AACREA |
Asociación Argentina de Consorcios Regionales de Experimentación Agropecuaria. |
AAPRESID |
Asociación Argentina de Productores de Siembra Directa |
ACA |
Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas |
CIF |
Carriage, Insurance and Freight |
C&F |
Carriage and Freight |
CONICET |
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FET |
Fondo Especial del Tabaco |
f.o.b. |
free on board |
ha |
hectare |
IFA |
International Fertilizer Industry Association |
INDEC |
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |
INTA |
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria |
MERCOSUR |
Mercado Común del Sur |
NEA |
Nordeste de Argentina |
NOA |
Noroeste de Argentina |
SAGyP |
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca |
SENASA |
Servicio Nacional de Seguridad Agroalimentaria |
tpa |
tonnes per annum |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
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AN: |
Ammonium nitrate |
AS: |
Ammonium sulphate |
DAP: |
Diammonium phosphate |
MAP: |
Monoammonium phosphate |
UAN: |
Urea ammonium phosphate solution |
NS: |
Solutions containing nitrogen and sulphur |
NP: |
Suspensions containing nitrogen and phosphate |
TSP: |
Triple superphosphate |
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N: |
Nitrogen |
P2O5 or P: |
Phosphate* |
K2O or K: |
Potash* |
* Phosphate and potash may be expressed as their elemental forms P and K or as their oxide forms P2O5 and K2O. Nitrogen is expressed as N. In this study phosphate and potash are expressed in their oxide forms.