APPAS |
Private Natural Reserves (in Brasil) |
BFZTF |
Brazilian National Zero Tillage Federation |
CAAPAS |
Network of National Associations for Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas |
CAT |
Clube Amigos da Terra (Friends of the Land Club) |
CIRAD |
French Institute for International Agricultural Research |
CT |
Conventional Tillage |
Embrapa |
Brazilian National Agricultural Research Organization |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FGV |
Fundacao Getulio Vargas |
GHG |
Greenhouse Gases |
IICA |
Inter American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
R&D |
Research and Development |
SINRM |
Sustainable Intensification of Natural Resource Management |
SRH |
Brazilian National Water Resources Secretariat |
ZT |
Zero Tillage |
ZTAT |
Zero Tillage Association for the Tropics (in Brazil) |
MAP 1
Location Map of the States of Brazil and their Abbreviations as used in the text |