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ASAT is the acronym for the Association for the Support of Traditional Agriculture and
represents CSA-type partnerships between residents of Timisoara and farmers from its vicinity
(within a range of 50 kilometres including from the neighbouring county Arad). In their own
view "ASAT is the only CSA program in Romania. There are other initiatives of direct
marketing from producers, but they cannot be classified as CSA because the lack the essential
characteristics.