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List of abbreviations


ACF

Agricultural Consultative Forum (Zambia)

AGL

Land and Water Development Division (FAO)

BCWUA

Branch Canal Water User Association (Egypt)

CBO

Community-based organizations

CWB

Canal Water Board

CDIAS

Central Department of Irrigation Advisory Service (Egypt)

CLUSA

The Cooperative League of the USA (Zambia)

DFID

UK Department for International Development

DWB

District water boards (Egypt)

DWMD

District Water Management Departments (Ukraine)

EPADP

Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects

EWUP

Egypt Water Use Project

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FID

Fayoum Irrigation Department (Egypt)

FWMP

Fayoum Water Management Project (Egypt)

GART

Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust (Zambia)

GART

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GDP

Gross domestic product

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GIS

Geographic information systems

GOE

Government of Egypt (Egypt)

GoRZ

Government of the Republic of Zambia

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for Technical Cooperation)

ha

Hectare

HOCD

Heads of Central Department

IAS

Irrigation Advisory Service (Egypt)

ICID

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

IDE

International Development Enterprises (NGO)

IEC

International Executive Council

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFI

International Financial Institutions

IHELR

Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation (Ukraine)

IIIMP

Integrated Irrigation Improvement Management Project (Egypt)

IIP

Irrigation Improvement Project (Egypt)

IMT

Irrigation Management Transfer

IMS

Irrigation management systems

IPTRID

International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage

IS

Irrigation Systems (Ukraine)

IWMI

International Water Management Institute

IWRM

Integrated Water Resources Management

JWMB

Joint Water Management Board

LWB

Local water board (Egypt)

MACO

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Zambia)

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries

MEWD

Ministry of Energy and Water Development (Zambia)

MLGH

Ministry of Local Government and Housing (Zambia)

MWRI

Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Egypt)

NCC

Northern Crimean Canal (system in Ukraine)

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NIRS

National Irrigation Research Station (Zambia)

NRDC

Natural Resources Defence Council (Zambia)

OED

Operations Evaluation Department of the World Bank

PAM

Programme against Malnutrition (Zambia)

PIM

Participatory Irrigation Management (Egypt)

PRSP

Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative World Bank (Zambia)

PWM

Participatory Water Management (Egypt)

RCTWS

Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies (Egypt)

SWOT

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats

TLC

Total Land Care (NGO)

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WB

Water board (Egypt)

WBP

Water Board Project (Egypt)

WG-CBTE

Working Group on Capacity Building, Training and Education

WP

Work packages (Ukraine)

WUA

Water user association

WUP

Water use project (Egypt)

ZNFU

Zambian National Farmers Union


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