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Acronyms

ADG Assistant Director-General
AG Agriculture Department (FAO)
AGA Animal Production and Health Division (FAO)
AGAH Animal Health Service (FAO)
AGAL Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch (FAO)
AGP Plant Production and Protection Division (FAO)
AGPP Plant Protection Service (FAO)
AGPS Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service (FAO)
ALNAP Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action
APHCA Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific
APO Associate Professional Officer (FAO)
ARTFISH Approaches, rules and techniques for fisheries statistical monitoring (FAO)
ASF African swine fever
BSE Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
CAC Codex Alimentarius Commission
CBPP Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
CFP Country Focus Programme
CFSAM Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
CLCPANO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Northwest Africa (FAO)
CLCPRO Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (FAO)
CR Central Region
CRC Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (FAO)
DFID Department for International Development (UK)
DL Desert Locust
DLCC Desert Locust Control Committee
DLCO-EA Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa
DLIS Desert Locust Information Service (FAO)
DLU Desert Locust Unit (national)
EC European Community
ECA European Commission on Agriculture
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECG Emergency Coordination Group (FAO)
ECU Emergency Coordination Unit
ELO EMPRES Liaison Officer
EMPRES Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases
ER Eastern Region
ESC Commodities and Trade Division (FAO)
ESCB Basic Foodstuffs Service (FAO)
ESCG Global Information and Early Warning Service (FAO)
ESDG Global Perspectives Studies Unit (FAO)
ESS Statistics Division (FAO)
ESSA Statistical Analysis Service (FAO)
ESSB Basic Data Branch (FAO)
ESSS Statistical Development Service (FAO)
EUFMD European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
EUROSTAT Statistical Office of the European Communities
EWFIS Early Warning and Food Information System (FAO)
FAOR FAO Representative
FAOSTAT Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data (FAO)
FIDI Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit (FAO)
FIGIS Fisheries Global Information System (FAO)
FISHSTAT Computer System for Global Fish Catches (FAO)
FIVIMS Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System
FMD Foot-and-mouth disease
FONS Forestry Planning and Statistics Branch (FAO)
FORIS Forestry Information System (FAO)
FORM Forest Resources Development Service (FAO)
FSAU Food Security Assessment Unit
GCP FAO/Government Cooperative Programme
GEMP Good Emergency Management Practices
GIS Geographic Information System
GREP Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme
GIEWS Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
HIPC Heavily indebted poor countries
IASC-WG Inter-agency Standing Committee Working Group
IATF Inter-Agency Task Force
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFIS International Food Information Service
IGO Intergovernmental organization
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute
INGO International non-governmental organization
IPM Integrated pest management
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention
ISDR International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ITTO International Tropical Timber Organization
JECFA Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
JEMRA Joint Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment
JMPR Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues
LIFDC Low-income, food-deficit country
MTP Medium Term Plan
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NGO Non-governmental organization
NPD National Project Director
NRI Natural Resource Institute (UK)
OAU-IBAR Organization of African Unity Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources
OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCLALAV Organisation commune de lutte antiacridienne et de lutte antiaviaire (Common Organization for the Control of the Desert Locust and Grain-eating Birds)
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OIE International Office of Epizootics
PAAT Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis
PAIA Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action
PAIA-REHAB Priority Areas for Interdisciplinary Action on Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness and Post-Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation
PATTEC Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign
PBE Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation (FAO)
PBEE Evaluation Service (FAO)
PPR Peste des petits ruminants
PWB Programme of Work and Budget (FAO)
RADAR Rapid Agricultural Disaster Assessment Routine
RADISCON Regional Animal Disease and Surveillance Control Network
RAMSES Reconnaissance and Management System of the Environment of Schistocerca (GIS data management and aid to decision-making, developed by NRI in collaboration with FAO)
RP Regular Programme (FAO)
RVF Rift Valley fever
SDRN Environment and Natural Resources Service (FAO)
SPFS Special Programme for Food Security (FAO)
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
SSC South-South Cooperation
STDF Standards and Trade Development Facility
TAD Transboundary animal disease
TADInfo Transboundary Animal Disease Information System
TBT Technical barriers to trade
TC Technical Cooperation Department (FAO)
TCA Policy Assistance Division (FAO)
TCAS Agricultural Policy Support Service (FAO)
TCE Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (FAO)
TCER Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Policies Unit (FAO)
TCI Investment Centre Division (FAO)
TCOR Special Relief Operations Service (FAO)
TCP Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO)
TCPs Technical cooperation projects
TF Trust Fund
UEMOA West African Economic and Monetary Union
UNCAP United Nations Consolidated Appeals Process
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
UTF Unilateral Trust Fund
WAICENT World Agricultural Information Centre (FAO)
WFP World Food Programme
WFS World Food Summit
WGPR Working Group on Parasite Resistance
WHO World Health Organization
WR Western Region
WTO World Trade Organization

 


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