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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

CNE:

Honduras National Emergency Commission

COEN:

El Salvador National Emergency Committee

CONRED:

Guatemala National Office for the Coordination of Disaster Relief

COPECO:

Honduras Permanent Emergency Committee

CPI:

Consumer Price Index

ECLAC:

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ENSO:

El-Niño Southern Oscillation

FAO:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GDP:

Gross Domestic Product

HDI:

Human Development Index

HIPC:

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative of the IMF

IDA:

International Development Association

IDB:

Inter-American Development Bank

IFAD:

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IIAC:

Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation

IMF:

International Monetary Fund

INCAP:

International Organization for Migration

JICA:

Japan International Cooperative Agency

Kcal:

Kilocalorie

Kg:

Kilogram

MAG:

El Salvador Ministry of Agriculture

MAGA:

Guatemala Ministry of Agriculture

MAGFOR:

Nicaragua Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

NEMO:

Belize National Emergency Management Organization

N/a:

Not available

NGO:

Non-Governmental Organization

OIRSA:

Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health

PAHO:

Pan-American Health Organization

PL-480:

US Public Law 480

SICA:

Central American Integration System

SICIAV:

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System (FIVIMS)

SIECA:

Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration

TONNE:

Metric ton

UNDP:

United Nations Development Programme

USAID:

United States Agency for International Development

USDA:

United States Department of Agriculture

US$:

United States Dollar

WB:

World Bank

WFP:

World Food Programme of the United Nations

Conversion tables:

1 lb. = 453.59 g.

1 Tm = 1000 kg.

1 kilo = 2.2 05 lb

1 Tm = 22.05 qq.

1 qq = 100 lb ó 46 kilos.


1 ha. = 1.42 manzanas

1 mz, = 0.7 hectáreas


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