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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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gross farm income
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The monetary and non-monetary income received by farm operators. Its main components include cash receipts from the sale of farm products, government payments, other farm income (such as income from ...
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Gross domestic product is a measure of the total production and consumption of goods and services in the United States. The Bureau of Economic Analysis constructs two complementary measures of GDP, ...
greenhouse effect
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
The hypothesized warming of the Earth’s atmosphere as a result of increasing atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other gases that trap infrared radiation emitted from the earth’s surface. While ...
green manure
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Any crop or plant grown and plowed under to improve the soil, by adding organic matter and subsequently releasing plant nutrients, especially nitrogen.
green box policies
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Domestic or trade policies that are deemed to be minimally trade-distorting and that are excluded from reduction commitments in the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. Examples are domestic ...
World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
As part of the Office of the Chief Economist, the WAOB coordinates the commodity forecasting program; monitors global weather and analyzes its impact on agriculture; and coordinates USDA's weather, ...
World Bank
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A multilateral economic development institution established in 1945 to extend loans and technical assistance for development projects in developing countries. It is formally referred to as the ...
