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AFTA |
Arab Free Trade Area |
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AMU |
Arab Maghreb Union |
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Ana |
Agreement on Agriculture |
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ABAD |
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development |
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ASEAN |
Association of South-East Asian Nations |
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CAE |
Council for Arab Economic Unity |
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CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
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CIHEAM |
Centre International des Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes |
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CIRAD |
Centre de Coopérational Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement |
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CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
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ECO |
Economic Co-operation Organization |
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EU |
European Union |
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FAAHM |
Agriculture Information and Policy Unit |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
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GCC |
Gulf Co-operation Council |
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GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
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ICARDA |
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
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IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
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IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
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IGAD |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
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IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
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LIFDC |
Low-Income-Food-Deficit Countries |
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MAAH |
Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
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MAAR |
Syrian Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform |
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MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
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MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
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M&E |
Monitoring and Evaluation |
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MFN |
Most-favoured Nation |
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NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Area |
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NAPC |
National Agriculture Policy Centre |
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NAV |
Non-Ad Valorem |
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NENARNAP |
Near East and North Africa Network for Agricultural Policies |
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NE |
Near East |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
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REO |
Regional Economic Organizations |
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RNE |
Regional Office for the Near East |
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RNEP |
Policy Assistance Branch |
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R&D |
Research and Development |
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RTA |
Regional Trading Agreement |
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SAD |
Syrian Agriculture Database |
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SAP |
Structural Adjustment Programme |
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SDT |
Special and Differential Treatment |
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SPS |
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
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SSR |
Self-sufficiency Rate |
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SWOT |
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats |
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TBT |
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |
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TCP |
Technical Cooperation Programme |
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TRIPS |
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
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UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
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UNGA |
General Assembly |
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UR |
Uruguay Round |
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WFS:fyl |
World Food Summit: five years later |
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WFP |
World Food Programme |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
