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Table of Names and Acronyms

Nielsen	Market Research Company
AgEcon Search	A free, open access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics.
Agence Bio	Agence française pour le développement et la promotion de l’agriculture biologique – French Agency for the Development and promotion of Organic Agriculture (France)
AMI	Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH - Agricultural Market Information Company (Germany)
BfS	Swiss Statistical Office
bioVista	Market research company (Germany)
BLW (FOAG)	Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland
CATI	Computer-aided and telephone interview
CB	Control body
CERTCOST	European-funded research project "Economic analysis of certification systems for organic food and farming – CERTCOST" – Project number KBBE-2007-207727
CPA	Classification of Products by Activity (Eurostat) is a statistical classification of products and services obligatory for all EU Member States.
CULS	Czech University of Life Sciences (Czech Republic)
DG Agri	The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission
EAN	European Article Number / International Article Number or bar code
EBF	The European organic fruit forum (Europäisches Bioobstforum EBF)
Ecozept	Market research and marketing consulting agency
EFTA	European Free Trade Association
EISfOM	European-funded research project "European Information System for Organic Markets – EISfOM" – project numberQLK5-2002-02400
EPOS	Electronic point of sale
ESCP	European Statistics Code of Practice
ESS	European Statistical System
EU	European Union
EU-CEEOFP	European-funded research project "Further Development of Organic Farming Policy in Europe with Particular Emphasis on EU Enlargement – EU-CEE-OFP" – project number QLK5-2002-00917
Eurostat	Statistical Office of the European union
FADN	Farm Accountancy Data Network
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
FAOSTAT	Statistical Department of FAO
FiBL	Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau – Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (Switzerland)
Friland	International food company marketing and selling organic meat and meat from free-range animals (Denmark)
FSS	Farm Structure Survey
GfK Eurisko	Association for Consumer Research (Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung)
IACS	The Integrated Administration and Control System consists of a number of computerized and interconnected databases which are used to receive and process aid applications and respective data. It constitutes the basis for agricultural direct aids in the EU.
IAMB	Istituto Agronomico Mediterranneo di Bari - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (Italy)
ISMEA	Istituto di servizi per il mercato agricolo alimentare - The institute for study, research and information on the agricultural and agri-food market (Italy)
Kantar	Data Investment Management Division of Wire and Plastic Products plc (WPP plc)
La Depeche	The reference of grain trade sectors (France)
MOAN	Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Network
NACE	The Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (in French: Nomenclature statistique des Activités économiques dans la Communauté Européenne) is a European industry standard classification system consisting of a 6 digit code.
OFCAP	European-funded research project "Effects of the CAP-reform and possible further developments on organic farming in the EU - OFCAP" – project number FAIR3-CT96-1794
OMIaRD	European-funded research project "Organic Marketing Initiatives and Rural Development – OMIaRD" – project number QLKR-2000-01124
RNM	The Network of new markets (in French: Réseau des nouvelles des marchés), formerly called the SNM (Services new markets) is controlled at the national level by the public institution FranceAgriMer (France)
SAD	Single Administrative Document
SITC	Standard International Trade Classification
Soil Association	Soil Association is an organic sector body operating in the United Kingdom.
TARIC	The Integrated Tariff of the European Communities (in French: TARif Intégré Communautaire) is a code designed to show the various rules applying to specific products when imported into the EU.
ZMP	Central market and price report office (Germany) – no longer in existence.