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Appendix V - Glossary of Acronyms

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

AgResearch

New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Ltd

AHI

African Highlands Initiative

ARI

Advanced Research Institute

ARI

Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana

ASARECA

Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa

BPT

Balai Penelitian Ternak, Indonesia

BSE

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

CABI

Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

CATIE

Centro Agronomico Tropical Investigacion y Ensenza, Costa Rica

CCER

Centre commissioned external review

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International Center for Tropical Agriculture)

CILSS

Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel

CIMMYT

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

CIP

Centro Internacional de la Papa (International Potato Center)

CIRAD-EMVT

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement-Département d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire tropicale

CIRDES

Centre international de recherche-développement sur l'élevage en zone subhumide

CIRES

Centre Ivorien de recherches économique et social

CIRNMA

Centro de Investigacion en Recursus Naturales Medio Ambiente, Peru

CNRA

Centre National de Recherche Agronomique, Cote d'lvoire

CODESU

Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de Ucayali, Peru

CONDESAN

Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion

CORAF

Conférence de resonsables de recherche agronomique Africains

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

CREN

Centre de Recherche en Energie Nucleaire, Kinshasa

CRSP

Collaborative Research Support Program

CTA

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation

CTVM

Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, UK

CVL

Central Veterinary Laboratory, Zimbabwe

DFID

Department for International Development

DMP

Desert Margin Programme

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

EARO

Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization

ECAG

Escuela Centroamericana de Ganaderia, Costa Rica

ECF

East Coast fever

ELISA

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EPHTA

Ecoregional Programme for the Humid and Subhumid Tropics of SSA

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GIS

Geographic information systems

GSMAD

Global Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Development

GTZ

German Agency for Technical Co-operation

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centre

IBSRAM

International Board for Soils Research and Management

IAEG

Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group of the CGIAR

IBTA

Instituto Boliviano de Technologia Agropecuaria

IC-LPG

Inter-Centre Livestock Programme Group

ICARDA

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICTTD

Integrated Control of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases Project, University of Utrecht

ICIMOD

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICIPE

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICRAF

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

ID-DLO

Institute for Animal Science and Health, Organisation for Agricultural Research, The Netherlands

IDESSA

Institut des savanes, Cote d'Ivoire

IDRC

International Development Research Centre

IER

Institut d'économie rurale, Mali

IFDC

International Fertilizer Development Center

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IICA

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, Costa Rica

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILCA

International Livestock Centre for Africa

ILRAD

International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

INERA

Institut d'études et de recherches agricoles, Burkina Faso

INIA

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agricolas, Peru

INIAP

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias

INRAN

Institut national de recherches agronomiques du Niger

INTG

IARC/NARS Training Group

IPB

Institute Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

ISNAR

International Service for National Agricultural Research

ISRA

Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles

ITC

International Trypanotolerance Centre

IVITA

Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura, Peru

KARI

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KETRI

Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

LARD

Lesotho Agricultural Research Division

MAC

Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Swaziland

MAFF

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Zambia

MAG

Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Costa Rica

MALD

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Development and Marketing, Kenya and Uganda

MARTS

Ministry of Agricultural Research and Technical Services. Malawi

MHC

Major histocompatibility complex

MoA

Ministry of Agriculture

MTP

Medium-term plan

NAPRI

National Animal Production Research Institute, Nigeria

NARO

National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda

NARS

National agricultural research systems

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NVRC

National Veterinary Research Centre, Kenya

OAU/IBAR

Organization of African Unity/Inter-African Bureau of Animal Resources

OIE

Organisation International des Epizootics

ORSTOM

Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération

PCARRD

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

RADES

Randomly amplified developmentally expressed sequences

RISPAL

Red de Investigación en Sistema de Produccion Animal in LAC

SACCAR

Southern African Centre for Co-operation in Agricultural Research and Training, Botswana

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SCNARS

Strengthening Collaboration with National Agricultural Research Systems

SGRP

System-wide Genetic Resources Programme

SLP

System-wide Livestock Programme

SPGRC

SADC Plant Genetic Resources Centre

SSA

Sub-Saharan Africa

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee of the CGIAR

TSBF

Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Program

UK

United Kingdom

USA

United States of America

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VPC

Veterinary Pathology Centre, Malawi

VSG

Variable surface glycoprotein

WANA

West Asia and North Africa

WARDA

West Africa Rice Development Association


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