| 4-H | Head,
Heart, Hands, Health: the UCCE 4-H Youth Development
Program helps 100,000 young Californians become responsible adults. |
| 1862s |
Land-Grant
Institutions Established by the Passage of the First Morrill Act
(1862): the Morrill Act was intended to provide a broad segment
of the population with a practical education that had direct relevance
to their daily lives. |
| 1890s |
1890 Land-Grant
Colleges and Universities and Tuskegee University: Historically
black land-grant colleges and universities, through the Act of August
30, 1890 (the Second Morrill Act), and several other authorities,
may receive federal funds for agricultural research, extension and
teaching. |
| 1994s |
Native American
Institutions which received land-grant status in 1994 as a provision
in the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act, titled
The Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. |
| AASCARR | American Association
of State Colleges of Agriculture and Renewable Resources: an affiliate
of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU),
is an organization of approximately 60 state colleges and universities
that offer undergraduate education in agriculture and renewable resources.
AASCARR's purpose is to promote leadership in agricultural and renewable
resource education. The association works closely with the Academic
Programs Section of NASULGC and the Office
of Higher Education at the USDA to promote the
importance of agricultural education. |
| ACOP | Academic Committee
on Organization and Policy: the representative government body
of the Academic Programs Section. |
| ADEC | American Distance
Education Consortium: an international consortium of state universities
and land grant institutions providing high-quality and economic distance
education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate
information technologies. |
| AESOP | AESOP Enterprises,
Ltd. is a consulting firm that specializes in science and education
issues, especially for the land grant system. AESOP has been located
in Washington, DC, since 1990 and serves as a think tank, mediation
team, media firm and/or advocacy group. |
| AES | Agricultural
Experiment Station: AES
is a world-respected team of basic and applied researchers. They collectively
work on more than 1,100 projects and most also teach courses at the
three University of California campuses affiliated with UC ANR. |
| AgNIC |
Agriculture
Network Information Center |
| AIC | Agricultural
Issues Center: UC statewide program that analyzes
issues important to California and western agriculture and conducts
applied research. |
| AIHEC | American Indian
Higher Education Consortium: the entity representing the 30 Native
American Colleges that were give land-grant status by Congress in
1994 and who is a member of NASULGC as a system. |
| AHS | Administrative
Heads of Agriculture Section: a unit of the NASULGC
Commission on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources Board on Agriculture
Assembly. Members are the chief administrators of the member universities'
agricultural programs. |
| AMS | Agricultural
Marketing Service: the USDA agency providing
standardization, grading and market news for specific commodities
and overseeing marketing agreements and orders. |
| ANR | UC Division
of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Formerly, the acronym DANR
was used. |
| APHIS | Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service: The USDA
agency providing leadership in ensuring the health and care of animals
and plants. |
| APMP | Agricultural
Personnel Management Program: Provides education and research
on labor management in the food and fiber production system. |
| APS | Academic Programs
Section: a unit of the NASULGC Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources, Board on Agriculture
Assembly. Members are the designated administrators of academic programs
at the colleges of agriculture of all the states and territories. |
| ARD | Association
of Research Directors: the official representative body of the
agricultural research administrators at the 1890 land-grant universities. |
| AREERA | Agricultural
Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998 (the 1998
reauthorization of the research and education titles of the Farm Bill):
this legislation ensures that federally funded agricultural research,
extension, and education address high-priority concerns with national
or multi-state significance. It was signed into law on June 23, 1998,
and became law 105-185. |
| ARS | Agricultural Research Service: the principal in-house research agency of USDA. |
| ASI | Agricultural Sustainability Institute: As part of the UC College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the Institute provides leadership for research, teaching and outreach and extension efforts in agricultural and food systems sustainability at the Davis Campus and throughout the UC system. |
| BAA | Board on Agriculture
Assembly: a unit of the NASULGC Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources. The purpose of this
board is the promotion of agriculture in all of its phases (food,
environment, agriculture, natural resources and international) in
the state universities and land-grant colleges of the states, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories
of the Pacific and the Virgin Islands. |
| BAC | Budget and
Advocacy Committee: a standing committee of the Assembly's Policy
Board of Directors that serves at the pleasure of the BAA
