ACC |
Administrative Committee on Coordination (UN System) |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
AEZ |
Agro-ecozone |
ann |
annum |
ASEAN |
Association of South-East Asian Nations |
B |
Billion |
BMI |
Body-Mass Index |
CBO |
Community-Based Organization |
CGAP |
Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest |
CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
CIMMYT |
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre) |
CSD |
Cropping Systems Directorate (India) |
d |
day |
ESCAP |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FARM |
Farmers-centred Agricultural Resource Management |
FAS |
Foreign Agricultural Service (US Department of Agriculture) |
FIVIMS |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GMO |
Genetically Modified Organism |
GNP |
Gross National Product |
ha |
hectare |
HYV |
High Yielding Variety |
IARC |
International Agricultural Research Centre |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFDC |
International Fertilizer Development Centre |
IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
ILMT |
Integrated Land-Management Technology |
ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
IPNM |
Integrated Plant Nutrient Management |
IPNS |
Integrated Plant Nutrient System |
IPR |
Intellectual Property Right |
IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
IWMI |
International Water Management Institute |
kcal |
kilocalorie |
kg/ha.day |
kilogramme per hectare per day |
LEAD |
Livestock, Environment, and Development (Initiative) |
Mha |
million hectare |
Mt/ann |
million tonne per annum |
NARS |
National Agricultural Research System |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PAIA |
Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action (FAO) |
pers |
person |
RAP |
Region of Asia and the Pacific (UN System) |
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SARM |
Sustainable Agricultural Resource Management |
SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security |
TCTTI |
Thana-Level Cereal Technology Transfer and Identification Project |
TFP |
Total Factor Productivity |
t/ha |
tonne per hectare |
UK/DFID |
United Kingdom Department for International Development |
UNCDF |
United Nations Capital Development Fund |
UNDAF |
United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
UNIFEM |
United Nations Development Fund for Women |
WAICENT |
World Agricultural Information Centre |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
WFS |
World Food Summit |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
Abbreviations specific to the proposed interventions (Section 5)
T: |
Technological intervention; E: Economic or social intervention; |
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I: Institutional or policy or infrastructural intervention. |
B: |
Both non-irrigated and irrigated rice systems; N: Non-irrigated systems; |
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I: Irrigated systems. |
C: |
Crops; L: Livestock; F: Fish; A: Agro-forestry; P: Policy; V: Value-adding; |
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T: Training, information, and capacity strengthening; |
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S: Sustainable natural-resource use. |
2: Identifier number within the preceding codes.