Acronyms & Abbreviations in Agriculture

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Abbreviation	Full Form
AAU	Assam Agricultural University
ABI	Agri-Business Incubation
ABNJ	Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
ACABC	Agri-Clinic and Agri-business Centre
ACARE	Advanced Centre for Agricultural Research and Education
ACRONYMS	(Heading word only; not an abbreviation)
ADSS	Autonomous Decision Support Systems
AHRD	Agricultural Human Resource Development
AI	Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Insemination
AICARP	All India Coordinated Agronomic Research Project
AICMIP	All India Co-ordinated Millets Improvement Project
AICPIP	All India Coordinated Pulse Improvement Project
AICRIP	All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project
AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project
AICRPO	All India Coordinated Research Project on Oilseeds
AICVIP	All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project
AICWIP	All India Coordinated Wheat Improvement Project
AIEEA	All India Entrance Examinations for Admission
AINP	All India Network Project
AKI	Agricultural Knowledge Initiative
AMR	Anti-microbial Resistance
ANASTU	Afghan National Agricultural Sciences and Technology University
ANGRAU	Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
APAARI	Asia-Pacific Association of Agriculture Research Institutions
APC	Agro-Processing Centers
APCAEM	Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery
APMC	Agricultural Produce Market Committee
APMR	Agriculture Produce Marketing Regulation
ARIC	Agricultural Research Information Centre
ARIS	Agricultural Research Information System
ARS	Agricultural Research Service(s)
ARYA	Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture
ASEAN	Association of South East Nations
ASRB	Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board
ATIC	Agricultural Technology Information Centre
ATMA	Agricultural Technology Management Agency
AUTM	Association of Universities for Technology Management
AU	Agricultural University
AVRDC	Asian Vegetable Research & Development Centre
AWS	Automatic Weather Stations
BARC	Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
BBF	Broad Bed and Furrow
BBRC	Bioscience Biotechnology Research Communications
BE	Budget Estimate
BGA	Blue Green Algae
BI	Bioversity International
BIMSTEC	Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BIRAC	Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council
BIS	Bureau of Indian Standards
BISA	Borlaug Institute for South Asia
BMC	Broodstock Multiplication Centres
BMGF	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BPD	Business Planning and Development
BRDS	By-catch Reduction Devices
BRICS	Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
BSAA	Belarusian State Agricultural Academy
BSMA	Broad Subject Matter Area
BTV	Bluetongue Virus
CAAS	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CABI	Centre for Agriculture & Biosciences International
CACP	Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices
CAFRI	Central Agroforestry Research Institute
CAGR	Compound Annual Growth Rate
CAS	Centre of Advanced Studies
CAU	Central Agricultural University
CAZRI	Central Arid Zone Research Institute
CBP	Capacity Building Program
CCAFS	Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
CCARI	Central Coastal Agriculture Research Institute
CCIS	Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme
CCSHAU	Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University
CDP	Community Development Programme
CGIAR	Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research
CHC	Custom Hiring Centre
CIAE	Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering
CIAH	Central Institute for Arid Horticulture
CIAT	International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
CIB	Central Insecticides Board
CIBA	Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture
CICR	Central Institute for Cotton Research
CIDA	Canadian International Development Agency
CIFA	Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture
CIFE	Central Institute of Fisheries Education
CIFRI	Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute
CIFT	Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
CIMMYT	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
CIP	International Potato Centre
CIPHET	Central Institute of Post-harvest Engineering and Technology
CIRAD	Centre for International Research on Agricultural Development
CIRCOT	Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology
CISH	Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture
CMFRI	Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
CMS	Cytoplasmic Male Sterile
CP	Crude Protein
CPCRI	Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
CPE	Cumulative pan evaporation
CRIDA	Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
CRIJAF	Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres
CRISPR	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
CRM	Crop Residue Management
CROPSAP	Crop Pest Surveillance and Advisory Project
