Acronyms

ACEP-ALE

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program – Agricultural Land Easements (United States)

AFAD

Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (Ministry of Interior, Turkey)

AGEA

Italian Agricultural Payments Agency (Italy)

Agroseguros

Agro Insurance Committee (Chile)

ANBI

National Association of Consortia (Italy)

BDIARI

Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute in Konya (MAF-TAGEM, Turkey)

BSE

Bovine Spongioform Encephalopathy

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CBPP

Contagious Pleuropneumonia (lung sickness)

CDEM

Civil Defence and Emergency Management (New Zealand)

ÇEM

General Directorate for Combating Desertification and Erosion (MAF, Turkey)

CES

Cooperative Extension System (United States)

CIMMYT

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (Turkey)

CPD

Civil Protection Department (Italy)

CREA

Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (Italy)

CREA-PB

CREA - Policies and Bioeconomy (Italy)

CRIs

Crown Research Institutes (New Zealand)

CRP

Conservation Reserve Program (United States)

CSB

Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation (Turkey)

CTI

Technical co-ordination centre (Italy)

DANIA

National Database of Investments for Irrigation and the Environment (Italy)

DASK

Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool

DIA

Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)

DRM

Disaster Risk Management (New Zealand)

DRM

Disaster Risk Management (United States)

DRR

Disaster Risk Reduction

DRR/M

Disaster Risk Reduction/Management

DSI

State Hydraulics Works (MAF, Turkey)

DVS

Directorate of Veterinary Services (Namibia)

ECP

Emergency Conservation Program (United States)

EDEN

Extension Disaster Education Network (United States)

EQIP

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (United States)

EU

European Union

EWP

Emergency Watershed Protection (United States)

EWPP-FPE

Emergency Watershed Protection Program – Floodplain Easements Option (United States)

FAO

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management System (United States)

FMD

Foot and Mouth Disease

FSA

Farm Service Agency (United States)

FSN

National Solidarity Fund (Italy)

GD

General Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Turkey)

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEF

Global Environment Facility (Turkey)

GNS

Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (New Zealand)

HICs

High-Income Countries

ICARDA

International Dry Areas Agricultural Research Institute (Turkey)

INDAP

Agricultural Development Institute (Chile)

INIA

Agricultural Research Institute (Chile)

ISIL

Survey of Lombardy's Irrigation Systems (Italy)

ISMEA

Italian Institute for Food and Agricultural Market Services (Italy)

Istat

Italian National Institute of Statistics (Italy)

IUVENE

National Reference Centre for Veterinary Urban Hygiene and Non-Epidemic Emergencies (Italy)

IWWIP

International Winter Wheat Improvement Program (Turkey)

JA

Japan Agricultural Co-operative (Japan)

JMA

Japan Meteorological Agency (Japan)

LDCs

Least Developed Countries

LEP

Land and Environment Plans (New Zealand)

LMICs

Low- and Middle-Income Countries

MAF

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Turkey)

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)

MATTM

Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection (Italy)

MAWLR

Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (Namibia)

MBIE

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (New Zealand)

MfE

Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand)

MGM

Turkish State Meteorological Service (MAF)

MINAGRI

Ministry of Agriculture (Chile)

MiPAAF

Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (Italy)

MIT

Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility (Italy)

MLIT

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)

MPI

Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand)

NACD

National Association of Conservation Districts (United States)

NamLITS

Namibia Livestock Identification and Traceability System (Namibia)

NARO

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (Japan)

NBEOC

National Business Emergency Operations Center (United States)

NEMA

National Emergency Management Agency (New Zealand)

NFIP

National Flood Insurance Program (United States)

NGOs

Non-governmental organisations (New Zealand)

NHID

Natural hazard-induced disasters (United States)

NIFA

National Institute for Food and Agriculture (United States)

NIPP

National Infrastructure Protection Plan (United States)

NIWA

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand)

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States)

NPS

National Preparedness System (United States)

NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service (United States)

NZIER

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (New Zealand)

OWU

Observatories on Water Use (Italy)

RAN

National Agroclimatic Network (Chile)

RBA

Rome-based Agencies

RBAs

River Basin District Authorities (Italy)

RDPs

Rural Development Plans

RMA

Risk Management Agency (United States)

RSTs

Rural Support Trusts (New Zealand)

SEGRA

Agricultural Emergency and Risk Management Section (Chile)

SHP

Soil Health Partnership (United States)

SIGRIAN

National Information System for the Management of Water Resources in Agriculture (Italy)

SIVENE

IUVENE Information System (Italy)

SLMACC

Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change (New Zealand)

SNPC

National civil protection system (Chile)

SUEN

Turkish Water Institute (MAF)

SYGM

General Directorate for Water Management (MAF, Turkey)

TAGEM

General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (MAF, Turkey)

TARSİM

State Agricultural Insurance (MAF-TRGM, Turkey)

TRGM

GD Agricultural Reform (MAF, Turkey)

TUIK

Turkish Statistical Institute

TUSIAD

Turkish Industry and Business association

UF/IFAS

University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (United States)

USACE

US Army Corps of Engineers (United States)

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture (United States)

USGCRP

US Global Change Research Program (United States)

USGS

US Geological Survey (United States)

WAL

Water abstraction licenses (Italy)

WFD

Water Framework Directive

WFPO

Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (United States)

WHIP

Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program (United States)

WUO

Water Users Organisations (Turkey)