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MAIN ACRONYMS/SIGLES PRINCIPALES


ADRAO:

Association pour le Développement de la Riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest (see WARDA)

AGLW:

FAO Water Resources Development and Management Service

ALCOM:

Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme (FAO)

ANADER:

Agence Nationale pour le Développement Rural (Côte d'Ivoire)

ARID:

Association Régionale pour l'Irrigation et le Drainage (see RAID)

CIFA:

Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa

CGIAR:

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIID:

Commission Internationale pour les Irrigations et le Drainage (see ICID)

CIRAD:

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (France)

CNRA:

Centre National de Recherche Agricole (Côte d'Ivoire)

CORAF:

Conférence de Responsables de Recherche Agronomique Africains

CSIR:

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Ghana)

DNAER:

Direction Nationale de l'Aménagement et de l'Equipement Rural (Mali)

ECA:

Economic Commission for Africa

EPHTA:

Ecoregional Programme for Humid and Subhumid Tropics of Subsaharan Africa (see PETHA)

FAO:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FIRI:

FAO Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service

ICID:

International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (see CIID)

ICLARM:

International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management

ICOUR:

Irrigation Company for the Upper Regions (Ghana)

IDA:

Irrigation Development Authority (Ghana)

IDR:

Institut du Développement Rural (Burkina Faso)

IER:

Institut d'Economie Rurale (Mali)

IIA:

Integrated irrigation-aquaculture

IIAT:

Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale (see IITA)

IITA:

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (see IIAT)

IPM:

Integrated Pest Management

MAFF:

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (Zambia))

MEE:

Ministère de l'Environnement et de l'Eau (Burkina Faso)

MOFA:

Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Ghana)

NGO:

Non-governmental organization

ONBAH:

Office National des Barrages et des Aménagements Hydro-agricoles (Burkina Faso)

PETHA:

Programme Ecorégional pour les Tropiques Humides et Subhumides de l'Afrique Subsaharienne (see EPHTA)

PRA:

Participatory Rural Appraisal

PSSA:

Programme Spécial FAO pour la Sécurité Alimentaire (see SPFS)

R&D:

Research and Development

RAID:

Regional Association for Irrigation and Drainage (see ARID)

RAF:

FAO Regional Office for Africa

RAFA:

Agriculture Department Group, RAF

RAFI:

Fisheries Department Group, RAF

SADC:

Southern Africa Development Community

SPFS:

FAO Special Programme for Food Security (see PSSA)

UNDP:

United Nations Development Programme

USAID:

United States Agency for International Development

WARDA:

West Africa Rice Development Association (see ADRAO)

WRD:

Water Resource Database

WRI:

Water Research Institute (Ghana)


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