and prepares annual budget recommendations and supporting materials
for Research, Extension and Education Title of the Farm Bill. |
| BNR | Board on Natural
Resources: a unit of the NASULGC Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources. The purpose of this
Board is to promote university-based programs dealing with natural
resources, ecology, energy and the environment. The sections of the
Board are: Fish and Wildlife Resources, Mineral and Energy Resources,
Forest Resources, Water Resources and Ecology. |
| BOA | Board on Oceans
and Atmosphere: a unit of the NASULGC Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources. The purpose of this
board is to ensure that the nation maintains and benefits from a strong
and diverse capability in the marine (including Great Lakes), oceanic
and atmospheric sciences. |
| BOHS | Board on Human
Services: a unit of the NASULGC Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources. The membership is comprised
of lead administrators of academic units of state colleges and land-grant
universities. The administrators are responsible for research, academic
and outreach programs addressing nutrition and health, food science
and food safety, textiles and material science, human development
from infancy to old age, family dynamics and functioning, design of
living and working environments and resource management. Some human
sciences colleges also administer social work, education and physical
fitness programs. |
| BVM | Board on Veterinary
Medicine: a unit of the NASULGC Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources. The membership of this
board includes the administrators of veterinary medicine and veterinary
science departments at NASULGC-member institutions. |
| CAFAS | California
Association of Farm Advisors and Specialists: The professional
organization for California Cooperative Extension farm advisors and
specialists. Part of the NACAA. |
| Cage | "The
Cage" commonly refers to the USDA Secretary's
suite of offices. Named because the outer (reception) office is square
in shape with glass walls and doors. |
| CARET | Council for
Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching: A NASULGC-affiliated
national grassroots organization of laypersons from the constituencies
served by the land-grant colleges of agriculture. Each state and territory
may designate up to three delegates. CARET members work closely with
their respective agricultural programs. They offer guidance and support
for programs in agricultural research, extension and teaching. |
| CAST | Council for
Agricultural Science and Technology |
| CBO | Congressional
Budget Office: provides Congress with objective, timely, non-partisan
analysis needed for economic and budget decisions and to provide the
information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process. |
| CCC | Commodity
Credit Corporation: a federally-owned and operated corporation
within USDA created to stabilize, support and
protect agricultural prices and farm income through loans, purchases,
payments and other operations. |
| CE | Cooperative
Extension |
| CES | Cooperative
Extension System: a national, publicly-funded, non-formal educational
system that links the educational and research resources and activities
of USDA, land-grant universities in every state,
territory and the District of Columbia and approximately 3,150 county
administrative units. This unique federal, state and local partnership
focuses on practical solutions to critical issues affecting people's
daily lives. |
| C-FAR | Council on
Food and Agricultural Research |
| C-FARE | Council on
Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| CFERR | Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources: the NASULGC
unit that monitors programs and develops policy positions in the areas
of agriculture, natural resources, oceans and atmosphere, human sciences
and veterinary medicine. |
| CRI | Children's
Research Initiative: A National Science Foundation grants program
focusing on the areas of children's research that was funded initially
in Fiscal Year 2001. |
| CRPGE | Council on
Research Policy and Graduate Education |
| CRIS | Current Research
Information System |
| CRS | Congressional
Research Service: works exclusively for the Congress of the United
States, conducting research, analyzing legislation and providing information
at the requests of committees, members and their staffs. The service
makes such research available, without partisan bias, in many forms,
including studies, reports, compilations, digests and background briefings.
Upon request, CRS assists committees in analyzing legislative proposals
and issues, and in assessing possible effects of these proposals and
their alternatives. The service's senior specialists and subject analysts
are also available for personal consultations in their respective
fields of expertise. |
| CSREES | Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service: unites the research, higher education and extension education and outreach resources of USDA. CSREES contributions are strengthened by a broad spectrum of public and private partnerships, including other USDA agencies, federal and state government departments, non-profit organizations and private sector entities. CSREES is also the federal partner of the Cooperative Extension System. |
| CYFAR | Children,
Youth and Families At Risk: USDA CSREES
allocates funding to Land-Grant University Extension Services for
community-based programs for at-risk children and their families.
