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Acronyms and abbreviations


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;


I: Institutional or policy or infrastructural intervention.

B:

Both non-irrigated and irrigated rice systems; N: Non-irrigated systems;


I: Irrigated systems.

C:

Crops; L: Livestock; F: Fish; A: Agro-forestry; P: Policy; V: Value-adding;


T: Training, information, and capacity strengthening;


S: Sustainable natural-resource use.

2: Identifier number within the preceding codes.


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