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Abbreviations and symbols


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



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



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.


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