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Acre |
A unit of land measurement; 2.47 acre = 1 ha = 10,000
m2 |
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ADAB |
Association for Development Agencies in Bangladesh |
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ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
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ADP |
Annual Development Programme |
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Bagda |
Black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon |
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Baor |
Oxbow lake |
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BARC |
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council |
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BBS |
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |
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BFDC |
Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation |
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BKB |
Bangladesh Krishi Bank |
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BOBP |
Bay of Bengal Programme |
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BRAC |
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
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BWDB |
Bangladesh Water Development Board |
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DANIDA |
Danish International Development Agency |
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DOF |
Department of Fisheries |
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ECNEC |
Executive Committee for National Economic Council |
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EEC |
European Economic Community (now the European Union, or
EU) |
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EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
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ERD |
Economic Relation Division (earlier known as External
Resources Division) |
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FCDI |
Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation |
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FRI |
Fisheries Research Institute |
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FRSS |
Fisheries Resources Survey System |
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FSF |
Fish Seed Farm |
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Galda |
Freshwater giant shrimp, Macrobrachium
rosenbergii |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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Gher |
Diked areas of land for shrimp culture |
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GOB |
Government of Bangladesh |
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Haor |
Large lowlying natural depressions |
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IFADEP |
Integrated Food Assisted Development Project |
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IMED |
Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division |
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Jalmohal |
Government owned waters for leasing |
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Khas |
Government owned |
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LFS |
Labour Force Survey |
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MFL |
Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock |
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ODA |
Overseas Development Agency |
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Polder |
Area of lowlying tidal flats reclaimed by BWDB by construction
of a perimeter dike |
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SADP |
Second Aquaculture Development Project |
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SIS |
Small Indigeneous Species |
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Thana |
Sub-district; also synonym for police station |
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UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
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Union |
Lowest level of local administration, headed by people’s
elected representative |
