation Technologies

CGAP

Code of Good Agricultural Practice

CH₄

Methane

CIDIHUB

Canary Islands Digital Innovation Hub

CIHEAM

International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies

CISA

Animal Health Research Centre

CLUSAGA

Food cluster of Galicia

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

COAG

Co-ordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Stockbreeders

CPVO

EU Community Plant Variety Office

CPVR

Community Plant Variety Right

CRF

Plant Genetic Resources and Sustainable Agriculture Centre

CRIDA

Regional Centres for Agricultural Research and Development

CSIC

Spanish National Research Council

CSP

CAP Strategic Plan

DIH

Digital Innovation Hub

DNSH

“Do No Significant Harm” principle

DUS

Distinctness, uniformity, and stability of plant varieties

EAFRD

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

EAGF

European Agricultural Guarantee Fund

EC

European Commission

ECOGAN

Spanish General Registry of Best Available Techniques in Livestock Farms

EECTI

Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

EIP-AGRI

European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability

ELP 2050

Spanish Long Term Decarbonisation Strategy

ENISA

Empresa Nacional de Investigación S.A., Spanish state-owned company

EPO

European Patent Organisation

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ETS

Emissions Trading System

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FECYT

Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology

FEGA

Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund

FIAB

Spanish Federation of Food and Beverages Industries

FNVA

Farm net value added

FRMP

Flood Risk Management Plan

FTTH

Fibre to the Home

FTTP

Fibre to the Premises

GACSA

Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture

GAEC

Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions

GBARD

Government budget allocation for Research and Development

GDP

Gross domestic product

GERD

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GII

Global Innovation Index

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRA

Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases

HIBA

Hub Iberia Agrotech project

HNVS

High Nature Value Systems

HPC

High Performance Computing

ICIFOR

Forest Science Institute

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

IEC

Innovative Enterprise Clusters

INIA

National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology

INNDIH

Valencia Region Digital Innovation Hub

INTIA

Navarrese Institute for Agro-food Technology and Infrastructure

IP

Intellectual property

IPFL

Non-profit private enterprises

IPR

Intellectual property rights

IRIS

European Digital Innovation Hub Navarra

IRTA

Catalonian Institute for Research and Technology in Food and Agriculture

ISCO

International Standard Classification of Occupations

LIFE

EU funding instrument for the environment and climate action

LUCAS

EU Land Use and Land Cover survey

LULUCF

Land use, land-use change and forestry

MAPA

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

MEFP

Ministry of Education and Vocational Training

MCIN

Ministry of Science and Innovation

MINCOTUR

Ministry for Industry, Commerce and Tourism

MINECO

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation

MITERD

Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge

MNE

Multinational enterprise

N

Nitrogen

N₂O

Nitrous oxide

NABIA

Spanish national water quality database

NAPCP

National Air Pollution Control Programme

NEC

National emission ceilings

NECP

National Energy and Climate Plan

NGA

Next Generation Access

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NH₃

Ammonia

NOx

Nitric oxide

NRDP

National Rural Development Program

NVZ

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone

P

Phosphorus

PAF

Prioritised Action Framework for Natura 2000

PBR

Plant breeder's rights

PCT

Patent Co-operation Treaty

PEICTI

Spanish State Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research Plan

PERTE

Strategic projects for economic recovery and transformation

PGE

Spanish State Public Budget

PGI

Protected Geographical Indication

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

PPS

Purchasing power standard

RBA

River Basin Authority

RBD

River Basin District

RBMP

River Basin Management Plan

RDP

Rural Development Program

RRF

EU Recovery and Resilience Facility

RTRP

Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan

SCAR

Standing Committee on Agricultural Research

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals

SEA

Strategic environmental assessment

SEIASA

State Agricultural Infrastructure Company

SIAR

Agroclimatic Information System for Irrigation

SIEX

Spanish Farm Information System (Sistema de Información de Explotaciones Agrícolas)

SIIU

Integrated System of University Information

SME

Small and medium enterprise

SMR

Statutory Management Requirements

SO₂

Sulfur dioxide

SOC

Soil organic carbon content

SOx

Sulfur oxide

STI

Science, technology, and innovation

SWOT

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

TFP

Total factor productivity

TRIPS

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UAA

Utilised agricultural area

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UPA

Union of Small Farmers

UPOV

International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

USD

US Dollar

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

VAT

Value added tax

VITARTIS

Association of the Food Industry of Castile and León

VOC

Volatile organic compounds

WFD

EU Water Framework Directive

WTO

World Trade Organization