Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.

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specialty crops

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Usually refers to crops covered by marketing orders that generally are not fruits or vegetables. Specialty crops have included almonds, filberts, walnuts, spearmint oil, hops, dates, raisins, and ...

A clause in the UR Agreement on Agriculture that gives countries the option of foregoing tariffication on some commodities and instead requires minimum imports above the minimum access commitments of ...

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

WIC provides federal grant funds to state health agencies and recognized Indian tribal organizations to operate programs for low-income pregnant and postpartum mothers, infants, and children (under ...

special review

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Formerly known as Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration (RPAR), this is a regulatory process through which existing pesticides suspected of posing unreasonable risks to human health, non-target ...

special Safeguard provisions

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Provisions within the UR Agreement on Agriculture designed to protect products which were subject to tariffication from surges in imports or large price declines.

Special Milk Program

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Offers federal reimbursements for each half-pint of milk served to a child in a participating outlet, which generally is any school or facility caring for children that does not participate in other ...

special and differential treatment

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A set of GATT provisions (in Article 18) that exempts developing countries from the same strict trade rules and disciplines of more industrialized countries. In the Uruguay Round Agreement on ...