|
APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
|
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
|
BAAC |
Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (Thailand) |
|
BDPA |
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action |
|
BRAC |
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
|
CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women |
|
CGDS |
Centre for Governance and Development Studies (China) |
|
DoF |
Department of Forestry (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) |
|
ESCAP |
See: UNESCAP |
|
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
|
GAD |
Gender and development |
|
GAP |
Gender Analysis Pathway |
|
GDI |
Gender-related Development Index |
|
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
|
GE |
Genetic engineering |
|
GEM |
Gender Empowerment Measure |
|
GMO |
Genetically modified organisms |
|
GO |
Governmental Organisation |
|
GoB |
Government of Bangladesh |
|
GOI |
Government of Indonesia |
|
HDI |
Human Development Index |
|
HIV/AIDS |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
|
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
|
Lao-NCAW |
Lao National Commission for the Advancement of Women |
|
LWU |
Lao Women’s Union |
|
MAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) |
|
MDG |
Millennium Development Goal |
|
MF |
Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia) |
|
MOA |
Ministry of Agriculture (Indonesia) |
|
MOAC |
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand) |
|
MOE |
Ministry of Education (Thailand) |
|
MoFAL |
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Pakistan) |
|
MOI |
Ministry of Interior (Thailand) |
|
MOSLW |
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (Thailand) |
|
MRRF/MRC |
Management of River and Reservoir Fisheries in the Mekong
Basin |
|
NAFRI |
National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute |
|
NCRFW |
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women |
|
NGAP |
National Gender Action Plan (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) |
|
NGO |
Non-governmental Organisation |
|
NPA |
Beijing National Plan of Action |
|
NPRS |
National Poverty Reduction Strategy (Cambodia) |
|
NSC |
National Statistics Centre (Lao People’s Democratic Republic) |
|
NTFP |
Non-timber forest products |
|
P4K |
Income Generating Project for Marginal Farmers and
Landless |
|
PNCSW |
Pakistan National Commission on the Status of Women |
|
POP |
Policy Outlook for Plan of Action |
|
PTDD |
Participatory Technology Development and Dissemination |
|
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
|
SAGA |
Social analysis and gender analysis |
|
SEARSOLIN |
Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute (Philippines) |
|
SMART |
Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound |
|
SME |
Small and Medium Enterprise |
|
SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security |
|
TNC |
Trans-national corporations |
|
UNDAW |
United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women |
|
UNDP |
United Nations Development Project |
|
UNESCAP |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
|
UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Fund |
|
VAW |
Violence against Women |
|
VDC |
Village development committees (Cambodia) |
|
WFS PoA |
World Food Summit Plan of Action |
