Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four volume set (Earthscan Reference Collections)

(Elle) #1

xiv Agriculture and the Environment


IESWTR Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
INIAP National Institute of Agricultural Research from Ecuador
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IPPM Integrated Production and Pest Management
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
JFM joint forest management
KFTC Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
LDC less developed country
LSD least significant difference
LSP Land Stewardship Project
MRL maximum residue levels
NAO National Audit Office
NGO non-governmental organization
NRM natural resource management
OP organophosphate
OPM organic pest management
OTA Office of Technology Assessment
PPE personal protective equipment
RCCI Rural Community College Initiative
RHTs resource and habitat taboos
S&S signs and symptoms
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SESA Ecuadorian Plant and Animal Health Service
SOCM Save Our Cumberland Mountains
SRI System of Rice Intensification
SUP safe use of pesticides
TOA Trade-off Analysis
ToF Training of Facilitators
UN United Nations
USACE US Army Corps of Engineers
USDA US Department of Agriculture
WED Women, Environment and Development
WHO World Health Organization
WTAC willingness to accept compensation
WTP willingness to pay

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