| A |
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| ACDIC |
Association Citoyenne de Défense des Intérêts Collectifs |
| ACNARS |
Australian contribution to a National Agriculture Research System |
| ACE |
Agricultural commodity exchange |
| ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states |
| ADAF |
Association pour le développement des activités de production et de formation |
| ADEPA |
Association Ouest Africaine pour le Développement de la Pêche Artisanale |
| ADP |
Agricultural Diversification Project Ltd |
| AfNet |
African network for Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF) |
| AFRACA |
African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association |
| AgriCord |
Alliance of agri-agencies |
| AGORA |
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture |
| ALO |
Agricultural Liaison Officer |
| ANEC |
African Nutritional Epidemiology Conference |
| ANOPACI |
National Association of Professional Agricultural Organisations, Côte d’Ivoire |
| AMARC |
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters |
| AOPP |
Association of Professional Farming Organisations |
| APC |
Association for Progressive Communications |
| ARCT |
African Regional Centre for Technology (CRAT) |
| ARID |
Association Régionale sur le Drainage en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre |
| ASARECA |
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa |
| ASBHRD |
Administrative Services, Budget and Human Resources Department (CTA) |
| ASIC |
Association for Science and Information on Coffee |
| ASTI |
Agricultural science, technology and innovation |
| ATDN |
Agriculture, Trade and Development Network |
| ATOSA |
Association Tchadienne des opérateurs du secteur agroalimentaire |
| ATPS |
African Technology Policy Studies Network |
| AVADEG |
Association des volontaires pour l’assistance au développement en Guinée |
| AVIDEL |
Association villageoise pour le développement local |
| C |
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| CABI |
CAB International |
| CaFAN |
Caribbean Farmers Network |
| CAFON |
Artisanal Blacksmiths Cooperation of Niger |
| CAIS |
Caribbean Agricultural Information Service |
| CANROP |
Caribbean Network of Rural Women Producers |
| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
| CAPNET |
Caribbean Publishers Network |
| CAR |
Central African Republic |
| CaRAPN |
Caribbean Regional Agricultural Policy Network |
| CariPestNet |
Caribbean Pest Information Network |
| CARNUFO |
Caribbean Network of National Fisherfolk Organisations |
| CARDI |
Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute |
| CCIB |
Chambre de commerce, d’industrie, d’agriculture et d’artisanat du Burundi |
| CCD |
Centre of Communication for Development (SADC) |
| CCSD |
Communication Channels and Services Department (CTA) |
| CCST |
Caribbean Council for Science and Technology |
| CDE |
Centre for Development of Enterprise |
| CDEDA |
Centre de Documentation et de Divulgation Agricole |
| CECIK |
Centre for Cosmovision and Indigenous Knowledge |
| CEDEAO |
Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest |
| CFCS |
Caribbean Food Crops Society |
| CFI |
Canal France International |
| CFNI |
Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CIAT |
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical/International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
| CIERRO |
Centre International d’Etudes en Radios Rurales de Ouagadougou |
| CIFE |
Conférence internationale francophone d’entomologie |
| CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research |
| CILSS |
Comité permanent inter-États de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel |
| CIRAD |
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development/Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement |
| CMRTE |
Chinangwa ndi Mbatata Roots and Tuber Enterprise |
| CMA /CWA |
Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa |
| CMC |
Community multimedia centre |
| CNAR |
Centre National d’Appui à la Recherche du Tchad |
| CNOP |
National Farmers Organisations Committee, Mali |
| CODEDEM |
Comité de développement du Dja et Mpomo |
| COL |
Commonwealth of Learning |
| COPAL |
Cocoa Producers Alliance |
| CORAF/WECARD |
Conseil ouest et centre africain pour la recherche et le développement agricole/West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development |
| COREPER |
Committee of the Permanent Representatives to the EU |
| CPN |
Connaître et protéger la nature |
| CRAT |
Centre régional africain de technologie |
| CREPA |
Centre régional pour l’eau potable et l’assainissement à faible coût |
| CRNM |
Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery |
| CSIR |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| F |
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| FANRPAN |
Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FARA |
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa |
| FARM |
Fondation pour l’agriculture et la ruralité dans le monde |
| FEMNET |
