|
Gender Plan of Action |
AAPQIS |
Aquatic Animal Pathogen and Quarantine Information System |
AEZ |
Agro-ecological Zone |
AF |
Administration and Finance Department |
AFD |
Office of Assistant Director-General, AF |
AFF |
Finance Division |
AFH |
Human Resources Management Division |
AFI |
Information Systems and Technology Division |
AFIP |
Information Systems and Technology Division – Information Technology Pool |
AFS |
Administrative Services Division |
AG |
Agriculture Department |
AGA |
Animal Production and Health Division |
AGD |
Office of Assistant Director-General, AG |
AGE |
Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture |
AGL |
Land and Water Development Division |
AGLINET |
Worldwide Network of Agricultural Libraries |
AGMES |
Agricultural Metadata Element Set |
AGORA |
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture |
AGP |
Plant Production and Protection Division |
AGRIS |
International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology |
AGS |
Agricultural Support Systems Division |
AIDA |
Agro-industrial Development Area |
AKIS |
Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems |
AOS |
Administrative and operational support services |
APFIC |
Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission |
APO |
Associate Professional Officer |
AQUASTAT |
Rural Water Statistical System |
ASFA |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts |
ASFIS |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System |
AUD |
Office of the Inspector-General |
BMR |
Basal Metabolic Rate |
CAADP |
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme |
CARIS |
Current Agricultural Research Information System |
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CBPP |
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia |
CCA |
Common Country Assessment |
CCP |
Committee on Commodity Problems |
CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
CECAF |
Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic |
CES |
Conference of European Statisticians |
CFC |
Common Fund for Commodities |
CFS |
Committee on World Food Security |
CEB |
United Nations System’s Chief Executives Board for Coordination |
CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
CGRFA |
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
CIE |
Inter-American Committee on Education |
CIFA |
Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa |
CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CMR |
Commodity Market Review |
COAG |
Committee on Agriculture |
COAIM |
Consultation on Agricultural Information Management |
COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
COFO |
Committee on Forestry |
COIN |
Country Office Information Network |
COOP |
Cooperative Branch |
COPESCAL |
Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America |
CP |
Continuing programme activity |
CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
CSO |
Civil society organization |
CU |
Commodity Update |
CWP |
Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics |
EC |
European Community |
ECDC |
Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries |
ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
EIFAC |
European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission |
EMPRES |
Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases |
EPR |
European Price Report |
ES |
Economic and Social Department |
ESA |
Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division |
ESC |
Commodities and Trade Division |
ESD |
Office of Assistant Director-General, ES |
ESN |
Food and Nutrition Division |
ESS |
Statistics Division |
EU |
European Union |
EUFMD |
European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
FAOR |
FAO Representative |
FAOSTAT |
Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data |
FBS |
Food Balance Sheet |
FI |
Fisheries Department |
FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System |
FII |
Fishery Industries Division |
FIN |
Fish InfoNetwork |
FIR |
Fishery Resources Division |
FIRMS |
Fisheries Resources Monitoring System |
FISHCODE |
Interregional Programme of Assistance to Developing Countries for the Implementation of the CCRF |
FIVIMS |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems |
FMD |
Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
FO |
Forestry Department |
FOD |
Office of Assistant Director-General, FO |
FON |
Forestry Policy and Planning Division |
FOP |
Forest Products Division |
FOR |
Forest Resource Division |
FORIS |
Forestry Information System |
FPMIS |
Field Programme Management Information System |
GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
GEMSFOOD |
WHO Global Environment Monitoring System/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
GESAMP |
IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection |
GFAR |
Global Forum of Agricultural Research |
GFCM |
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean |
GH |
GLOBEFISH Highlights |
GI |
General Affairs and Information Department |
GIC |
Conference, Council and Protocol Affairs Division |
GID |
Office of Assistant Director-General, GI |
GIEWS |
Global Information and Early Warning System |
GII |
Information Division |
GIL |
Library and Documentation Systems Division |
GIS |
Geographical Information System |
GLOBEFISH |
Computerized System of Fish Marketing Information |
GMA |
Global Marine Assessment |
GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
GPA |
Global Plan of Action |
GREP |
Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme |
GS |
General Service |
HACCP |
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point |
HRMS |
Human Resources Management System |
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAMSLIC |
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers |
IAWG |
Inter-agency Working Group |
ICSC |
International Civil Service Commission |
ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
IDML |
International Development Markup Language |
IGG |
Intergovernmental Group |
IICA |
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture |
IITA |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IOTC |
