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ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS


AAS

Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Amm.

Ammonium

AREP

Agricultural Recovery & Environmental Protection

DPR

Democratic People's Republic

EM

Effective micro-organisms

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDRC

Flood Damage Rehabilitation Committee

FYM

Farmyard manure

IFA

International Fertilizer Industry Association

IFDC

International Fertilizer Development Center

IPNS

Integrated Plant Nutrition System

LGP

Length of growing period

MOA

Ministry of Agriculture

MOP

Muriate of potash

MT

metric tonnes

SDC

Swiss Agency for Development & Co-operation

SSP

Single superphosphate

TCP

Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO)

t/ha

metric tonnes per hectare

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

WFP

World Food Programme

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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