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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS


ACB

Accredited Certification Body

ACG

Guanacaste Conservation Area [Costa Rica]

ACP

Country in Africa, the Caribbean or the Pacific that has signed the Cotonou agreement with the European Union

ADIPCO

Cocolá Development Association [Guatemala]

AEAAZ

Agricultural Ethics Assurance Association of Zimbabwe

ANACAFE

National Coffee Association [Guatemala]

APEMB

Association of Ecological Growers of the Baturité Mountains [Brazil]

APPTA

Talamanca Small Farmers' Association [Costa Rica]

ASEAN

Association of Southeast-Asian Nations

ATO

Alternative Trade Organization

CAN

Conservation Agriculture Network [now SAN]

CIF

cost-insurance-freight [standard contract terms]

CIMS

Centro de Intelligenca sobre Mercados Sostenibles/Sustainable Markets Intelligence Centre

COLEACP

Comité de liaison Europe-Afrique-Caraïbes-Pacifique [Association of stakeholders in EU-ACP horticultural trade]

Coocafé

Consorcio de Cooperativas de Caficultores de Guanacaste y Montes de Oro RL [Costa Rica]

CSA

Community-Supported Agriculture

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility

CTE

Committee on Trade and Environment [of the WTO]

DCC

Day Chocolate Company

DED

Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst

EPOPA

Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa

ETI

Ethical Trading Initiative

EUREP

Euro-Retailer Produce Association

EurepGap

EUREP Good Agriculture Practice

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FECAFEB

Federación de Cafetaleros Exportadores de Bolivia

FEDECOOP

Federación de Cooperativas de Caficultores RL

FFTU

Farmers Fair Trade Uganda

FLO

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International

FOB

free-on-board [standard contract terms]

FONAES

National Fund for Support of Solidarity Enterprises [Mexico]

GAP

Good Agricultural Practice

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GMO

genetically-modified organism

IBS

IFOAM Basic Standards

ICFTU/ITS

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions/International Trade Secretariat

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFOAM

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

IIED

International Institute of Environment and Development

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMO

Institut für Markökologie [organic certification body, Switzerland]

IOAS

International Organic Accreditation Service

IPM

integrated pest management

IPPC

International Plant Protection Convention

ISEAL

International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance

ISMAM

Indígenas de la Sierra Madre de Motozintla San Isidro Labrador [Mexico]

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ITC

International Trade Centre

IUF

International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations

JAS

Japanese Agriculture Standard

KKL

Kuapa Kokoo Limited [Ghana]

KNCU

Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union [Tanzania]

LBC

Licensed Buyer Organization [in Ghana cocoa industry]

LCU

Lango Cooperative Union [Uganda]

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [Japan]

MAPO

Movimiento Argentino de Producción Orgánica

MFN

Most Favoured Nation [GATT/WTO context]

NGO

non-governmental organization

NOP

National Organic Program [United States of America]

NT

National Treatment [GATT/WTO context]

PIC

Prior Informed Consent

PMO

Produce Marketing Organization

PPM

Production and Processing Method

SA8000

Social Accountability 8000

SAI

Social Accountability International

SAI-Platform

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform

SAN

Sustainable Agriculture Network [formerly CAN]

SASA

Social Accountability in Sustainable Agriculture project

SERRV

Sales Exchange for Refugee Rehabilitation Vocation

SNV

Netherlands Development Organization

SPS Agreement

Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

SSE

Single Strain Juice Equivalent

TBT

Technical Barriers to Trade

UCIRI

Union of Indian Communities in the Isthmus Region [Mexico]

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

VREL

Volta River Estates Limited [Ghana]

WHO

World Health Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization


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