African Women’s Development and Communication Network |
| FENATRA |
Fédération nationale de transformateurs des produits agroalimentaires |
| FENOP |
National Federation of Farming Organisations |
| FFA |
Framework for action |
| FFS |
Farmer Field School |
| FFSnet |
Farmer Field School Network |
| FIARA |
Foire internationale de l’agriculture et des ressources animales |
| FIPA |
International Federation of Agricultural Producers |
| FIPATEL |
International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes |
| FNGN |
National Federation of Naam Groups, Burkina Faso |
| FNS |
Food and nutrition security |
| FOODNET |
An agricultural market research and development network for Eastern and Central Africa |
| FORAGRO |
Regional Forum on Agricultural Research and Technological Development |
| FRSIT |
Forum national de la recherche et des innovations scientifiques |
| FVA |
First Voice Africa |
| FVI |
First Voice International |
| I |
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| IAAE |
International Association of Agricultural Economists |
| IAALD |
International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists |
| IAMSLIC |
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centres |
| IAO |
Istituto agronomico per l’oltremare, Italy |
| IASCP |
International Association for the Study of Common Property |
| ICARRD |
International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development |
| ICCO |
Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation |
| ICID |
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage |
| ICIPE |
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology |
| ICM |
Information and communication management |
| ICMSSD |
Information and Communications Management Skills and Systems Department (CTA) |
| ICT |
Information and communications technology |
| IDMME |
Integrated Design and Manufacturing in Mechanical Engineering |
| IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
| IELC |
International Edible Legume Conference |
| IFDC |
International Fertilizer Development Center |
| IFLA |
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |
| IFOAM |
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements |
| IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IHC |
International Horticultural Congress |
| IICA |
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture |
| IICD |
International Association for Communication and Development |
| IIED |
International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IIMC |
International Information Management Corporation |
| IIRR |
International Institute for Rural Reconstruction |
| IITA |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
| ILRI |
International Livestock Research Institute |
| IMARK |
Information Management Resource Kit |
| INADES |
Institut africain pour le développement économique et social |
| INASP |
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications |
| INIBAP |
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (IPGRI and INIBAP now operate under the name 'Bioversity International') |
| INSTI |
Institute for Scientific and Technological Information |
| INTI |
International Network on Technical Information |
| INWENT |
Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung |
| IPACC |
Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee |
| IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI and INIBAP now operate under the name 'Bioversity International') |
| IPR |
Intellectual property rights |
| IPSD |
Information Products and Services Department (CTA) |
| IRAD |
Institut de recherche agricole pour le développement |
| IRAG |
Institut de recherche agronomique de Guinée |
| IRC |
International Water and Sanitation Centre |
| IRETA |
Institute for Research, Extension and Training in Agriculture and Rural Development |
| ISHS |
International Society for Horticultural Science |
| ISOCARD |
International Society of Camelids Research and Development |
| IST |
Information Society Technologies |
| ISTT |
In-Service Training Trust |
| IT |
Information technology |
| ITANA |
IT in the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa |
| ITC |
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation |
| ITDG |
Intermediate Technology Development Group |
| ITOCA |
Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa |
| IUSS |
International Union of Soil Sciences |
| IUSSI |
International Union for the Study of Social Insects |
| IUU |
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing |
| IWMI |
International Water Management Institute |
| N |
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| NAERLS |
National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Service |
| NAO |
National Authorising Officer |
| NARI |
National Agricultural Research Institute, Papua-New Guinea |
| NCST |
National Commission on Science and Technology |
| NEPAD |
New Partnerships for Africa’s Development |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
| NIHERST |
National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology |
| NICT |
