APPENDIX 4: ACRONYMS
Below is a list of the main acronyms used in this
report.
AHDB Agriculture and Horticulture Development
Board
AKIS Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation
System
BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
Research Council
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CLA Country Land and Business Association
COPA-COGECA Committee of Professional Agricultural
Organisations, General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives
Defra Department for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs
DG Directorate-General (of the European
Commission)
EIP European Innovation Partnership
ERA-NET networking of research programmes in
the European Research Area
ERDF European Regional Development
Fund
FAS Farm Advisory System (under the
CAP)
FP Framework Programme (of research
supported by the EU)
FSA Food Standards Agency
GMO Genetically Modified Organism
GPS Global Positioning System
INIA National Institute for Farming and Food
Investigation and Technology (of Spain)
INRA National Institute for Agricultural
Research (of France)
JIC John Innes Centre
JPI Joint Programming Initiative
NFU National Farmers' Union
RAE Research Assessment Exercise
RDA Regional Development Agency
REF Research Excellence Framework
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