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Abbreviations
ACA
Accredited Certiier Association
AMS Agricultural Marketing Service
AMSAC Mexican Seed Trade Association
AOSCA Association of Oicial Seed Certifying Agencies
APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ASTA American Seed Trade Association
ATTRA Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
COFEMER Mexican Federal Commission of Regulatory Improvement
COFEPRIS
Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection Against
Phytosanitary Risk
ECO-PB European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeders
ESA European Seed Association
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAS Foreign Agriculture Service of the United Nations
FFSC Family Farmers Seed Cooperative
IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
IPPC
International Plant Protection Convention
JC & CAC
Joint Crops and Compliance, Accreditation and Certiication
Committee
NAPPO North American Plant Protection Organization
NOP National Organic Program
NOSB National Organic Standards Board
NOVIC Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Collaborative
OFPA Organic Foods Production Act
OFRF Organic Farming Research Foundation
OMRI Organic Materials Review Institute
OREI Organic Research and Education Initiative
OSA
Organic Seed Alliance
OSP
Organic Seed Partnership
OTA
Organic Trade Association
PSI Public Seed Initiative
SAGARPA
Mexico Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development,
Fisheries and Food
SARE Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
SCOF Standing Committee Organic Farming
SENASICA Mexican Sanitary, Food Safety and Food Quality National Service
SOS
State of Organic Seed
USDA
United Stated Department of Agriculture
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