New information and communication technologies |
| Norad |
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| NRI |
Natural Resources Institute |
| NRM |
Natural Resource Management |
| P |
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| P3DM |
Participatory 3D Modelling |
| P&CS |
Planning and Corporate Services (CTA) |
| PABA |
Pan-African Booksellers Association |
| PAPGREN |
Pacific Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Network |
| PBA |
Programme-based approach |
| PC |
personal computer |
| PCI |
Project Concern International |
| PCM |
Project cycle management |
| PDA |
Personal digital assistant |
| PDCRE |
Projet de Développement des Cultures de Rente et d’Exportation |
| PDS |
Publications Distribution Service (CTA) |
| PEG |
Pacific Energy and Gender Network |
| PGIS |
Participatory geographic information system |
| PGR |
Plant genetic resources |
| PIT |
Priority information themes |
| PMU |
Programme Management Unit |
| PNUD/UNDP |
Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement/United Nations Development Programme |
| PNUE/UNEP |
Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement/United Nations Environment Programme |
| PPP |
Purchasing power parity |
| PRCM |
Programme régional de Conservation de la zone côtière et marine |
| PRGIE |
Programme régional de gestion de l’information environnementale |
| PROCICARIBE |
Program for Cooperation of Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology in the Caribbean |
| PROPAGE |
Association pour la Promotion et la propagation du patrimoine vegetal des régions arides et semi-arides |
| PROTA |
Plant Resources of Tropical Africa |
| R |
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| RAIN |
Regional Agricultural Information Network |
| RBOC |
Regional Branch Office for the Caribbean (CTA) |
| RBOP |
Regional Branch Office for the Pacific (CTA) |
| RESACIFROAT |
Réseau d’Appui à la Citoyenneté des Femmes Rurales Ouest Africaines du Tchad |
| RESIMAO |
Réseau des systèmes d’information des marchés en Afrique de l’Ouest |
| RIVM |
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu |
| RGS-IBG |
Royal Geographic Society – Institute of British Geographers |
| ROPPA |
Réseau des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles de l’Afrique de l’Ouest |
| RPO |
Rural producer organization |
| RSS |
Rich site summary/Really simple syndication |
| RUAF |
International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security |
| RURANET/CID |
Rural Radio Network and Development Information Centres |
| RUFORUM |
Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture |
| S |
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| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SAILD |
Service d’Appui aux Initiatives Locales de Développement |
| S&T |
Science and technology |
| SDI |
Selective Dissemination of Information (CTA) |
| SENCOMANE |
Salon international de l’education et de la formation |
| SFAP |
Support to Farmer Associations Project |
| Sida |
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| SGRP |
System-wide Genetic Resources Programme |
| SIAGRO |
Salon international des industries et techniques agroalimentaires |
| SILC |
Secretariat for International Landcare |
| SLU |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| SME |
Small- and medium-scale enterprise |
| SMS |
Short message service |
| SNRA |
Systèmes nationaux de recherche agricole |
| SNV |
Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers |
| SOPAC |
Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission |
| SOPADAS |
Solidarité Paysanne pour le Développement Agricole et Social |
| SoS |
Strategic option statements |
| SP |
Strategic Plan |
| SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
| SPS |
Sanitary and phytosanitary |
| SSO |
South Sea Orchids Ltd |
| SSP |
Seminar Support Programme (CTA) |
| SSSEA |
Soil Science Society of East Africa |
| ST&I |
Science, technology and innovation |
| STCP |
Sustainable Tree Crops Program |
| SURF |
Sub-regional Resource Facilities |
| SUSAN |
Sub-Saharan African Network (of the International Biometric Society) |
| SYDIP |
Syndicat de Défense des Intérêts Paysans |
| U |
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| UCAD |
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar |
| UDS |
University of Development Studies |
| UFROAT |
Union des femmes rurales ouest-africaines et du Tchad |
| UGPM |
Meckhe Union of Farming Groups |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAAB |
University of Agriculture, Abeokula |
| UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme (see PNUE) |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme (see PNUD) |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNGC |
Unité nationale de gestion et de coordination |
| UNRISD |
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| URTNA |
Union des radiodiffusions et télévisions nationales d’afrique |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| USP |
University of the South Pacific |
| UWI |
University of the West Indies |
