AARINENA

Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa

ACC

Administrative Committee on Coordination

ACFR

Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research

ACP

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

ACPWP

Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products

AEZ

Agro-ecological zone

AfDB

African Development Bank

AFF

Finance Division (FAO)

AFI

Information Systems and Technology Division (FAO)

AFP

Personnel Division (FAO)

AFS

Administrative Services Division (FAO)

AFRACA

African Regional Agricultural Credit Association

AFRICOVER

Land Cover Map and Geodatabase for Africa

AFWC

African Forestry and Wildlife Commission

AGA

Animal Production and Health Division (FAO)

AGL

Land and Water Development Division (FAO)

AGLINET

Worldwide Network of Agricultural Libraries

AGP

Plant Production and Protection Division (FAO)

AGRIS

International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology

AGROMET

Agrometeorology Group

AGROVOC

Multilingual Thesaurus of Agricultural Terminology

AGS

Agricultural Support Systems Division (FAO)

AI

Artificial insemination

AIDA

Artificial Insemination Database Application

AnGR

Animal genetic resources

AOAC

Association of Official Analytical Chemists

AOS

Administrative and Operational Support Services

APO

Associate Professional Officer (FAO)

APPPC

Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission

AQUASTAT

Rural Water Statistical System

ARPN

African Rural Poultry Network

ARTEMIS

African Real-Time Environmental Monitoring Information System

AsDB

Asian Development Bank

ASFA

Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts

ASN

African Seed Network

AT 2015/30

Agriculture Towards 2015/30

AUD

Office of the Inspector-General (FAO)

BARC

Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council

BMM

Budget Maintenance Module (FAO)

CABI

International Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences

CARICOM

Caribbean Community

CARIS

Current Agricultural Research Information System

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CCC

Corporate Communication Committee (FAO)

CCP

Committee on Commodity Problems

CD-ROM

Compact Disk - Read Only Memory

CEE

Central and Eastern European countries

CES

Conference of European Statisticians

CFC

Common Fund for Commodities

CFS

Committee on World Food Security

CFS-NENA

Consultative Forum on Seed in the Near East and North Africa

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CGRFA

Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

CIFOR

Center for International Forestry Research

CIHEAM

International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies

CIP

International Potato Center

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

COFI

Committee on Fisheries (FAO)

COWID

Inter-Departmental Committee on Women in Development (FAO)

CP

FAO/World Bank Cooperative Programme

CSD

Commission on Sustainable Development

CSO

Civil Society Organization

CWP

Coordinating Working Party on Atlantic Fishery Statistics

DAD-IS

Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (FAO)

DANIDA

Danish International Development Agency

DESA

Drought Emergency in Southern Africa

DLCC

Desert Locust Control Committee

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC

European Community

ECA

European Commission on Agriculture

ECDC

Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries

ECE

Economic Commission for Europe

ECOSOC

Economic and Social Council

ELISA

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

EMPRES

Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases

ESA

Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division (FAO)

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCORENA

European System of Cooperative Research Networks

ESN

Food and Nutrition Division (FAO)

EU

European Union

EUROSTAT

Statistical Office of the European Communities

FAOINFO

FAO Information Database

FAOR

FAO Representative

FAOSTAT

Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data (FAO)

FARM-Net

Farm Information Networks

FAS

Field Accounting System (FAO)

FI

Fisheries Department (FAO)

FIGIS

Fisheries Global Information System

FINSYS

Computerized Budget and Finance Information System (FAO)

FIVIMS

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems

FMD

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

FO

Forestry Department (FAO)

FRA

Forest Resources Assessment

FSD

Farming Systems Development

GFCM

General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

GFSM

Global Fibre Supply Model

GIEWS

Global Information and Early Warning System

GII

Information Division (FAO)

GIS

Geographical Information System

GLOBEFISH

Computerized System of Fish Marketing Information

GPA

Global Plan of Action

GPPIS

Global Plant and Pest Information System

GREP

Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme

GTOS

Global Terrestrial Observing System

GTZ

German Agency for Technical Cooperation

HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (System)

HIV-AIDS

Human Immuno-deficiency Virus/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome

IACWGE

UN Inter-agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centre

ICA

International Co-operative Alliance

ICAMS

Integrated Coastal Monitoring

ICARDA

International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICIMOD

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICLARM

International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management

ICN

International Conference on Nutrition

ICPM

Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

ICRAF

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

ICT

Information and communications technology

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IDWG

Inter Departmental Working Group (FAO)

IFA

International Fertilizer Industry Association

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IGADD

Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development

IGG

Intergovernmental Group

IGO

Intergovernmental Organization

IGOS

Integrated Global Observing Strategy

ILO

International Labour Organization

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMO

International Maritime Organization

INC

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee

INFOCRIS

International Food Contaminant and Residue Information System

INPHO

Information Network on Post-Harvest Operations

IOFC

Indian Ocean Fishery Commission

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

IPM

Integrated Pest Management

IPPC

International Plant Protection Convention

IPRF

Information Products Revolving Fund (FAO)

