Abbreviations
2,4-D | 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
2,4,5-T | 2,4,5-Triclorophenoxyacetic acid |
ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
BASF | Baden Aniline and Soda Factory |
CIMMYT | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center |
CONAP | National Council of Protected Areas (Guatemala) |
DR-CAFTA | Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement |
ECNAM | The Countryside Can Bear No More, El Campo No Aguanta Más |
EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
FAS | US Foreign Agricultural Service |
FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GEF | Global Environmental Facility |
GM | genetically modified (adjective) |
GMO | genetically modified organism |
HFCS | High-fructose corn syrup |
IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
ICTA | Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (Guatemala) |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NHL | non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
OPV | open-pollinated variety |
PL-480 | Public Law 480 |
PRI | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
REDSAG | National Network for the Defense of Guatemala’s Food Sovereignty |
UC | University of California |
UNEP | United Nations Environmental Programme |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UPOV | Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
USMCA | United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement |
WTO | World Trade Organization |