Acre |
A unit of land measurement; 2.47 acre = 1 ha = 10,000
m2 |
ADAB |
Association for Development Agencies in Bangladesh |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
ADP |
Annual Development Programme |
Bagda |
Black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon |
Baor |
Oxbow lake |
BARC |
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council |
BBS |
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |
BFDC |
Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation |
BKB |
Bangladesh Krishi Bank |
BOBP |
Bay of Bengal Programme |
BRAC |
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
BWDB |
Bangladesh Water Development Board |
DANIDA |
Danish International Development Agency |
DOF |
Department of Fisheries |
ECNEC |
Executive Committee for National Economic Council |
EEC |
European Economic Community (now the European Union, or
EU) |
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
ERD |
Economic Relation Division (earlier known as External
Resources Division) |
FCDI |
Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation |
FRI |
Fisheries Research Institute |
FRSS |
Fisheries Resources Survey System |
FSF |
Fish Seed Farm |
Galda |
Freshwater giant shrimp, Macrobrachium
rosenbergii |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
Gher |
Diked areas of land for shrimp culture |
GOB |
Government of Bangladesh |
Haor |
Large lowlying natural depressions |
IFADEP |
Integrated Food Assisted Development Project |
IMED |
Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division |
Jalmohal |
Government owned waters for leasing |
Khas |
Government owned |
LFS |
Labour Force Survey |
MFL |
Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock |
ODA |
Overseas Development Agency |
Polder |
Area of lowlying tidal flats reclaimed by BWDB by construction
of a perimeter dike |
SADP |
Second Aquaculture Development Project |
SIS |
Small Indigeneous Species |
Thana |
Sub-district; also synonym for police station |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
Union |
Lowest level of local administration, headed by peoples
elected representative |