U

UAF University of Agriculture and Forestry (Vietnam)

UAS 1) University of Agricultural Sciences (India)

2) Urea-ammonium sulfate

UC 1) University of California

2) University of Cantho (Vietnam)

UES Urea-elemental sulfur

UG Unfilled grain

UH University of Hawaii (USA)

UICN Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature et des Resources (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)

UKMO United Kingdom Meteorological Office

UMMB Urea-molasses minimal block

UNACASTD United Nations Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development

UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNCRD United Nations Centre for Regional Development (Japan)

UNDCP United Nations Drug Central Program

UNDP/WB United Nations Development Programme/World Bank

UNEP-GRID United Nations Environment Programme-Global Resources Information Database (Kenya)

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (France)

UNFSSTD United Nations Financing System in Science and Technology Development

UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Austria)

UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research (New York, USA)

UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNU United Nations University

UNVDA Upper Nun Valley Development Authority (Cameroon)

UP Uttar Pradesh (India)

UPGMA Unweighted pair group method, arithmetic mean

UPLB University of the Philippines Los Ba¤os

UPM Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Malaysia)

UPRHS Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (Philippines)

URARTIP Unified Rice Applied Research, Training, and Information Program

UREAP Ratio of urea-N price to rough rice price

URICC Upland Rice Research Intercenter Coordinating Committee

URRC Ubon Rice Research Center (Thailand)

URYN-E International Upland Rice Yield Nursery--Early

URYT Upland Rice Yield Trial

USAID United States Agency for International Development (also AID)

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

USG Urea supergranule

UTRIS Upper Talavera Irrigation System (Philippines)

UV Ultraviolet light

UV-B Ultraviolet-B