Acronyms
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| ACABQ |
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions |
| ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group |
| ADG |
Assistant Director-General |
| AF |
Administration and Finance Department |
| AFF |
Finance Division |
| AFH |
Human Resources Management Division |
| AFI |
Information Systems and Technology Division |
| AFS |
Administrative Services Division |
| AG |
Agriculture, Biosecurity, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Department |
| AGA |
Animal Production and Health Division |
| AGE |
Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture |
| AGL |
Land and Water Development Division |
| AGN |
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division |
| 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 |
| AOS |
Administrative and operational support |
| APFIC |
Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission |
| AQUASTAT |
Rural Water Statistical System |
| AUD |
Office of the Inspector-General |
| AWTO |
WTO Multilateral Trade Negotiations on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (PAIA) |
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| BIOD |
Integrated Management of Biological Diversity for Food and Agriculture (PAIA) |
| BIOS |
Biosecurity for Agriculture and Food Production (PAIA) |
| BTEC |
Biotechnology Applications in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (PAIA) |
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| CCA |
Common country assessment |
| CCLM |
Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters |
| CCP |
Committee on Commodity Problems |
| CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
| CECAF |
Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic |
| CFC |
Common Fund for Commodities |
| CFS |
Classical swine fever |
| CFS |
Committee on World Food Security |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CGRFA |
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| CLIM |
Climate Change Issues in Agriculture (PAIA) |
| COAG |
Committee on Agriculture |
| COFI |
Committee on Fisheries |
| COFO |
Committee on Forestry |
| COIN |
Country Office Information Network |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development (UN) |
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| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
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| EFC |
European Forestry Commission |
| EIFAC |
European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission |
| EMPRES |
Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases |
| ENGY |
Bioenergy (PAIA) |
| ERP |
Education for Rural People |
| ES |
Economics and Social Department |
| ESA |
Agricultural and Development Economics Division |
| ESC |
Commodities and Trade Division |
| ESS |
Statistics Division |
| EU |
European Union |
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| FAOLEX |
Database of national legislation and international agreements concerning food and agriculture (including fisheries, forestry and water) |
| FAOR |
FAO Representative |
| FAOSTAT |
Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data |
| FAS |
Field Accounting System |
| FI |
Fisheries Department |
| FIGIS |
Fisheries Global Information System |
| FII |
Fishery Industries Division |
| FIP |
Fishery Policy and Planning Division |
| FIR |
Fishery Resources Division |
| FIRMS |
Fisheries Resources Monitoring System |
| FIVIMS |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System |
| FMD |
Foot-and-mouth disease |
| FO |
Forestry Department |
| FON |
Forestry Policy and Information Division |
| FOP |
Forestry Products and Economics Division |
| FOR |
Forest Resources Division |
| FPMIS |
Field Programme Management Information System |
| FRA |
Forest resources assessment |
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| GAP |
Good agricultural practice |
| GFCM |
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean |
| GI |
General Affairs and Information Department |
| GIC |
Conference, Council and Protocol Affairs Division |
| GIEWS |
Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture |
| GII |
Information Division |
| GIL |
Library and Documentation Systems Division |
| GLOP |
Global Perspective Studies (PAIA) |
| GPA |
Global Plan of Action |
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| HR |
Human resources |
| HRMS |
Human Resources Management System |
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| IAAH |
International Alliance Against Hunger |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICSC |
International Civil Service Commission |
| ICT |
Information and communication technology |
| IDWG |
Interdepartmental Working Group |
| IEE |
Independent External Evaluation of FAO |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFI |
International financing institution |
| IGO |
Intergovernmental Organization |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IPM |
Integrated pest management |
| IPNM |
Integrated plant nutrient management |
| IPOA |
International Plan of Action |
| IPPC |
International Plant Protection Convention |
| IPPM |
Integrated production and pest management |
| IRC |
International Rice Commission |
| IS |
Information systems |
| ISP |
Investment Support Programme |
| IT |
Information technology |
| IT |
International Treaty |
| IUU |
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing) |
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| JIU |
Joint Inspection Unit |
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| LEG |
Legal Office |
| LHOO |
Local Institution Building to Improve Capacity for Achieving Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (PAIA) |
| LO |
Liaison Office |
| LOBR |
Liaison Office with European Union and Belgium |
| 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 |
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| MCS |
Monitoring, control and surveillance |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goal |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSS |
Management Support Service |
| MSU |
Management Support Unit |
| MTNS |
Sustainable Management of Mountains (PAIA) |
| MTP |
Medium Term Plan |
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| NARS |
National Agricultural Research Systems |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
| NMTPF |
National medium-term priority framework |
| NPFS |
National Programme for Food Security |
| NPO |
National Professional Officer |
| NWFP |
Non-wood forest product |
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| OCD |
Office for Coordination of Normative, Operational and Decentralized Activities |
| ODA |
Official development assistance |
| ODG |
Office of the Director-General |
| OFA |
Office of WFS Follow-up and Alliances |
| OIE |
World Organisation for Animal Health |
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| PAAT |
Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis |
| PABX |
Private automatic branch exchange (telephone) |
| PAIA |
Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action |
| PBE |
Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation |
| PGRFA |
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| PIRES |
Programme Planning, Implementation Reporting and Evaluation System |
| PROD |
Integrated Production Systems (SARD/SPFS) (PAIA) |
| PSC |
Project Servicing Costs |
| PVP |
Plant Variety Protection |
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| QINF |
Definitions, Norms, Methodologies and Quality of Information (PAIA) |
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| RAF |
Regional Office for Africa |
| RAP |
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| RBB |
Results-based budgeting |
| REHA |
Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness and Post Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation |
| REIO |
Regional Economic Integration Organization |
| REU |
Regional Office for Europe |
| RFB |
Regional fishery body |
| RFMO |
Regional fishery management organization |
| RG |
Real growth |
| RLC |
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| RNE |
Regional Office for the Near East |
| RO |
Regional Office |
| RPFS |
Regional Programme for Food Security |
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| SAD |
Special Adviser to the Director-General |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SARD |
Sustainable agriculture and rural development |
| SD |
Sustainable Development Department |
| SDA |
Rural Development Division |
| SDR |
Research, Extension and Training Division |
| SDW |
Gender and Population Division |
| SIT |
Sterile insect technique |
| SOFA |
The State of Food and Agriculture |
| SOFI |
The State of Food Insecurity in the World |
| SPAT |
Spatial Information Management and Decision Support Tools |
| SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security |
| SPS |
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures |
| SSC |
Shared Services Centre |
| SSC |
South-South Cooperation |
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| TAD |
Transboundary animal diseases |
| TC |
Technical Cooperation Department |
| TCA |
Policy Assistance Division |
| TCE |
Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division |
| TCI |
Investment Centre |
| TCO |
Field Operations Division |
| TCP |
Technical Cooperation Programme |
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| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNDAF |
United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
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| WAICENT |
World Agricultural Information Centre |
| WFD |
World Food Day |
| WFP |
World Food Programme |
| WFS |
World Food Summit |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
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| ZRG |
Zero real growth |
