Acronyms
Abbreviations/Acronyms
- AAPS Arable Area Payments Scheme
- AFBI Agri-food and Biosciences Institute
- APHIS Animal and Public Health Information System
- AVSPN Association of Veterinary Surgeons Practising in Northern Ireland
- BACS Bankers Automated Clearing Services
- BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- BSPS Beef Special Premium Scheme
- CAO County Agriculture Office
- CMS Countryside Management Scheme
- DARD Department Of Agriculture and Rural Development
- DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (England previously MAFF)
- DSPS Deseasonialisation Premium Scheme
- DVO Divisional Veterinary Office
- EAGGF European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EC)
- EPS Extensification Payment Scheme
- ESA Environmentally Sensitive Area
- EU European Union
- FEOGA Fonds European d'Orientation et de Garrantie Agricole (see EAGFF for English translation)
- FMD Foot and Mouth Disease
- FMS Field Management System
- FWPS Farm Woodland Premium Scheme
- FWS Farm Woodland Scheme
- GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GSPD Grants and Subsidies Payments Division
- HLCA Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances
- IACS Integrated Administration and Control System
- IB (EA) Intervention Board (Executive Agency)
- LFACA Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowance
- MAFF Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (England - DEFRA, Wales - NAWAD, Scotland - SERAD)
- NAWAD National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department
- NIRDP Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme
- PCA Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman)
- PES Public Expenditure Survey
- RWS Rural World Supplement
- SAPS Sheep Annual Premium Scheme
- SCPS Suckler Cow Premium Scheme
- SERAD Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department
- SLPS Slaughter Premium Scheme