AMS |
aggregate measurement of support |
AoA |
(Uruguay Round) Agreement on Agriculture |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
CGE |
computable general equilibrium |
CSO |
civil society organization |
CV |
coefficient of variation |
EAA |
external assistance to agriculture |
EPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
EU |
European Union |
EV |
equivalent variation |
FDI |
foreign direct investment |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GTAP |
Global Trade Analysis Project |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IPC |
International NGO/CSO Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty |
LDC |
least developed country |
MDG |
Millennium Development Goal |
MFN |
most-favoured nation |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NFIDC |
net food-importing developing country |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
NTB |
non-tariff barrier |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PPP |
purchasing power parity |
PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
PSE |
producer support estimate |
ROA |
Roles of Agriculture Research Project (FAO) |
SSG |
special safeguard (mechanism) |
STE |
state trading enterprise |
TRQ |
tariff rate quota |
UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
