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Abbreviations and Acronyms


ACP

African, Caribbean and Pacific

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADD

apparent domestic demand

AEC

African Economic Community

AFMA

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act

AFTA

ASEAN Free Trade Area

AGOA

African Growth and Opportunity Act

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ALCA (or FTAA)

Free Trade Area for the Americas

AML

African Model Law

AMS

Aggregate Measurement of Support

AoA

Agreement on Agriculture

AOIP

African Organization for Industrial Property

AoL

Agreement of Libreville

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APEDA

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

APEXCI

Association pour la Promotion des Exportations de Côte d’Ivoire

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection System

APRAAP

Agricultural Policy Research and Advocacy Assistance Programme

AQIS

Australia Quarantine Inspection Service

ASAC

Agricultural Sector Assistance Credit

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

BAFPS

Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Products Standards

BCCR

Banco Central de Costa Rica

BNTED

Bureau National d'Etudes des Travaux

BOLPRO

Bolsa de Productos Agropecuarios

BOP

Balance of Payment

BPPC

Indonesian Clove Marketing Board

BQA

bilateral quarantine agreement

BSE

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BULOG

Indonesia Logistic Bureau c.i.f. cost, insurance, freight

CACM

Central American Common Market

CAN

Andean Community viii

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CAPMAS

Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (Egypt)

CARICOM

Caribbean Community

CAT

Certificado de Abono Tributario (Tax Credit Certificate)

CBI

Caribbean Basin Initiative

CDF

Commodity Development Framework

CEPT

Common Effective Preferential Tariff

CET

Common External Tariff

CFNI

Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute

CNA

National Confederation of Agriculture

CoA

Committee on Agriculture

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

DA

Department of Agriculture

DES

dietary energy supply

DFI

direct foreign investment

DFT

Department of Foreign Trade

DUS

droit unique de sortie

EAC

East African Community

EBA

Everything but Arms

ECLAC

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

EO

Executive Order

EPF

Export Promotion Fund

ESAP

Economic Structural Adjustment Program

EU

European Union

FAOSTAT

FAO Statistical Databases

FAS

Farm Assistance Scheme

FDI

foreign direct investment

FITB

Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Board

FODESAF

Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares

FTA

free trade area

FTAA

Free Trade Area of the Americas

FTIB

Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Board

GASC

General Authority of Supply Commodities

GATS

General Agreement on Trade in Services

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GB

Green Box

GDP

gross domestic product

GM

genetically modified ix

GMB

Grain Marketing Board

GMO

genetically modified organism

GMP

good manufacturing practice

GOE

Government of Egypt

GSP

Generalized System of Preferences

HACCP

hazard analysis critical control point

HIPC

highly indebted poor countries

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

HS

Harmonized System (Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System)

HTFA

high-temperature forced air

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IGAD

Inter-Governmental Authority for Development

IHMA

Honduran Institute for Agricultural Marketing

IIC

Inter-Institutional Committee

ILP

import liberalization programme

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INDECOPI

National Agency for the Defense of Competition and Intellectual Property

INS

Institut National de Statistique

IPR

intellectual property rights

ISRAA

Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles

ITA

Institute of Food Technology (Senegal)

JUNAC

Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena

LANADA

Laboratoire National d’Appui au Développement Agricole

LCR

local-content requirements

LDC

least developed country

LIFDC

low-income food-deficit country

LOI

letter of intent

MAAIF

Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry & Fisheries - Uganda

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries - Fiji

MAV

minimum access volume

MBS

Malawi Bureau of Standards

MERCOSUR

Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur)

MFA

Multi-Fibre Agreement

MFN

most favoured nation

MSG

Melanesian Spearhead Group

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NCTMN

National Committee for Trade and Multilateral Negotiations x

NER

nominal exchange rate

NFA

National Food Authority

NFIDC

net food-importing developing country

NFRA

National Food Reserve Agency

NGO

non-governmental organization

NPS

non-product-related support

NTB

non-tariff barrier

NTM

non-tariff measure

OAMPI

Office Africain et Malgache de la Propriété Industrielle

OAU

Organization of African Unity

OCAB

Office de la Commercialisation de l’Ananas-Banane

ODCs

other duties or charges

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OGL

open general licence

OIPI

Office ivoirien de la propriété intellectuelle

PEAP

Poverty Eradication Action Plan

PICs

Pacific Island Countries

PPDEA

Projet de Promotion et de Diversification des Exportations Agricoles

PROCOMER

Promotora de Comercio Exterior

PS

product-related support

PSI

pre-shipment inspection

PTA

Preferential Trade Area

PVP

plant variety protection

QR

quantitative restriction

R&D

research and development

RCR

resource cost ratio

REER

real effective exchange rate

RIT

temporary import regime

RTA

regional trading agreement

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SAN

Senegalese Association for Normalization

SAP

structural adjustment programme

SDE

small developing economies

SDR

Special Drawing Rights

SDT

special and differential treatment

SENASA

National Agricultural Sanitary Service

SEPSA

Secretaría Ejecutiva de Planificación Sectorial Agropecuaris (Costa Rica)

SGS

Société Générale de Surveillance xi

SIDS

small island developing states

SPARTECA

South Pacific Regional Trade Cooperation Agreement

SPS

sanitary and phytosanitary

SSA

sub-Saharan Africa

SSG

special safeguard

SSOP

sanitation standard operating procedure

SSR

self-sufficiency ratio

STE

state trading-enterprise

STPI

Service de la Technologie et de la Propriété Industrielle

TBT

technical barriers to trade

TCI

taxe conjoncturelle à l’importation

TDP

taxe dégressive de protection

TE

triennium

TMFE

tonnes milk fat equivalent

TQV

tariff quota volume

TRIMS

trade-related investment measure

TRIPS

trade-related intellectual property standards

TRP

tariff reform programme

TRQ

tariff rate quota

UBN

unfulfilled basic needs

UNBS

Uganda National Bureau of Standards

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UPOV

Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

UR

Uruguay Round

URA

Uruguay Round Agreements

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VAT

value added tax

VoP

value of production

WAEMU

West African Economic and Monetary Union

WFP

World Food Programme

WTO

World Trade Organization

ZIP

industrial processing zone


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