ADAS: Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
ADB: Asian Development Bank
ADBP: Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan
AFTA: ASEAN Free Trade Area
AP: Andean Pact
APEC: Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
ARPs: acreage reduction programmes
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations
CAB: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux
CAP: Common Agricultural Policy
CBOT: Chigago Board of Trade
CCC: Commodity Credit Cooperation
CCFF: Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility
CEEC: Central and Eastern European countries
CEFTA: Central European Free Trade Agreement
CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIRDAP: Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States
CPEs: centrally planned economies
CRP: Conservation Reserve Program
CSR: Community of Sovereign Republics
DEIP: Dairy Export Incentive Program
EAP: Emergency Assistance Programme
EBRD: European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
ECLAC: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
EEP: Export Enhancement Program
EHDAEs: economies heavily dependent on agricultural exports
ESAF: Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility
EU: European Union
FAIR: Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FCI: Food Corporation of India
FDI: foreign direct investment
FY: fiscal year
GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP: gross domestic product
GIEWS: Global Information and Early Warning System
GNP: gross national product
GPS: geographical positioning system
GSP: gross social product
GTZ: German Agency for Technical Cooperation
HIPCs: heavily indebted poor countries
IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAC: International Cotton Advisory Committee
IDA: Internationl Development Association
IDRC: International Development Research Centre
IEFR: International Emergency Food Reserve
IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFPRI: International Food Policy Research Institute
IIASA: International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis
ILO : International Labour Organisation
IMF: International Monetary Fund
INCD: International Negotiating Committee on Desertification
ISA: International Sugar Agreement
ISNAR: International Service for National Agricultural Research
IT: information technology
LIFDCs: low-income food-deficit countries
MERCOSUR: Southern Common Market
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Area
NGOs: non-governmental organizations
NICs: newly industrialized countries
ODA: official development assistance
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PL: Public Law
PRO: Protracted Refugee Operations
PT: Palestinian Territories
SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SCF: Save the Children Fund
SDR: special drawing rights
SILICs: severely indebted low-income countries
UEMOA: West African Economic and Monetary Union
UN: United Nations
UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
UNFPA: United Nations Fund for Population Activities
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
VAT: value added tax
WFP: World Food Programme
WTO: World Trade Organization
WWW: World Wide Web
