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APPENDIX VII - GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AfDB

African Development Bank

AGRICOLA

CD-ROM: All Aspects of Agriculture

AGRINET

Agricultural Information Network

AGRIS

Agriculture Information System

AQALINE

CD-ROM: Water, Waste Water and the Aquatic Environment

BMZ

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (Germany)

CABI

CAB International

CADSWES

Centre for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Sciences

CAPS

Core Add-on Projects

CC

Consultative Committee

CCOD

Current Contents on Disk

CD-DIS

CD-ROM: Foreign Assistance Projects and Programmes of the US Agency for International Development

CD-ROM

Compac Disc-Read Only Memory

CEC

Commission of the European Communities

CEMAGREF

Centre National du Machinisme Agricole, due Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT

Centre Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

CIEH

Comité Interafricain d'Etudes Hydrauliques

CIFOR

Centre for International Forestry Research

CIMMYT

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo

CIP

Centro Internacional de la Papa

CIRAD

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

CORAD

Conférence des Responsables de la Recherche Agronomique

CP

Country Project

DANIDA

Danish International Development Association

DDG

Deputy Director General

DG

Director General

DIC

Director of International Cooperation

DR

Director of Research

DSE

Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung

EMR

External Management Review

ENVIRNET

Environmental Information Network

EPMR

External Programme and Management Review

EPR

External Programme Review

F&A

Finance and Administration

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FMIS

Farmer-managed Irrigation Systems

GIS

Geographical Information System

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit

HQ

Headquarter

HR

Hydraulic Research Wallingford, UK

HRO

Human Resource Office

IARCs

International Agricultural Research Centres

IBSRAM

International Board for Soil Research and Management

ICARDA

International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICLARM

International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management

ICID

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

ICIMOD

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICRAF

International Council for Research in Agroforestry

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IDRC

International Development Research Centre, Canada

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IGBP

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

IHE

International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering

IIMI

Intentional Irrigation Management Institute

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILRI

International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement

ILWIS

International Land and Water Information System

IMCD

Irrigation Management for Crop Diversification in Rice-Based Systems

IMIN

Irrigation Management Information Network

IMPSA

Irrigation Management Policy Support Activity

INRA

Institut National des Recherches Agronomiques

IPR

Internal Programme Review

IPTRID

International Programme for Technology Research in Irrigation and Drainage

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

IS

Institutional Strengthening

ISM

Irrigation System Management

ISNAR

International Service for National Agricultural Research

ISPAN

Irrigation Support Project for Asia and the Near East

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

LAN

Local Area Networking

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MTP

Medium-Term Plan

NARS

National Agricultural Research Systems

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NIA

National Irrigation Administration

NRI

National Resources Institute

O&M

Operation and Management

ODU

Overseas Development Unit

ORSTOM

Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération

PC

Personal Computer

PDO

Project Development Office

PEEM

Panel of Experts on Environmental Management of Vector Control

PSG

Programme Support Group

SCOR

Shared Control of Natural Resources

SOILCD

CD-ROM: Soil Science, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments

SSA

Sub-Saharan Africa

SSY

Senior Staff Years

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

TROPAG + RURAL

CD-ROM: Tropical Agriculture and Rural Abstracts

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

USAID

US Agency for International Development

USBR

United States Bureau of Reclamation

WANA

West Asia and North Africa

WARDA

West Africa Rice Development Association

WHO

World Health Organization

WRA

CD-ROM: Water Resource Planning, Management and Control

WUA

Water Users Associations


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