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 |