Business / Agriculture / Food For Progress Program (FPP): A food aid program originally authorized by the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide commodities on credit terms or on a grant basis to developing countries and emerging democracies to assist in the introduction of elements of free enterprise into the countries?€™ agricultural economies. Commodities may be provided under authority of P.L. 480 (Title I) or Section 416(b): the CCC may purchase commodities for use in Food for Progress if the commodities are currently not held in CCC inventories. The FAIR Act of 1996 extends authority for the FPP through 2002.
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Science / Weather / Numerical Forecasting: The use of numerical models, such as the fundamental equations of hydrodynamics subjected to observed initial conditions, to forecast the weather. These models are run on high-speed computers at the N MORE
Business / Finance / Not-For-Profit: An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. MORE
Business / Agriculture / Nutrition Assistance Programs: Federal programs in Puerto Rico and American Samoa that provide food assistance through block grant funds in lieu of food stamps, and to the Northern Marianas under a covenant governing U.S. relations MORE