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ACRONYMS


AFTA

Arab Free Trade Area

AMU

Arab Maghreb Union

Ana

Agreement on Agriculture

ABAD

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development

ASEAN

Association of South-East Asian Nations

CAE

Council for Arab Economic Unity

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIHEAM

Centre International des Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes

CIRAD

Centre de Coopérational Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

ECO

Economic Co-operation Organization

EU

European Union

FAAHM

Agriculture Information and Policy Unit

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

GCC

Gulf Co-operation Council

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

ICARDA

International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IGAD

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

LIFDC

Low-Income-Food-Deficit Countries

MAAH

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

MAAR

Syrian Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform

MDG

Millennium Development Goals

MERCOSUR

Southern Common Market

M&E

Monitoring and Evaluation

MFN

Most-favoured Nation

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Area

NAPC

National Agriculture Policy Centre

NAV

Non-Ad Valorem

NENARNAP

Near East and North Africa Network for Agricultural Policies

NE

Near East

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PRSP

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

REO

Regional Economic Organizations

RNE

Regional Office for the Near East

RNEP

Policy Assistance Branch

R&D

Research and Development

RTA

Regional Trading Agreement

SAD

Syrian Agriculture Database

SAP

Structural Adjustment Programme

SDT

Special and Differential Treatment

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

SSR

Self-sufficiency Rate

SWOT

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

TBT

Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

TCP

Technical Cooperation Programme

TRIPS

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UN

United Nations

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNGA

General Assembly

UR

Uruguay Round

WFS:fyl

World Food Summit: five years later

WFP

World Food Programme

WTO

World Trade Organization


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