AEA: Agricultural Engineers’ Association
AIC: Agricultural Industries Confederation
AICC: Association of Independent Crop Consultants
BSPB: British Society of Plant Breeders
CPA: Crop Protection Association
CSL: Central Science Laboratory
CUPGRA: Cambridge University Potato Growers Research
Association
Defra: Department for Environment Food and Rural
Affairs
DSS: Decision Support Systems
EIS: Environmental Information Sheets
EMA: Environmental Management for Agriculture
EMI: Electro-Magnetic Induction
FACTS: Fertiliser Advisers Certification and Training
Scheme
FWAG: Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
GPS: Global Positioning Systems
HGCA: Home Grown Cereals Authority
LEAF: Linking Environment and Farming
LERAP: Local Environment Risk Assessment for Pesticides
NIAB: National Institute of Agricultural Botany
NFUS: National Farmers’ Union Scotland
NRoSo: National Register of Spray Operators
NPTC: National Proficiency Tests Council
NSTS: National Sprayer Testing Scheme
PGRO: Processors and Growers Research Organisation
PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction
PSD: Pesticides Safety Directorate
RSPB: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
SAC: Scottish Agricultural College
SASA: Scottish Agricultural Science Agency
SCRI: Scottish Crop Research Institute
SGRPID: Scottish Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate
SEPA: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
SRI: Silsoe Research Institute
VI: Voluntary Initiative
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