List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

AAFC

Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

AEIs

Agri-environmental Indicators

AIS

Agricultural Innovation System

APMC

Agricultural Product Marketing Committee (India)

ASF

African Swine Fever

BRM programmes

Business Risk Management programmes (Canada)

BNPT

Food assistance programme (Indonesia)

BULOG

Food Logistics Agency (Indonesia)

CAP

Canadian Agricultural Partnership

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy (of the European Union)

CARES

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (Act) (United States)

CEPA

Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

CFAP

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (United States)

CIFA

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

CMU

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

COVID-19

Corona Virus Disease, first recorded in 2019

EAEU

Eurasian Economic Union (Kazakhstan, Russia)

EEA

European Economic Agreement

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EMBRAPA

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FCC

Farm Credit Canada

FTA

Free Trade Agreement

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GHG

Greenhouse Gases

GI

Geographical Indication

GRA

Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (New Zealand)

GRF

Gross Farm Receipts

ICCC

The Interim Climate Change Committee

IHS

Import Health Standards (New Zealand)

INDAP

The smallholders’ agency (Chile)

INTA

The Agricultural Technology Research and Transfer Institute (Costa Rica)

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

MAPA

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Brazil)

MARA

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (China)

MARD

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel)

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NDC

Nationally Determined Contributions

NFA

National Food Authority (the Philippines)

NS

Nitrogen Surplus

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PROAGRO

General agriculture insurance programme (Brazil)

PROCAMPO

System of direct income support payments (Mexico)

RCEF

Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (the Philippines)

R&D

Research and Development

RDP

Rural Development Programme

SADER

Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development (Mexico)

TFP

Total Factor Productivity

TRQ

Tariff Rate Quota

UN

United Nations

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

VAT

Value Added Tax

WTO

World Trade Organization