ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries |
AMS |
Aggregate Measurement of Support |
AoA |
Agreement on Agriculture |
ATPSM |
Agriculture Trade Policy Simulation Model |
BULOG |
National Logistics Agency (Badan Urusan Logistik) |
CAEMC |
Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community |
CAFOD |
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
CARLs |
Countries with Abundant Rural Labour |
CEEC |
Central and Eastern European Countries |
CGE |
Computable General Equilibrium |
CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
CME |
Coordinated Market Economies |
CMEA |
Common Market of East Asia |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
DFID |
Department for International Development (UK) |
EAC |
Commission for East African Cooperation |
ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
EPR |
Effective protection rate |
EU |
European Union |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
FTA |
Free Trade Area |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GMB |
Grain Marketing Board |
GTAP |
Global Trade Analysis Programme |
H-O |
Heckscher-Ohlin |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
IDA |
International Development Agency |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IOC |
Indian Ocean Commission |
LAC |
Latin American and Caribbean |
LDC |
Least Developed Country |
LIC |
Low Income Countries |
LIFDC |
Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries |
LME |
Liberal Market Economy |
LMIC |
Lower Middle-Income Countries |
MERCOSUR |
Mercado Común del Sur (common market of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) |
MFN |
Most Favoured Nation |
MNC |
Multinational Corporation |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAEX |
Net Agricultural Exporting |
NAIM |
Net Agricultural Importing |
NFEX |
Net Food Exporting |
NFIM |
Net Food Importing |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
NIS |
Newly Independent States |
NPR |
Nominal Protection Rate |
NTB |
Non-Tariff Barriers |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OPK |
Operasi Pasar Khusus (targeted rice subsidy programme) |
PMB |
Paddy Marketing Board |
PPI |
Producer price index |
PSE |
Producer Support Estimate |
QR |
Quantitative Restriction |
RIFF |
Regional Integration Facilitation Forum, formerly the Cross-Border initiative (CBI) |
RTA |
Regional Free Trade Agreement |
RUNS |
Rural-Urban-North-South Model |
SACU |
Southern Africa Customs Union |
SAL |
Structural Adjustment Loan |
SAM |
Social Accounting Matrix |
SAP |
Structural Adjustment Programme |
SAPRIN |
Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network. |
SECAL |
Sectoral Adjustment Loan |
SME |
Small and Medium Enterprise |
SOFI |
State of Food Insecurity |
SSA |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
SSG |
Special Safeguard |
STE |
State Trading Enterprise |
TNC |
Transnational Corporation |
TRQ |
Tariff Rate Quotas |
UMIC |
Upper Middle Income Countries |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UR |
Uruguay Round |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
WB |
World Bank |
WCA |
Washington Consensus on Agriculture |
WFM |
World Food Model |
WFS |
World Food Summit |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |