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ADAS|ˈeɪdæs|
[f. the initial letters of the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service.]
A service set up in 1971 (in place of the National Agricultural Advisory Service) under the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to advise farmers and growers, to undertake research and development, and to advise and assist in Government policy measures, in matters relating to agriculture, land use, etc.
1971(title) ADAS advisory papers no. 9. Soil field handbook. 1982ADAS Ann. Rep. 128 ADAS provides a wide range of professional, scientific and technical services to agriculture and its ancillary industries, to Government and to many related organizations. 1984Oxford Times 27 Jan. 16/10 The demonstration..which was staged by ADAS at the Oxford University field station at Wytham, discussed some methods of reducing lamb mortality. |