ACC |
Administrative Committee on Coordination |
ADB |
African Development Bank |
ALRMP |
Arid Lands Resource Management Project |
CA |
Conservation Agriculture |
CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
CCA |
Common Country Assessment |
CCD |
Convention to Combat Desertification |
CDF |
Comprehensive Development Framework |
CFSP |
Country Food Security Programme |
CILSS |
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel |
CNCCR |
Comité nationale de concertation et de coopération des ruraux |
COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
CSOs |
Civil Society Organizations |
DES |
Dietary Energy Supply |
EAC |
East African Community |
ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
ENSO |
El Niño Southern Oscillation |
EU |
European Union |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FDI |
foreign direct investment |
FFA |
Framework for Action |
FIVIMS |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems |
FSP |
Food Security Programme |
GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
HIPCs |
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
IAWG |
Inter-Agency Working Group (on FIVIMS) |
ICK |
Information, Communication And Knowledge |
IDA |
International Development Association (the World Bank) |
IDB |
Islamic Development Bank |
IDPs |
Internally Displaced Persons |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFIs |
International Financing Institutions |
IGAD |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
LILs |
Learning And Innovation Loans |
ODA |
official development assistance |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PCD |
Project Concept Document |
PEAP |
Poverty Eradication Action Plan (Uganda) |
PMA |
Plan for the Modernization of Agriculture (Uganda) |
PRGF |
Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility |
PRS |
Poverty Reduction Strategy |
PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.RC Resident Coordinator |
RDS |
Rural Development Strategy |
RFSP |
Regional Food Security Programme |
ROSCAs |
rotating savings and credit associations |
SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
SIPs |
Sector Investment Programmes |
SLA |
Sustainable Livelihoods Approach |
SMEs |
small and medium enterprises |
SPFS |
Special Programme for Food Security (FAO) |
Task Force |
The Inter-Agency Task Force on the UN Response to Long-Term Food Security, Agricultural Development and Related Aspects in the Horn of Africa |
UNDAF |
United Nations Development Assistance Framework |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
UNSIA |
United Nations System-wide Initiative for Africa |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
VAM |
Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping |
WFP |
World Food Programme |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