|
| DANR | Formerly the
acronym for UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources: Now
ANR |
| ECOP | Extension
Committee on Organization and Policy: the representative government
body of the Cooperative Extension Section. |
| EFNEP | Expanded Food
and Nutrition Education Program: an Extension education program
designed to assist limited resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge,
skills, attitudes and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally
sound diets. |
| EIRP | Extension
Indian Reservation program: an Extension program providing assistance
and education in agriculture, community development, family living
and societal issues facing Native Americans. (Separate from the Tribal
Colleges Extension Program, which provides funding to the thirty 1994
institutions to conduct Extension programs.) |
| EPA | Environmental
Protection Agency: an independent agency of the federal government
providing leadership in the nation's environmental science, research,
education, assessment and enforcement efforts. |
| EQIP | Environmental
Quality Incentives Program: provides a single, voluntary conservation
program for farmers and ranchers who face serious threats to Farm
Act. |
| ERS | Economic Research
Services: provides information and analysis on agriculture, food,
natural resources and rural America. |
| ES | Extension
Section: a unit of the NASULGC Commission
on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources, Board on Agriculture
Assembly. Members are designated administrators of the cooperative
extension services of all the states and territories. |
| ESCOP | Experiment
Station Committee on Organization and Policy: the representative
government body of the Experiment Station Section. |
| ESS | Experiment
Station Section: A unit of the NASULGC
Commission on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources, Board on
Agriculture. Members are the designated administrators of the experiment
stations of all the states and territories. |
| FACT | Food, Agriculture,
Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (1990 Farm Act): a five-year
farm bill signed Nov. 28, 1990. |
| FAIES | Food and Agriculture
Education Information System: offers information on a broad range
of higher education statistics related to food and agricultural sciences. |
| FAIR | Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (1996 Farm Bill): the omnibus
food and agriculture legislation signed into law on April 1996 providing
a seven-year framework for the Secretary of Agriculture to administer
various agricultural and food programs. |
| FAS | Foreign Agricultural
Service: the USDA agency that represents the
diverse interests of US farmers and the food and agricultural sector
abroad. |
| FCS | Food and Consumer
Service: the USDA agency which administers
nutrition assistance programs, with the dual mission of improving
the nation's health by getting food to people who need it and strengthening
the agricultural economy. |
| FNS | Food and Nutrition
Services: USDA agency which administers nutrition
assistance programs, with the dual mission of improving the nation's
health by getting food to people who need it and strengthening the
agricultural economy. |
| FSNEP | Food Stamp
Nutrition Education Program |
| FQPA | Food Quality
Protection Act of 1996: the legislation that rewrote the laws
under which the EPA decides whether a pesticide
is safe. This measure became Public Law 104-170 and was signed into
law on Aug. 3, 1996. |
| FS | Forest Service:
the USDA agency that administers the lands
and resources of the National Forest System. |
| FSA | Farm Service
Agency: the USDA agency with the mission to
help farmers conserve land and water resources, provide credit to
new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and help farm operations
recover from the effects of disaster. |
| FSIS | Food Safety
and Inspection Service: The USDA agency with
the mission to protect consumers by ensuring that meat, poultry and
egg products are safe, wholesome and accurately labeled. |
| GAO | General Accounting
Office: acts as the investigative arm of Congress and is charged
with examining matters relating to the receipt and disbursement of
public funds, GAO performs audits and evaluations of government programs
and activities. |
| GASEPA | Globalizing
Agricultural Science and Education Programs for America: is an
agenda, developed by a committee representing major program areas
within the colleges of agriculture, their affiliates and stakeholders.