CSCA	Central Staff College for Agriculture
CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
CSISA	Cereal Systems Initiative South Asia
CSMCRI	Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
CSS	Central Sector Scheme
CSSRI	Central Soil Salinity Research Institute
CTCRI	Central Tuber Crops Research Institute
CTMC	Central Technology Management Committee
CTRI	Central Tobacco Research Institute
CWC	Central Warehousing Corporation
DACP	District Agricultural Contingency Plans
DAFW	Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
DARE	Department of Agricultural Research & Education
DARS	Desert Afforestation Research Station
DAS	Days After Sowing
DBT	Department of Biotechnology
DCFR	Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research
DDG	Deputy Director-General
DDPSC	Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
DFID	Department for International Development
DG	Director-General
DIPA	Directorate of Information and Publications of Agriculture
DISA	District-level Institute of Scientific Agriculture
DOR	Directorate of Oilseeds Research (now Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research)
DPPQS	Directorate of Plant Protection Quarantine and Storage
DRWA	Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture
DSR	Direct seeded rice
DU	Deemed-to-be University
DWR	Directorate of Wheat Research
e-NAM	e-National Agriculture Market
EAFM	Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
EC	Electrical Conductivity
EEZ	Exclusive Economic Zone
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment
EIAR	Ethiopian Institute of Agriculture Research
EIA (as written)	Enzyme Immuno Assay (your text also used EIA this way)
ELISA	Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay
EPN	Entomopathogenic Nematode(s)
EPNS	Entomopathogenic Nematodes
ETL	Economic Threshold Level
ETP	Effluent Treatment Ponds / Endangered Threatened and Protected
EUS	Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FAW	Fall armyworm
FCI	Food Corporation of India
FFS	Farmer Field School
FISH	Fluorescence in situ hybridization
FLRP	Food Legumes Research Platform
FMD	Foot-and-Mouth Disease
FPC	Farmers Producers Company
FPO	Farmer Producers Organizations
FSH	Follicle-stimulating Hormone
FSI	Fishery Survey of India
FYM	Farmyard Manure
GCMS	Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
GAP	Good Agricultural Practices
GBPUAT	Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
GCF	Gross Capital Formation
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GEAC	Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee
GEBV	Genomic Estimated Breeding Value
GER	Gross Enrolment Ratio
GIS	Geographical Information System
GPA	Global Plan of Action
GPS	Global Positioning System
GRD	General Recommended Dose
GTV	Goat Tissue Virus
GUI	Graphic User Interface
GVA	Gross Value Added
HAPA	Hybridization-supplemented Apomixis Components Partitioning Approach
HCIO	Herbarium Cryptogamae India Orientalis
HDPE	High Density Polyethylene
HPR	Host Plant Resistance
HPTLC	High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography
HRD	Human Resource Development
HSI	Hyperspectral imaging
HTMA	Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis
HYVP	High Yielding Varieties Programme
IAN	Indian Agriculture Network
IAP	India Agricultural Programme
IARI	Indian Agricultural Research Institute
IASRI	Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
IBSA	India, Brazil and South Africa
ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICARDA	International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
ICFRE	Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education
ICGEB	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
ICIMOD	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
ICMR	Indian Council of Medical Research
ICRAF	World Agro-Forestry Centre
ICRISAT	International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics
ICT	Information and Communication Technology
IDA	International Depositary Authority
IDLAM	Integrated District Level Adaptation and Mitigation
IDWR	Indian Daily Weather Report
IEC	Information, Education and Communication
IFDC	International Fertilizer Development Center
IFPRI	International Food Policy Research Institute
IFS	Integrated Farming System
IGFRI	Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute
IGKVV	Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya
IHHNV	Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus
IIHR	Indian Institute of Horticultural Research
IIFSR	Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research
IINRG	Indian Institute of Natural Resin and Gums
IIPR / IPR (as written)	Intellectual Property Right(s)
IISR	Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research
IISS	Indian Institute of Soil Science
IIWM	Indian Institute of Water Management
ILRI	International Livestock Research Institute
IMD	India Meteorological Department
IMNV	Infectious myonecrosis virus
IMTA	Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture
IMTECH	Institute of Microbial Technology
