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WHAT DOES DEFRA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Defra

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom. Concordats set out agreed frameworks for co-operation between it and the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, which have devolved responsibilities for these matters in their respective nations. Defra also leads for Britain at the EU on agricultural, fisheries and environment matters and in other international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change, although a new Department of Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 to take over the last responsibility. DEFRA has recently been involved in controversial trial badger culls in two areas of England in North Somerset and Gloucestershire. As of the reshuffle of 7 October 2013, the department has not had a Minister of State following the return of David Heath to the backbenches, his replacement Dan Rogerson only having the rank of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.

Definition of Defra in the English dictionary

The definition of Defra in the dictionary is Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFRA


Biafra
bɪˈæfrə
infra
ˈɪnfrə
pronephra
prəʊˈnefrə
tephra
ˈtɛfrə

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFRA

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Synonyms and antonyms of Defra in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Defra» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFRA

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DEFRA
1,325 millions of speakers

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Defra
570 millions of speakers

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Defra
510 millions of speakers

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Defra
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

دفرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дефра
278 millions of speakers

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Defra
270 millions of speakers

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DEFRA
260 millions of speakers

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Defra
220 millions of speakers

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Defra
190 millions of speakers

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Defra
180 millions of speakers

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DEFRAは
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식품 농촌
85 millions of speakers

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Defra
85 millions of speakers
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Defra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிஇஎஃப்ஆர்ஏ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डेफ्रा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Defra
70 millions of speakers

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Defra
65 millions of speakers

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Defra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дефро
40 millions of speakers

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Defra
30 millions of speakers
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Defra
15 millions of speakers
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DEFRA
14 millions of speakers
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Defra
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Translator English - Norwegian

Defra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Defra

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFRA»

The term «Defra» is regularly used and occupies the 66.809 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Defra

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFRA»

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DEFRA: Natural England's role in improving Sites of Special ...
Natural England's role in improving Sites of Special Scientific Interest, thirty-fourth report of session 2008-09, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2009
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Defra's Social and Environmental Guidance to Ofwat
Annex. B: Defra's. Policy. Priorities. for. Ofwat. There are ten priorities highlighted within the body of this guidance. These are general directions to Ofwat, issued in accordance with sections 27(3) and 192(8) of the Water Industry Act. They are ...
Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2013
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Defra's Organic Agri-environment Scheme
Great Britain: National Audit Office, National Audit Office (NAO). Figure 1 Responsibilities for managing Organic Entry Level Stewardship (OELS) Organic Entry Level Stewardship only Part Two The effective management of EU funds 2.1 The.
Great Britain: National Audit Office, National Audit Office (NAO), 2010
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Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management: A Manual for ...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (2001b) National Appraisal of Assets at Risk from Flooding and Coastal Erosion, Including the Potential Impact of Climate Change, technical report by Halcrow, HR Wallingford and ...
Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Sally Priest, Dennis Parker, 2014
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Drivers of Environmental Change in Uplands
Defra (2001) Report of the Rural Task Force: Tackling the Impact ofFoot-and- Mouth Disease on the Rural Economy. Defra, London. http://www.defra.gov.uk/ rural/ pdfs/rural_task_force.pdf Defra (2002a) Response to the Report of the Policy ...
Aletta Bonn, Tim Allott, Klaus Hubacek, 2009
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Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD Countries ...
[1] Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [DEFRA] (2002), The Strategy for Sustainable Farming, London, United Kingdom, www.defra.gov.uk/ farm/farmindx.htm. [2] DEFRA (2002), Farming and Food's Contribution to Sustainable ...
OECD, 2008
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Instrument Mixes for Environmental Policy
DEFRA (2003a), Government response to Strategy Unit report “Waste not, Want not”, DEFRA, London. Available at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/review/ strategyunit_response.pdf. DEFRA (2003b), A study to estimate the disamenity ...
OECD, 2007
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Light-Weight Eco-composites
Defra (2007a) Advanced biological treatment of municipal solid waste. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Defra (2007b) Construction and demolition waste management: 1999 to 2005 (Online). Defra for Environment Food ...
Miao Guo, 2013
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Research council institutes: fourth report of session ...
It is vital that the UK has critical infrastructure to undertake exotic disease research and provide a disease outbreak response and both Defra's Veterinary Laboratory Agency (VLA) and IAH have a role to play. Defra has been working together ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee, 2007
10
Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment
Defra 2004a. The First Soil Action Plan for England: 2004 to 2006. London: Defra , www.defra.gov.uk/environment/land/soil/sap/index.htm. Defra 2004b. Quality of life counts. Indicators for a strategy for sustainable development for the United ...
Peter Morris, Riki Therivel, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFRA»

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Defra cuts and taxation top of agenda as chancellor prepares to …
It is predicted the Chancellor will announce further cuts to Defra's budget - a budget which had already been heavily slashed during the ... «FG Insight, Jul 15»
2
Clare Moriarty appointed Permanent Secretary for Defra
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), has announced that Clare Moriarty, the current Director General at the Rail ... «Resource Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Fracking will hurt house prices: Defra
The new revelations were published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Wednesday following a Freedom of ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
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Defra facing farmer fury over TB strategy inertia
Defra is facing an angry backlash from farmers over the lack of progress in implementing its 25-year TB eradication strategy, which this week ... «FG Insight, Jul 15»
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Change at the top for Defra officials
Clare Moriarty, currently director-general at the Rail Executive in the Department for Transport will take up post over the summer and replace ... «Materials Recycling World, Jul 15»
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Rail leader appointed as new Defra Permanent Secretary
Clare Moriarty will replace Defra's current Permanent Secretary ... Basic Payment Scheme, will be managing Defra's ever diminishing budget. «FG Insight, Jul 15»
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Clare Moriarty confirmed as Defra Permanent Secretary
The government yesterday announced Clare Moriarty is to take up the post of Permanent Secretary at Defra and will move from her current role ... «Business Green, Jul 15»
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Bees are at the heart of new farm payment scheme, says Defra
First day at the Royal Norfolk Show. Defra secretary Elizabeth Truss visits the Norfolk Beekeepers Association. Photo: Steve Adams. «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jul 15»
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Fracking: energy minister says Defra should publish secret house …
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which commissioned the report, published parts of it last year in response to a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Defra's data reserves release to help people making their living from …
Vast data reserves from Defra are set to transform the world of food and farming in the single biggest government data giveaway the UK has ... «Smallholder, Jun 15»

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