| ABU |
-Adult Bovine Unit |
| AC |
-Accession Countries |
| ACC |
-Accession and Candidate Countries |
| a.s.l. |
-above sea level |
| BSE |
-Bovine spongiform encephalopaty |
| CAP |
-Common Agricultural Policy |
| DG |
-Directorate-General(s) of the Commission of the European
Communities |
| DM |
-Dry matter |
| EEC |
-European Economic Community |
| EU |
-European Union |
| EUROSTAT |
-Statistical Office of the European Union |
| FAO |
-Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations |
| FU |
-Fodder unit |
| GIS |
-Geographical Information System |
| ha |
-hectare |
| IPSC |
-Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen |
| JRC |
-Joint Research Centre |
| km², km2 |
-Square kilometre |
| K |
-Potassium |
| Kg |
-kilogram |
| LU |
-Livestock unit |
| MARS |
-Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing |
| MS |
-Member States |
| mm |
-millimetre |
| N |
-nitrogen |
| New Cronos |
-general statistical database at EUROSTAT |
| NUTS |
-Nomenclature of territorial units in the EU |
| P |
-Phosphate |
| q |
-100 kg |
| t |
-Tonne, ton |
| UAA |
-Utilised Agricultural Area |
| UNEP |
-United Nations Environment Programme |
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