INFAAR	Indian Network of Fishery and Animals Antimicrobial Resistance
INRAE	National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment
IOFS	Integrated organic farming system
IPGRI	International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IPM	Integrated Pest Management
IR	International Relations
IRDP	Integrated Rural Development Programme
IRRI	International Rice Research Institute
ISHS	International Society for Horticulture Sciences
ISRO	Indian Space Research Organization
ISTA	International Seed Testing Association
ITCC	Indian Type Culture Collection
ITD	Innovations in Technology Dissemination
IVDMD	In-vitro Dry Matter Digestibility
IVF	In-vitro Fertilization
IVLP	Institution Village Linkage Programme
IVRI	Indian Veterinary Research Institute
IW	Irrigation Water
IWM	Integrated Weed Management
IWMI	International Water Management Institute
JAU	Junagarh Agricultural University
JFE-SSD	Juvenile Fish Excluder cum Shrimp Sorting Device
JIRCAS	Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
JNKVV	Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya
JRL / JTRL	Jute Technological Research Institute
KCC	Kisan Credit Card
KSHAMATA	Knowledge System for Homestead Agriculture Management in Tribal Areas
KTI	Kunitz Trypsin Inhibitor
KVK	Krishi Vigyan Kendra
LCA	Life Cycle Analysis
LDPE	Low Density Polyethylene
LGP	Length of Growing Period(s)
LTFE	Long-term Fertilizer Experiments
MACS	Mutually-Aided Cooperative Society
MAP	Modified Atmosphere Packaging
MAS	Myanmar Agricultural Services / Molecular Marker-assisted Selection (two meanings in your text)
MBV	Monodon baculosvirus
MCA	Ministry of Corporate Affairs
MCE	Multi-Criteria Evaluation
MERU	Multidisciplinary Education and Research University
MGNREGA	Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
MIDH	Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
MNFB	Multi-nutrient Feed Block
MOFPI	Ministry of Food Processing Industries
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MOVCD	Mission on Organic Value Chain Development
MOVCD-NER	Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region
MPAUT	Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology
MPEDA	Marine Products Export Development Authority
MR	Moderately Resistant
MRL	Maximum residue limits
MSME	Medium, Small, Micro Enterprises
MSNP	Micro and Secondary Nutrients and Pollutant
MSP	Minimum Support Price
MSRS	Multistage Stratified Random Sampling
MSU	Michigan State University
MSY	Maximum Sustainable Yield
MW	Molecular Weight
NA	Nutrient Agar
NAARM	National Academy of Agricultural Research Management
NAAS	National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
NABARD	National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development
NAC	Norms and Accreditation Committee
NACA	Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
NAEAB	National Agricultural Education Accreditation Board
NAHEP	National Agricultural Higher Education Project
NAIF	National Agriculture Innovation Fund
NAIMCC	National Agriculturally Important Microbial Culture Collection
NAIP	National Agricultural Innovation Project
NARD / NARD (as written)	National Agricultural Research Database
NARES	National Agricultural Research and Education System
NARO	National Agricultural Research Organization
NARP	National Agricultural Research Project
NARS	National Agricultural Research System
NASF	National Agricultural Science Fund
NATP	National Agricultural Technology Project
NBAIM	National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms
NBAIR	National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources
NBAGR	National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources
NBFGR	National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
NBPGR	National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
NBSS&LUP	National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning
NCA	National Commission on Agriculture
NCDC	National Cooperative Development Corporation
NCIPM	National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management
NCPA	National Committee on use of Plastics in Agriculture
NCPAH	National Committee on Plasticulture Applications in Horticulture
NEH	North Eastern Hill
NFDB	National Fisheries Development Board
NFFBB	National Freshwater Fish Brood Bank
NHB	National Horticulture Board
NHG	National Hybridization Garden
NIASM	National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management
NIBSM	National Institute of Biotic Stress Management
NICRA	National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture
NIDHI	National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations
NILERD	National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development
NIM	National Insect Museum
NIOT	National Institute of Ocean Technology
NIPB	National Institute for Plant Biotechnology
NIRJAFT	National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibres Technology
NMCG	National Mission for Clean Ganga
NMSA	National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
NPC	National Pusa Collection