This agenda is designed to meet the needs of American agriculture
and its food systems, including increased competitiveness, market
development and increased market access in other nations. |
| GLCI | Grazing Land
Conservation Initiative |
| GPRA | Government
Performance and Results Act: a law passed in 1993 which requires
that federally funded agencies develop and implement an accountability
system based on performance measurement, including setting goals and
objectives and measuring progress toward achieving them. |
| GWSS | Glassy-winged
sharpshooter (Homalodisca coagulata) |
| HACCP | Hazard Analysis
and Critical Control Point: a meat and poultry inspection process
that targets pathogens that cause foodborne illness, strengthens industry
responsibility to produce safe food, and focuses inspection and plant
activities on prevention objectives. |
| HACU | Hispanic Association
of Colleges and Universities: HACU represents more than 200 colleges
and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in
the US, Puerto Rico, Latin America and Spain. Member institutions
represented less than 7% of all higher education institutions nationwide,
however together they are home to more than two-thirds of all Hispanic
college students. |
| HEP | Higher Education
Programs: the Higher Education Program administered by CSREES. |
| IACC | International
Agriculture Coordinating Committee: a committee charged with formulating,
coordinating and implementing an advocacy strategy to increase the
awareness that international agriculture is a fundamental component
of the development process, to enhance the resources available to
the university community internationalize all aspects of their campus
activities and to engage more widely the capacities of US universities
in solving problems of the world's poor. |
| IAS | International
Agriculture Section: a unit of the NASULGC
Commission on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources, Board on
Agriculture Assembly. Members are the designated administrators of
international agriculture programs at the colleges of agriculture
of all the states and territories. |
| ICOP | International
Committee on Organization and Policy: the representative government
body of the International Agriculture Section. |
| IFAFS | Initiative
for Future Agriculture and Food Systems: a USDA
special grant program to provide science-based solutions for emerging
issues. |
| IPM | Integrated
Pest Management: the control of pests or diseases by using an
array of crop production strategies, combined with careful monitoring
of insect pests or weed populations and other methods. |
| NACAA | National Association
of County Agricultural Agents |
| NAIO | News and Information
Outreach: a unit of the UC ANR Governmental
and External Relations Office that informs the news media about UC
programs, produces ANR Report and manages the ucanr.org Web site. |
| NAL | National Agricultural
Library: part of the ARS, NAL is a major international
source for agriculture and related information and is one of four
national libraries in the United States. |
| NAREEEAB | National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board: established
by the FAIR Act of 1996, this board is charged
with reviewing long-term and short-term national policies and priorities
relating to agricultural research, extension, education and economics
and advising the Secretary of Agriculture on such matters. |
| NASS | National Agricultural
Statistics Service: administers USDA's program
for collecting and publishing timely national and state agricultural
statistics. |
| NASULGC | National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges: the nation's oldest
higher education association whose membership comprises 212 institutions,
including state universities, all of the nation's land-grant colleges
and universities, and several public university systems. It is a voluntary
non-profit association of major public research universities with
campuses located in all fifty states, the US territories and the District
of Columbia. [pronounced: na SUL jick] |
| NRCS | Natural Resources
Conservation Agency: the USDA lead agency
for conservation technical assistance. |
| NSF | National Science
Foundation: an independent agency of the federal government to
promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity
and welfare and secure the national defense. |
| NRI | National Research
Initiative: a competitive research grants program administered
by CSREES of USDA. The purpose
of the NRI is to support high priority fundamental and mission-linked
research of improtance in the biological, environmental, physical
and social sciences relevant to agriculture, food and the environment. |
| NRS | Natural
Reserve System: managed by UC ANR, a system
of 34 wildlands sites in California that emcompasses 130,000 acres
of relatively undisturbed samples of the state's natural habitats,
along with the facilities needed to support teaching and research.
|
| NSTC | National Science
and Technology Council: coordinates research and development activities
and programs that involve more than one federal agency. |
| OBPA | Office of
Budget and Program Analysis: USDA office which
coordinates the preparation of the Department's budget estimates,
legislative reports and regulations. |
| OCD | Office of
Community Development |
| OGER | Office of
Governmental and External Relations: the UC ANR
unit that encompasses news, California Agriculture magazine, ANR Report and governmental relations. |
| OMB | Office of
Management and Budget: assists the president in overseeing the
preparation of the federal budget and supervises its administration
in executive branch agencies. |
| OP | Office of the President: The office of the University of California President Robert C. Dynes. |
| OSTP | Office of
Science and Technology Policy: provides the President with timely
policy advice and coordinates the US science and technology investment.