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission |
IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
IPPC |
International Plant Protection Convention |
IPTRID |
International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage |
ITO |
Information Technology Officer |
IUU |
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
IYR |
International Year of Rice |
JECFA |
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives |
JIU |
Joint Inspection Unit |
JMPR |
Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues |
LADA |
Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands |
LEG |
Legal Office |
LIFDC |
Low Income Food Deficit Country |
LOBR |
Liaison Office with European Union and Belgium, Brussels |
LOGE |
Liaison Office with the United Nations, Geneva |
LOJA |
Liaison Office with Japan |
LONY |
Liaison Office with the United Nations, New York |
LOWA |
Liaison Office for North America, Washington, D.C. |
MDG |
Millennium Development Goal |
MedSudMed |
Assessment and Monitoring of the Fishery Resources and Ecosystems in the Strait of Sicily |
MMR |
Monthly Market Reports |
MRC |
Mekong River Commission |
MRL |
Maximum Residue Levels |
MSS |
Management Support Service |
MTP |
Medium Term Plan |
NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and Pacific Region |
NARS |
National Agricultural Research Systems |
NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
NERICA |
New Rice for Africa |
NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
NPO |
National Professional Officer |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
OCD |
Office for Coordination of Normative, Operational and Decentralized Activities |
OCP |
Onchocerciasis Control Programme |
ODG |
Office of the Director-General |
OIE |
International Office of Epizootics |
OTO |
Outposted Technical Officer |
PAAT |
Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis |
PAB |
Policy Assistance Branch |
PACE |
Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics |
PAIA |
Priority Area for Inter-disciplinary Action |
PATTEC |
Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign |
PAU |
Policy Assistance Unit |
PBE |
Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation |
PBEC |
Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation – Corporate Income |
PFL |
Prevention of Food Losses |
PGRFA |
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
PIF |
Project Identification Facility |
PIRES |
Programme Planning, Implementation Reporting and Evaluation System |
PROD |
Integrated Production Systems |
PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
PSC |
Project Servicing Costs |
PWB |
Programme of Work and Budget |
RAP |
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
RECOFI |
Regional Commission for Fisheries |
REU |
Regional Office for Europe |
RFB |
Regional Fishery Bodies |
RG |
Real Growth |
RLC |
Regional Office for Latina America and the Caribbean |
RNE |
Regional Office for the Near East |
SACOIs |
Strategies to Address Cross-organizational Issues |
SAD |
Special Advisers to the Director-General |
SAPA |
Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands |
SARD |
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development |
SD |
Sustainable Development Department |
SDA |
Rural Development Division |
SDD |
Office of Assistant Director-General, SD |
SDR |
Research, Extension and Training Division |
SDW |
Gender and Population Division |
SEAGA |
Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis Programme |
SEUR |
Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe |
SFI |
Soil Fertility Initiative |
SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
SIPAM |
Information System for the Promotion of Aquaculture in the Mediterranean |
SIT |
Sterile Insect Technique |
SLAC |
Subregional Office for the Caribbean |
SNEA |
Subregional Office for North Africa |
SO |
Subregional Office |
SOFA |
State of Food and Agriculture |
SOFIA |
State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture |
SOFO |
State of the World’s Forests |
SOTER |
Soils and Terrain Database |
SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security |
SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
SPWB |
Summary Programme of Work and Budget |
SUA |
Supply Utilization Account |
TAD |
Transboundary animal disease |
TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
TC |
Technical Cooperation Department |
TCA |
Policy Assistance Division |
TCCT |
Technical Cooperation among Countries in Transition |
TCD |
Office of Assistant Director-General, TC |
TCDC |
Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries |
TCE |
Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division |
TCI |
Investment Centre Division |
TCO |
Field Operations Division |
TCOT |
Technical Cooperation Programme Service |
TCP |
Technical Cooperation Programme |
TEE |
Total Energy Expenditure |
TERRASTAT |
Land Resource Potential and Constraints Statistics at Country and Regional Level |
TF |
Trust Fund |
TP |
Technical project |
TS |
Technical services agreement |
UNCCD |
Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNDAF |
United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
UNDG |
United Nations Development Group |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFF |
United Nations Forum on Forests |
UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
UNGA |
General Assembly |
UNGIWG |
United Nations Geographic Information Working Group |
UPA |
Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
VERCON |
Virtual Extension, Research and Communication Network |
WAICENT |
World Agricultural Information Centre |
WAIR |
World Agriculture Information Resources System |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
WECAFC |
Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
WFS |
World Food Summit |
WFS:fyl |
World Food Summit: five years later |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WOCAT |
World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies |
WSIS |
World Summit on the Information Society |
WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
ZRG |
Zero Real Growth |
