Acronyms
ACP	African, Caribbean and Pacific Group
AfDB	African Development Bank
AGA	Animal Production and Health Division
AGRIS	International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology
AGROVOC	Multilingual Thesaurus of Agricultural Terminology
ALAWUC	Agriculture, Land Water Use Commission (Near East)
APFIC	Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission
APO	Associate Professional Officer
ASEAN	Association of Southeast-Asian Nations
ASFA	Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts database
ASP	Africa Stockpiles Programme
AUD	Office of the Inspector-General
BSE	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
CBPP	Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
CCAMLR	Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
CCLM	Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters
CCP	Committee on Commodity Problems
CCRF	Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
CEB	United Nations System's Chief Executives Board for Coordination
CFS	Committee on World Food Security
CFSAM	Crop and food supply assessment mission
CGIAR	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIRAD	French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CLCPRO	Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region
COFI	Committee on Fisheries
CWP	Handbook of Fishery Statistical Standards
DFID	UK Department for International Development
DLCC	Desert Locust Control Committee
DPKO	United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
EC	European Community
ECHA	Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs
ECLO	Emergency Centre for Locust Operations
ECOSOC	Economic and Social Council (UN)
ECTAD	Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease Operations
EMPRES	Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases
ES	Economics and Social Department
ESA	Agricultural and Development Economics Division
EU	European Union
FAOSTAT	Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data
FFV	Fresh fruit and vegetables
FGGD	Food Insecurity, Poverty and Environment Global GIS Database
FIGIS	Fisheries Global Information System
FIRMS	Fisheries Resources Monitoring System
FIVIMS	Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System
FNPP	FAO/Netherlands Partnership Programme
GCP	FAO/Government Cooperative Programme
GEF	Global Environment Facility
GFCM	General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean
GIEWS	Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
GIL	Library and Documentation Systems Division
GIS	Geographical Information System
GLEWS	Global Early Warning System for Transboundary Animal Diseases
GLiPHA	Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas
GMO	Genetically modified organism
GPA	Global Plan of Action
GTZ	German Agency for Technical Co-operation
HACCP	Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP)
HPAI	Highly pathogenic avian influenza
IAAH	International Alliance Against Hunger
IAEA	International Atomic Energy Agency
IASC	Inter-agency Standing Committee
IBAR	Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources
ICSC	International Civil Service Commission
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development
IGAD	Intergovernmental Authority on Development
IGO	Intergovernmental Organization
IITA	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
ILO	International Labour Organization
ILRI	International Livestock Research Institute
IMARK	Information management resource kit
IMO	International Maritime Organisation
INERA	Institut National de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (Burkina Faso)
IOTC	Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPGRI	International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IPM	Integrated pest management
IPPC	International Plant Protection Convention
IPTRID	International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage
ISRIC	The International Soil Reference and Information Centre
IUCN	The World Conservation Union
IUU	Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing)
IWMI	International Water Management Institute
JIU	Joint Inspection Unit
LDC	Least developed country
LLDC	Land-locked Developing Countries
MDG	Millennium Development Goal
MOSS	Minimum Operating Security Standards
NAFO	Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
NALO	National Aquaculture Legislation Overview
NEPAD	New Partnership for Africa's Development
NGO	Non-governmental organization
NMTPF	National medium-term priority framework
NSPFS	National Special Programme for Food Security
NWFP	Non-wood forest product
OCD	Office for Coordination of Normative, Operational and Decentralized Activities
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIE	World Organisation for Animal Health
OPEC	Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PAAT	Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis
PACE	Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics
PAN	Pesticides Action Network
PATTEC	Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign
PBE	Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation
PGRFA	Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
PIC	Prior Informed Consent
PIRES	Programme Planning, Implementation Reporting and Evaluation System
PPLPF	Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Facility
PPR	Peste des petits ruminants
PPRC	Programme and Project Review Committee
PRSP	Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PWB	Programme of Work and Budget
RAP	Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
REDBIO	Technical Cooperation Network on Plant Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean
REIO	Regional Economic Integration Organization
RFB	Regional fishery body
RFLC	Rural Finance Learning Centre
SADC	Southern African Development Community
SEAFDEC	Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
SEAGA	Socio-economic and Gender Analysis Programme
SIDS	Small Island Developing States
SIOFA	Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
SIT	Sterile insect technique
SOCO	State of Agricultural Commodity Markets
SOFA	The State of Food and Agriculture
SOFI	The State of Food Insecurity in the World
SOFIA	The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture
SPC	South Pacific Commission
SPS	Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
SWIOFC	South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission
TBT	Technical barriers to trade
TC	Technical Cooperation Department
TCE	Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division
TCP	Technical Cooperation Programme
TSS	Technical support services
UNCCD	United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa
UNCEIAC	The United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisition Consortium
UNDG	United Nations Development Group
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund
UNGA	United Nations General Assembly
UN-HABITAT	United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UNHCR	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF	United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
UTF	Unilateral trust fund
VMS	Vessel monitoring system
WAAP	World Association for Animal Production
WAICENT	World Agricultural Information Centre
WECAFC	Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission
WFE	Water for Food and Ecosystems (Initiative)
WFP	World Food Programme
WHO	World Health Organization
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WSSD	World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTO	World Trade Organization
WWF	Worldwide Fund for Nature