ADM | Agricultural Disaster Management |
ADPC | Asian Disaster Preparedness Center |
B. Aman | Broadcast Aman |
B. Aus | Broadcast Aus |
BADC | Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation |
BBS | Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |
BDNAPA | Bangladesh National Adaptation Programmes of Action |
BMD | Bangladesh Meteorological Department |
BMDA | Barind Multipurpose Development Authority |
BWDB | Bangladesh Water Development Board |
CBO | Community Based Organization |
CDMP | Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme |
CEGIS | Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (earlier EGIS-II) |
CFAB | Climate Forecast Application in Bangladesh |
cm | Centimeter |
DAE | Department of Agricultural Extension |
DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
DMB | Disaster Management Bureau |
DoF | Department of Fisheries |
DPHE | Department of Public Health Engineering |
DRAS | Drought Assessment Framework |
EGIS | Environment and GIS Support Project for Water Sector Planning (now CEGIS) |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FAP | Flood Action Plan |
FFWC | Flood Forecasting and Warning Center |
GEF | Global Environment Facility |
GIS | Geographic Information System |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
ha | Hectare |
IRS | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite |
ISPAN | Irrigation Support Project for Asia and the Near East |
ITDG | Intermediate Technology Development Group |
LANDSAT | Land Satellite |
LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
LGED | Local Government Engineering Department |
LMP | Livelihood Monitoring Project (a CARE project) |
LTC | Lead Technical Consultant |
LTU | Lead Technical Unit |
MDMR | Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (now MoFDM) |
MoA | Ministry of Agriculture |
MOEF | Ministry of Environment and Forests |
MoFDM | Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (earlier MDMR) |
MoWR | Ministry of Water Resources |
MPO | Master Plan Organization |
NAPA | National Adaptation Programmes of Action |
NCA | Net Cultivable Area |
NCM | National Subcomponent Manager |
NDMC | National Disaster Management Council |
NGO | Non Government Organizations |
NIR | Net Irrigation Requirement |
NMIC | National Minor Irrigation Census |
NPD | National Project Director |
NWMPP | National Water Management Plan Project |
NWRD | National Water Recourses Database |
REB | Rural Electrical Board |
RVCC | Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change (A CARE-SIDA project) |
SAAO | Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer (earlier called Block Supervisor) |
SLF | Sustainable Livelihoods Framework |
SOD | Standing Orders on Disaster |
SRDI | Soil Research Development Institute |
SSDP | Support to the Strengthening of Disaster Preparedness in Agricultural Sector |
T-Aman | Transplanted Aman |
TAR | Third Assessment Report |
TNO | Thana Nirbahi Officer |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UP | Union Parishad |
WARPO | Water Resources Planning Organization |