IPTRID

International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage

IRC

International Rice Commission

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IsDB

Islamic Development Bank

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

Investment Support Programme

ITC

Information technology and telecommunications (FAO)

ITFF

Interagency Task Force on Forests

ITTO

International Tropical Timber Organization

ITWG

Intergovernmental Technical Working Group

IUFRO

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations

IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

IWMI

International Water Management Institute

JECFA

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

JMPR

Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment

LDC

Least Developed Countries

LEG

Legal Office (FAO)

LIFDC

Low-Income, Food-Deficit Countries

LOBR

Liaison Office with European Union and Belgium (FAO)

LOGE

Liaison Office with the United Nations (Geneva) (FAO)

LOJA

Liaison Office in Japan (FAO)

LONY

Liaison Office with the United Nations (New York) (FAO)

LOWA

Liaison Office for North America (FAO)

MODIS

Terra's Moderate Imaging Spectrometer

MOU

Memorandum of understanding

MRL

Maximum residue limit

NACA

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific

NARS

National Agricultural Research Systems

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)

NGO

Non-governmental Organization

NPO

National Professional Officer

NWFP

Non-wood forest products

OAU

Organization of African Unity

OC

Organizational Committee

OCD

Office for Coordination of Normative, Operational and Decentralized Activities (FAO)

OCHA

Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

ODG

Office of the Director-General (FAO)

ODI

Overseas Development Institute

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAAT

Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis

PBE

Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation (FAO)

PBEE

Evaluation Service of PBE (FAO)

PFL

Prevention of Food Losses

PGR

Plant Genetic Resources

PIC

Prior Informed Consent

POPDYN

Databases on biological characteristics and populations

PWB

Programme of Work and Budget(FAO)

RAF

Regional Office for Africa (FAO)

RAP

Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO)

RECOFI

Regional Commission for Fisheries

REFORGEN

Global Information System on Forest Genetic Resources

REIMP

Regional Environmental Information Management Project

REU

Regional Office for Europe (FAO)

RLC

Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO)

RNE

Regional Office for the Near East (FAO)

RP

Regular Programme (FAO)

RUTA

Regional Unit for Technical Assistance

SACRED

Scheme for Agricultural Credit Development

SAD

Office of the Special Advisers to the Director-General (FAO)

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SADN

Unit for Relations with the United Nations System (FAO)

SARD

Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

SBSTTA

Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

SDA

Rural Development Division (FAO)

SDR

Research, Extension and Training Division (FAO)

SDRE

Extension, Education and Communication Service (FAO)

SDRN

Environment and Natural Resources Service (FAO)

SDW

Women and Population Division (FAO)

SDWW

Women in Development Service (FAO)

SEAGA

Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis Programme

SFI

Soil Fertility Initiative

SIDS

Small Island Developing States

SIMIS

Scheme for Irrigation Management Information System

SIT

Sterile insect technique

SNAP

Seed Network for Asia and the Pacific

SOFA

State of Food and Agriculture (FAO)

SOFI

State of Food Insecurity in the World (FAO)

SOFO

State of the World's Forests (FAO)

SOTER

Soils and Terrain Database (FAO)

SPFS

Special Programme for Food Security (FAO)

SPPD

Support for Policy and Programme Development

SPS

Sanitary and phytosanitary measures

SSC

South-South Cooperation

SSSN

Seed Security Network for SADC region

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee

TADInfo

Transboundary Animal Diseases Information System

TAMNET

Tropical Asia Maize Network

TBT

Technical barriers to trade

TCA

Policy Assistance Division (FAO)

TCCT

Technical Cooperation among Countries in Transition

TCDC

Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

TCI

Investment Centre Division (FAO)

TCO

Field Operations Division (FAO)

TCOR

Special Relief Operations Service (FAO)

TCP

Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO)

TF

Trust Fund

ToT

Training of trainers

TSS

Technical Support Services

UN

United Nations

UNCDF

United Nations Capital Development Fund

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDAF

United Nations Development Assistance Framework

UN-DESA

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNDP/SPPD

UNDP/Support for Policy and Programme Development

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNF

United Nations Foundation

UNFIP

United Nations Fund for International Partnerships

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNOPS

United Nations Office for Project Services

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

UTF

Unilateral Trust Fund

VGF

Vulnerable Group Feeding

WAAP

World Association for Animal Production

WAICENT

World Agricultural Information Centre (FAO)

WARDA

West Africa Rice Development Association

WB

World Bank

WFP

World Food Programme

WFS

World Food Summit

WHO

World Health Organization

WID

Women in Development

WIEWS

World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources

WOCAT

World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies

WTO

World Trade Organization

ZNG

Zero Nominal Growth (FAO)