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LIST OF ACRONYMS

AI

Agricultural Instructor

APD

Assistant Project Director

AR

Action Research

ATF

Agricultural Trust Fund

BOC

Bank of Ceylon

CCC

Central Coordinating Committee

DO

Divisional Officer

DS

Secretary

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FTCC

Federation of Thrift and Credit Cooperatives of Sri Lanka

GN

Grama Niladari

GO

Group Organizer (equivalent to Group Promoter in other PPP projects)

IVBF

Inter-Village Board Federation

MADR

Ministry of Agricultural Development and Research

NFFHCB

National Freedom From Hunger Campaign Board

NGO

Non-governmental Organization

PB

People's Bank

PC

Provincial Council

PMOE

Participatory Monitoring and Ongoing Evaluation

PO

Project Officer

PPP

FAO People's Participation Programme

PRA

Participatory Rural Appraisal

RAPA

FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Rps.

Rupee, the basic unit of Sri Lankan currency (US$1 = Rps. 43 in 1992)

RRDB

Regional Rural Development Bank

SF

Small Farmer

SFDP

Small Farmer Development Programme

SFG

Small Farmers' Group

SFGD

Small Farmer Group Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

VB

Village Board

WCARRD

World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development


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