ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

Abbreviation/ Acronym	Description
APM	Agricultural Production Monitoring
CCD	Cloud Cover Density
CFS	Committee on World Food Security
CILSS	Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel
CSO	Civil Society Organization
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FEWS	Famine Early Warning System (EU)
FIVIMS	Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information Mapping System
FNSS	Food and Nutrition Surveillance System
FSIEWS	Food Security Information and Early Warning System
GIEWS	Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
GIS	Geographic Information System
GNP	Gross National Product
GTZ	German Agency for Technical Cooperation
HCR	High Commission for Refugees
HDI	Human Development Index (UNDP)
ICN	International Conference on Nutrition (Rome 92 FAO/WHO)
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)
KIMS	Key Indicator Mapping System (FIVIMS)
LFSC	Local Food Security Committee
MCW	Maternal and Child Welfare
MVG	Monitoring Vulnerable groups
MIS	Market Information System
MWG	Multidisciplinary Working Group
NDVI	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NFSC	National Food Security Committee
NFSS	National Food Security Stocks
NGO	Non-governmental Organization
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PFSC	Provincial Food Security Committee
RESAL	European Union Food Security Network
SADC	South African Development Community
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
VAM	Vulnerability Assessment Mapping (WFP)
WFP	World Food Programme (UN)
WFS	World Food Summit (Rome, Nov. 96)
WHO	World Health Organization (UN)