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I - Glossary of Acronyms

ADB

African Development Bank

AEZ

Agroecological Zone

AMSRON

African Mangrove Swamp Rice Observatory Nursery

ARFSN

Asian Rice Farming Systems Network

CAAS

China Academy of Agricultural Science

CAAMS

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

CIRAD

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

CLSU

Central Luzon State University

CNPAF

Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Arroz e Feijao

CNRRI

China National Rice Research Institute

CORAF

Conférence des Responsables de la Recherche Agronomique Africaine

DWT

Deepwater/Tidal

ECSA

Eastern, Central and Southern Africa

EMBRAPA

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria

FEDEARROZ

Federacion Nacional de Arroceros de Colombia

GIS

Geographic Information System

ha

Hectare

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centre

IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

ICA

Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

IDESSA

Institut des Savanes

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IIMI

International Irrigation Management Institute

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILRAD

International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases

INGER

International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice

INRA

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

IPM

Integrated Pest Management

IRGA

Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz, Brazil

IRR

Irrigated

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IRTP

International Rice Testing Programme

ISNAR

International Service for National Agricultural Research

ISRA

Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

mt

Metric tonne

MTP

Medium-Term Plan

NARS

National Agricultural Research System

ORSTOM

Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer

Philrice

Philippine Rice Research Institute

PPP

Purchase Parity Price

RFL

Rainfed Lowland

SACCAR

Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research

SAED

Société National d'Aménagement et d'Exploitation des Terres du Delta du Fleuve Sénégal et des Vallées du Fleuve Sénégal et de la Falémé

SSA

Sub-Saharan Africa

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

UPL

Upland

UPLB

University of the Philippines at Los Baños

WANA

West Asia-North Africa

WARDA

West Africa Rice Development Association


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