| AKIS | Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System |
| AERIUS | Nitrogen calculation tool for the PAS |
| ASF | African Swine Fever |
| AWTI | Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation |
| AWU | Annual Working Unit |
| BL | Guarantee Credit of Agriculture Fund |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CBS | Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek) |
| CDW or KDW | Critical deposition threshold |
| CEI | Center for Economic Information Provision |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on international Agricultural Research |
| CHP | Combined heat and power |
| CIV | Centre for innovative craftsmanship |
| CTM | Coalition for the Future-proof Dairy Farming |
| DLO | the Agricultural Research Service |
| EAFRD | European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development |
| EAGF | The European agricultural guarantee fund |
| EIP | European Innovation Partnership |
| EO | Earth Observation |
| EHS | National Ecological Network |
| ESD | Education for sustainable development |
| EU | European Union |
| EZK | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy |
| FADN | Farm accountancy data network |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FotF | Farm of the Future |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent |
| GACSA | Global Alliance Climate Smart Agriculture |
| GDN | Large-scale nitrogen deposition map of the Netherlands (Grootschalige Depositiekaarten Nederland) |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GERD | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GKN | Green Knowledge Network |
| GSSE | General Services Support Estimate |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| H2020 | Horizon 2020 |
| HEU | Horizon Europe |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| Index NL | Index of Nature and Landscapes |
| IPO | Interprovincial Consultation |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
| KIA | Knowledge and Innovation Agenda TKI |
| KWIN | Quantitative Information Livestock Farming |
| LBV | National Termination Scheme for Livestock Farm Locations |
| LNV | Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality |
| LTO | Netherlands Agricultural and Horticultural Association |
| MGO | Targeted Purchase Measure Maatregel Gerichte Opkoop |
| MIA | Environmental investment deduction |
| MINAS | Mineral Accounting System Mineralen Indication System |
| MIP | Mission-oriented Innovation Policy |
| MIRT | Multi-Year Programme for Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Transport |
| MiT | SME innovation Stimulus for regional and top sector |
| MMIP | Multi-year Mission-oriented Innovation Programs |
| MTIP | Mission-oriented Top Sector and Innovation Policy |
| NEN | National Ecological Network |
| NLA | Netherlands Labour Authority |
| NPPL | National test Farm Precision Agriculture |
| CSP | CAP Strategic Plan |
| NWO | Dutch Research Council |
| OCW | Ministry of Education, Culture and Science |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic and Cooperative Development |
| PAS | Program Approach Nitrogen registration system |
| PBL | Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency |
| PBR | Plant Breeder Rights |
| PMR | Product market regulations |
| PPP | Public Private Partnership |
| PSE | Producer Support Estimate |
| PSN | Nitrogen Reduction and Nature Improvement Program |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RDA | Research and Development Deduction |
| RDP | Rural Development Programme |
| RPAV | Provincial Purchase of Livestock Farms Near Nature Areas Regulation |
| RVIM | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu) |
| RVO | the Netherlands Enterprise Agency |
| SABE | Subsidy Module Agricultural Business Advice and Education |
| SCAR | Standing Committee for Agriculture |
| SEA | Strategic Evaluation Agenda |
| SKNL | Quality initiative for nature and landscape (Kwaliteitsimpuls natuur en landschap) |
| SME | Small and Medium Enterprise |
| SRSS | Nitrogen registration system |
| SRV | Subsidy scheme for the remediation of pig farms |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats |
| TKI | Knowledge and innovation teams |
| TFP | Total Factor Productivity |
| TO2 | Applied research organisation(s) |
| UAA | Utilisable agricultural area |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| VAMIL | Arbitrary depreciation of environmental investments |
| VDP | Sustainable Animal Products market program |
| VHR | Birds and Habitats Directive |
| WBSO | Research and Development Work Promotion Act |
| WFD | Water Framework Directive |
| Wnb | Nature Conservation Act |
| Wsn | Nitrogen Reduction and Nature Improvement Act |
| WUR | Wageningen University and Research |
Policies for the Future of Farming and Food in the Netherlands