|
| PBD | Policy Board
of Directors: the nine-member government body of the Board on
Agriculture Assembly, which takes appropriate action on key matters
affecting the interests of the member institutions of the assembly
and is responsible to the association for the management of assembly
affairs. The Policy Board of Directors acts as a legislative committee
for the assembly. |
| PCAST | President's
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology: advices the president
on issues involving science and technology and their roles in achieving
national goals and assist the NSTC in securing
private sector participation in its activities. |
| PD | Pierce's disease: a grapevine disease caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa |
| RBS | Rural Business
- Cooperative Service |
| REC | Research and Extension Center: UC ANR's Research and Extension Center system consists of nine centers located throughout California's various crop production areas and climatic zones. |
| REE | Research,
Education, and Economics: A USDA mission area
comprised of four agencies: the Cooperative State Research, Education
and Extension Service, the Agricultural Research Service, the Economic
Research Service and the National Agricultural Statistics Service. |
| RICs | Research
and Information Centers: The RICs are commodity specific focal
points for UC researchers and private and public constituencies that
provide resource and information development and distribution. |
| RFP |
Request for
proposal |
| RHS | Rural Housing
Service |
| RMA | Risk Management
Agency: USDA agency with the mission to improve
the economic stability of agriculture by offering producers a sound
system of crop insurance. |
| RUS | Rural Utilities
Service |
| SAES | State Agricultural
Experiment Stations: a structure for federated, yet independent,
research institutions in each state and territory to address the location-specific
problems of farmers and to build a core of basic scientific knowledge
related to agriculture. On March 2, 1887, President Grover Cleveland
signed legislation promoting"scientific investigation and experiment
respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science"
through annual grants to each state and territory to establish agricultural
experiment stations under the direction of the land-grant colleges. |
| SAREP | Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education Program: UC statewide program
that integrates three main goals: environmental health, economic profitability,
and social and economic equity. |
| SBMS | Spanish Broadcast
and Media Services: based at UC Riverside, SBMS promotes ANR
programs in the Spanish-language news media. |
| SERD | Science and
Education Resources Development: provides national leadership
for strengthening college and university programs in the food and
agricultural sciences and producing graduates to fulfill the nation's
requirements for scientific and professional expertise, as well as
important data bases for management and information. The leadership
for international programs and linkages is centered here. |
| SSP | Statewide
Special Program: Programs organized to focus research and extension
on solving priority problems in the management of California agriculture,
natural resources, and human development. |
| TEFAP | Temporary
Emergency Food Assistance Program: provides food assistance to
needy Americans through the distribution of USDA
commodities. |
| UC | University
of California |
| UCCE | University
of California Cooperative Extension: ANR’s
outreach arm, with farm, 4-H, and nutrition, family and consumer sciences
advisors based in more than 50 county offices. In addition, Cooperative
Extension specialists are headquartered at UC Berkeley, UC Davis,
and UC Riverside, where they conduct research and coordinate advisors’
activities. |
| USDA | United States
Department of Agriculture: the third-largest civilian Department
of the US Government, overseeing a variety of agencies, government
corporations and other entities that employ more than 100,000 people
at over 15,000 locations in all 50 states and 80 countries. |
| USTR | United States
Trade Representative: directs all trade negotiations of and formulates
trade policy for the United States. |
| VRIC | Vegetable Research and Information Center: provides vegetable information to the general public and growers and acts as a liaison between UC and industry. |
| WAAESD | Western Association
of AES Directors |
| WAHA or WAHS |
Western Administrative
Heads of Agriculture (Western Administrative Heads Section) |
| WCARET | Western Council
for Agriculture Research, Extension and Teaching |
| WED or WCED |
Western Extension
Directors (Western Cooperative Extension Directors) |
| WDAP or WAP |
Western Directors
of Academic Programs (Western Academic Programs) |
| WIADA | Western International
Agricultural Directors Association |
| WIC | The Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children:
a grant program whose goal is to improve the health of pregnant, postpartum
and breastfeeding women, infants and children up to 5 years old, by
providing supplemental food, nutrition education and access to health
care. |
| WRIC | Weed Research and Information Center: provides weed control information to the general public and growers and acts as a liaison between UC and industry. |
| WRDC | Western Rural Development Center |
