Agriculture Acronyms Glossary

Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations used in the Agriculture Industry, worldwide.

AGDP - Gross Domestic Product From Agriculture

Ant. - Anticipated

APL - Above Poverty Line

BE - Budget Estimates

BPL - Below Poverty Line

C.A.C.P. - Commission For Agricultural Cost and Prices.

CBB - Commercial Bank Branch

CCE - Crop Cutting Experiments

CCI - Cotton Corporation of India

CDSBO - Crude Degumed Soyabean Oil

CES - Crop Estimation Surveys

CIF - Cost, Insurance & Freight

CIP - Central Issue Price

CWWG - Crop Weather Watch Group

DAP - Di Ammonium Phosphate

DES - Directorate of Economics and Statistics

E - Estimated

F.A.O. - Food and Agriculture Organisation

F.A.Q. - Fair Average Quality

F2 - Black Soil

F-414/ H-777/ J34/H4 - Cotton Varieties

FCI - Food Corporation of India

FDI - Foreign Direct Investment

FRL - Full Reservoir Level

FYM - Farm Yard Manure

GCA - Gross Cropped Area

GCES - General Crop Estimation Survey

GCF - Gross Capital Formation

GDP - Gross Domestic Product

GNP - Gross National Product

GSDP - Gross State Domestic Product

Ha - Hectares

HYV - High Yielding Varieties

I - Irrigated

ICOR - Incremental Capital Output Ratio K - Potash

KMPH - Kilometers Per Hour

KWH - Kilo Watt Hour

L2 - Light Soil

LPCPD - Litres per Capita Per Day

MSCCGMF - Maharashtra State Co-operative Cotton Growers Marketing Federation

MIS - Market Intervention Scheme

MSP - Minimum Support Prices

MSR - Marketed Surplus Ratio

N - Nitrogen

N.A. - Not Announced/ Not Available

N.Q. - Not Quoted

NAFED - National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India Limited.

NDDB - National Dairy Development Board

Neg. - Negligible

NNP - Net National Product

NR - Not Recommended

NSA - Net Sown Area

NSS - National Sample Survey

OECD - Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development

P - Phosphate

PACS - Primary Agricultural Credit Society

Pd. - Per day

PDS - Public Distribution System

PLDB - Primary Land Development Bank

PSE - Producers Support Estimate

PSEs - Public Sector Enterprises

R - Revised

R&D - Research & Development

R&M - Rapeseed & Mustard

RE - Revised Estimates

RRBB - Regional Rural Bank Branch

SDP - State Domestic Product

SASAs - State Agricultural Statistical Authority

SLDB - State Land Development Bank

SRS - Sample Registration Scheme

SSP - Single Super Phosphate

T - Target

TE - Triennium Ending

TD-5 - Jute Variety

TPDS - Targeted Public Distribution System

TRQ - Tariff Rate Quota

TRRM - Tropical Rains Measuring Mission

TT - Tentative Targets

U.K. - United Kingdom

U.S.A. - United States of America

UI - Unirrigated

UT - Union Territory

WTO - World Trade Organisation