ACC |
Adminstrative Committee on Coordination |
AfDB |
African Development Bank |
AsDB |
Asian Development Bank |
BNF |
biological nitrogen fixation |
BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow" disease) |
CCA |
Common Country Assessment |
CDF |
Comprehensive Development Framework |
CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
CEB |
Chief Executive Board for Coordination (of the United Nations) |
CFS |
Committee on World Food Security |
CGRFA |
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
COAG |
Committee on Agriculture (FAO) |
COFO |
Committee on Forestry (FAO) |
CSD |
Committee on Sustainable Development |
CSO |
civil society organization |
DAC |
Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD) |
DES |
dietary energy supply |
DfID |
Department for International Development |
EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations) |
EMOP |
Emergency Operations |
EMPRES |
Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases |
ET |
emmisions trading |
EU |
European Union |
FDI |
foreign direct investment |
FIVIMS |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GIEWS |
Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture |
GMO |
genetically modified organism |
GNP |
gross national product |
HIPC |
heavily indebted poor country |
HIV/AIDS |
human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
IDA |
International Development Association |
IDB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFI |
international financing institution |
IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPM |
integrated pest management |
IPPC |
International Plant Protection Convention |
IPU |
International Parliamentary Union |
JI |
Joint Implementation |
LDCs |
least developed countries |
LIFDCs |
low-income food-deficit countries |
LMO |
living modified organism |
LULUCF |
land use, land-use change and forestry |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
ODA |
official development assistance |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OIE |
International Office of Epizootics |
PAIA |
Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action |
PPP |
purchasing power parity |
PRRS |
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome |
PRSPs |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers |
SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security |
SPS Agreement |
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
TNC |
transnational corporation |
TRIPS |
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
UN |
United Nations |
UNCDD |
Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought |
UNDAF |
United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNLDC III |
Third United Nations Conference on the LDCs |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
