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Appendix VI Glossary of Acronyms

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ADG

Associate Director General

ADG (R)

Associate Director General for Research

AGLN

Asian Grain Legumes Network

APAARI

Asia and Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutes

APSIM

Agricultural Production Systems Simulator

APSRU

Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit

ARI

Advanced Research Institute

ASARECA

Association for Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa

BBF

Broadbed and Furrow Technology

BMZ/GTZ

Bundesministerium fuer Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit/Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (Germany)

CABI

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International

CARMASAT

Collaboration on Agricultural Resource Modeling and Applications in the Semi-Arid Tropics

CCER

Centre Commissioned External Review

CCRN

Cereals Cooperative Research Network

CGIAR

Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research

CIAT

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

CIMMYT

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Mais y Trigo

CIRAD

Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement

CLAN

Cereals and Legumes Asia Network

DDG

Deputy Director General

DG

Director General

DMI

Desert Margin Initiative

EPMR

External Programme and Management Review

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FESP

Farm and Engineering Services

FIS

Financial Information System

GIS

Geographic Information System

GRD

Genetic Resources Division

GRU

Genetic Resources Unit

HR

Human Resources

IAC

ICRISAT Asian Centre

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centre

IBSRAM

International Board for Soils Research and Management

ICAR

Indian Council for Agricultural Research

ICARDA

International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICIPE

International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICRAF

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

ICWG-GR

Inter-Centre Working Group on Genetic Resources

IDRC

International Development Research Centre

IER

Institut d'Economie Rural

IFDC

International Fertilizer Development Centre

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IIMI

International Irrigation Management Institute

IITA

International Institute for Tropical Agriculture

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

INRM

Integrated Natural Resources Management

INTSORMIL

Sorghum-Millet Collaborative Research Support Project

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

IPM

Integrated Pest Management

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IRS

Internationally-Recruited Staff

ISC

ICRISAT Sahelian Centre

ISP

Integrated Systems Project

KARI

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

MTP

Medium-Term Plan

NARS

National Agricultural Research Systems

NBPGR

National Board on Plant Genetic Resources (India)

NGO

Non-Government Organization

NRI

Natural Resources Institute

NRM

Natural Resources Management

NRS

Nationally-Recruited Staff

O and M

Organization and Management

ODA

Overseas Development Administration

ODG

Office of the Director General

ODI

Overseas Development Institute

OFR

On-Farm Research

OPV

Open-Pollinated Variety

ORSTOM

Institut francais de recherche scientifique pour le developpement en cooperation (France)

PAC

Policy Advisory Committee

PRA

Participatory Rural Appraisal

PTL

Project Team Leader

PTM

Project Team Member

RDD

Research Division Director

RED

Regional Executive Director

REIA

Research Evaluation and Impact Assessment

RPCC

Research Policy Coordinating Committee

SACCAR

Southern Africa Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural and Natural Resource Research and Training

SADC

Southern African Development Committee

SAT

Semi-arid Tropics

SEA

Southern and Eastern Africa

SEPD

Socio-Economics and Policy Division

SGRP

Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme

SMIP

Sorghum and Millet Improvement Program

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee

TAFP

Training and Fellowships Programme

TEC

Technology Exchange Committee

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VRS

Voluntary Retirement Scheme

WANA

West Asia-North Africa

WCA

West and Central Africa

WCAMRN

West and Central Africa Millet Research Network

WCASRN

West and Central Africa Sorghum Research Network

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