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Agricultural programs & laws
Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.
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food security
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Access by all people at all times to enough food for an active healthy life. Food security at a minimum includes the ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, and an assured ability ...
Food Security Act of 1985
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This Act is P.L. 99-198 (December 23, 1985), a 5-year omnibus farm bill, allowed lower commodity price and income supports and established a dairy herd buyout program. Changes were made in a variety ...
Food Security Advisory Committee
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A Federal advisory committee established as a subcommittee on the Board on International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) to provide private sector and civil society support to the ...
Food Security Commodity Reserve
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
A special reserve of up to 4 million metric tons of wheat, corn, sorghum, and rice to be used for international humanitarian purposes. This reserve created by the FAIR Act of 1996 is an expansion and ...
Food Security Wheat Reserve (FSWR)
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
Title III of the Agriculture Act of 1980 established a reserve of up to 4 million metric tons of wheat for use in meeting emergency food needs in developing countries. This reserve generally was to ...
Food Service Management Institute
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This institute provides instruction, research, and materials in support of better food service management practices by child nutrition providers receiving federal support (e.g., schools operating ...
Food Stamp Act of 1964
Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws
This Act is P.L. 88-525 (August 31, 1964)which provided permanent legislative authority to the Food Stamp Program, which had been administratively implemented on a pilot basis in 1962. It was later ...