NPOF	Network Project on Organic Farming
NPV	Nuclear Polyhedrosis Viruses
NRLMP	National Rural Livelihood Mission
NRM	Natural Resource Management
NSPAAD	National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases
NTC	National Training Centre
NWDPRA	National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas
ODL	Open and Distance Learning
OGL	Open General Licensing
OMP	Outer Membrane Protein
ORP	Operational Research Programme
OSU	Ohio State University
OUAT	Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology
PACS	Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society
PAU	Punjab Agricultural University
PAW	Parthenium Awareness Week
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
PDCSR	Project Directorate for Cropping Systems Research
PD_ADMAS	Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance
PDF	Post-doctoral Fellowship
PDS	Public Distribution System
PG	Post-graduate
PGPR	Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria
PGS	Post Graduate Scholarship
PHET	Post-harvest Engineering and Technology
PIRRCOM	Project on Intensification of Regional Research in Cotton, Oilseeds, and Maize
PKVY	Paramparaghata Krishi Vikas Yojana
PM-KISAN	Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
PME	Priority Setting Monitoring & Evaluation
PMFME	Prime Minister Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises
PMKSY	Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
PPVFR	Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right(s) / Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Rights
PRECIS	Providing Regional Climates for Impacts Studies
PSSB	Professional Standard Setting Body
PTO	Power Take Off
PVP	Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone
PYE	Potential Yield Estimation
QPM	Quality Protein Maize
RAU	Rajendra Agricultural University / Rajasthan Agriculture University
RAWE	Rural Agricultural Work Experience
RAWEP	Rural Agricultural Work Experience Program
RAPD	Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
RCRC	Rapid Rural Community Response
RDF	Recommended Dose of Fertilizer
RDN	Rumen Degradable Nitrogen
RE	Revised Estimate
RFLP	Restricted Fragment Length Polymorphism
RGCA	Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture
RH	Relative Humidity
RKVY	Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
RMS	Rabi Marketing Season
RTV	Rice Tungro Virus
SAA	Seychelles Agricultural Agency
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAC	Space Application Centre
SAU / SAUS	State Agricultural University / State Agricultural Universities
SBI	Sugarcane Breeding Institute
SBIRI	Small Business Innovation Research Initiative
SCC	Somatic Cell Count
SCH	Single Cross Hybrid
SFAC	Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium
SHGS	Self-help Groups
SLCARP	Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research and Policy
SLTL	Soil Loss Tolerance Limit
SNP	Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
SOC	Soil Organic Carbon
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SPLAT	Specialized Pheromone and Lure Application Technology
SRI	System of Rice Intensification
SRF	Senior Research Fellowship
SSD	Sub-surface drainage / Seed Support System (both appear in your text)
SSNM	Site-specific Nutrient Management
SSP	Single Superphosphate
SSRS	Simple Sequence Repeats
SST	Sea Surface Temperature
STCR	Soil Test Crop Response
TANUVAS	Tamil Nadu University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
TDN	Total Digestible Nutrient
TBI	Technology Business Incubation
TLCV	Tomato Leaf Curl Virus
TMIS	Training Management Information System
TMO	Technology Mission on Oilseeds
TMOP	Technology Mission on Oilseeds & Pulses
TNA	Training Need Assessment
TNAU	Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
TOR	Terms of Reference (appeared earlier in your older list style; included here once)
TRIPS	Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
TSS	Total Soluble Solids / Total Soluble Solids-Sugars (as written)
TVCSC	Teaching Veterinary Clinical Service Complex
UAS	University of Agricultural Sciences
UCPH	University of Copenhagen
UG	Under-graduate
UGC	University Grants Commission
UN	United Nations
UN-CAPSA	United Nation’s Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Sustainable Agriculture
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UPAYA	Unleashing Potential in Agriculture for Young Agri-preneures
USA	United States of America
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture
UTM	Uterine Milk Protein
VAM	Vesicular-arbuscular Mycorrhiza
VATICA	Value Addition and Technology Incubation Centre in Agriculture
VCRMC	Village Climate Resilience Management Committee
VHF	Vacuum Hermetic Fumigation
VNN	Viral Nervous Necrosis
VPKAS	Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan
WBNV	Watermelon Bud Necrosis Virus
WDCM	World Data Centre for Microorganisms
WFC	World Fish Centre
WFCC	World Federation for Culture Collections
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WSN	Wireless Sensor Networks
WTC-ER	Water Technology Center for Eastern Region