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AARINENA |
Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa |
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ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
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ACT |
Action by Churches Together |
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ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
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AIT |
Asian Institute of Technology |
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ANAPO |
National Association of Oilseed Producers (Brazil) |
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AOAD |
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development |
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APAARI |
Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions |
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APAFRI |
Asia-Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions |
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APARIS |
Asia-Pacific Agricultural Research Information System |
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APCC |
Asian and Pacific Coconut Community |
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APCoAB |
Asia-Pacific Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology |
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APSA |
Asia and Pacific Seed Association |
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ARD |
agricultural research for development |
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AREO |
Agricultural Research & Education Organization (Iran) |
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ARI |
agricultural research institute |
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AVRDC |
The World Vegetable Center |
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BMVEL |
Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (Germany) |
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BMZ |
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) |
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BUROTROP |
Bureau for the Development of Research on Tropical Perennial Oil Crops |
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CA |
conservation agriculture |
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CAADP |
Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme |
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CABI |
CAB International |
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CAC |
Central Asia and the Caucasus |
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CATIE |
Tropical Agriculture Research and Education Center, Costa Rica |
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CFC |
Common Fund for Commodities |
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CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
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CIAT |
International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
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CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
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CIP |
International Potato Center |
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CIRAD |
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (France) |
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CLAN |
Cereals and Legumes Asia Network |
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COGENT |
International Coconut Genetic Resources Network |
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CORRA |
Council for Partnerships on Rice Research in Asia |
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CP |
Challenge Programme (CGIAR) |
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CSO |
civil society organization |
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CTA |
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU |
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DANIDA |
Danish International Development Assistance |
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DFID |
Department for International Development, United Kingdom |
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DGIS |
Directorate General for International Cooperation (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
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DMC |
Direct Sowing, Mulch-based Systems and Conservation Agriculture |
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DONATA |
Dissemination of New Technologies in Africa |
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DPGN |
Date Palm Global Network |
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DURAS |
Promoting Sustainable Development in Southern Agricultural Research Systems |
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EARD-InfoSys+ |
European Agricultural Research for Development Information System |
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EBO |
EGFAR Back Office |
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EGFAR |
Electronic Global Forum on Agricultural Research |
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EMBRAPA |
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation |
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ETC Ecoculture |
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EU |
European Union |
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FAEPE |
Fundação de Apoio Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão, Brazil |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FAO/RAP |
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
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FARA |
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa |
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FO |
farmer organization |
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FONTAGRO |
Regional Fund on Agricultural Technology (FORAGRO) |
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FORAGRO |
Forum of the Americas for Agricultural Research and Technological Development |
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GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
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GFAR |
Global Forum on Agricultural Research |
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GFU |
Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species |
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GoFAR |
Group of Fisheries and Aquatic Research |
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GPP |
Global Partnership Programme, GFAR |
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GTAF |
Technical Group in Support of the FORAGRO Secretariat |
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GTZ |
German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
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IABA |
Inter-American Board of Agriculture |
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IACR |
Institute of Arable Crop Research |
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IAPAR |
Instituto Agronômico do Paraná (Brazil) |
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IARC |
international agricultural research centre |
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IAR4D |
Integrated Agricultural Research for Development |
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ICARDA |
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
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ICBA |
International Center for Biosaline Agriculture |
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ICG |
International Coconut Genebank |
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ICM |
information and communication management |
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ICRA |
International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture |
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ICRAF |
World Agroforestry Centre |
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ICRISAT |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
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ICT |
information and communication technology |
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IDIAP |
Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria de Panamá |
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IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
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IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
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IICA |
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture |
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IIRR |
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction |
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ILRI |
International Livestock Research Institute |
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INASP |
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications |
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INCANA |
Inter-Regional Network for Research Collaboration on Sustainable Cotton Production in Asia and North Africa |
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INFOSYS |
European Information System |
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INFOTEC |
Scientific and Technological Information System for the Agricultural sector in the Americas (FORAGRO) |
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INIFAP |
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (Mexico) |
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IPGRI |
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute |
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IPM |
integrated pest management |
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IRD |
Institut de recherche pour le développement, France |
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IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
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ISAAA |
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications |
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iSC |
Interim Science Council of the CGIAR |
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ISNAR |
International Service for National Agricultural Research |
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ISRA |
Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles |
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ITFNET |
International Tropical Fruits Network |
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JUST |
Jordan University of Science and Technology |
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KASSA |
Knowledge Assessment and Sharing on Sustainable Agriculture (study title) |
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LABEX |
EMPRAPA overseas laboratory |
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LAC |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
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LBL |
Swiss Center for Agricultural Extension |
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LYD |
lethal yellowing disease (coconut) |
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MAELA |
Latin American and Caribbean Agroecological Movement |
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MAPP |
Multi-country Productivity Programme |
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NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific |
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NARI |
National Agricultural Research Institute (Gambia) |
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NARS |
national agricultural research system |
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NATURA |
Network of European Agricultural [Tropically and Subtropically Oriented] Universities and Scientific Complexes Related with Agricultural Development |
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NCARTT |
National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer (Jordan) |
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NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africas Development |
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NERICA |
New rice for Africa |
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NFR |
Novel Food Regulation, European Union |
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NGO |
non-government organization |
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NINP |
national information nodal point |
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NORAD |
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation |
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NRM |
natural resource management |
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PARLATINO |
Parlamento Latinamericano |
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PCA |
Philippine Coconut Authority |
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PCCMCA |
Programa Cooperativo Centroamericano para el Mejoramiento de Cultivos y Animales |
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PELUM |
Participatory Ecological Land-Use Management |
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PGR |
plant genetic resources |
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PROCICARIBE |
Caribbean Agricultural Science and Technology Networking System |
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PROCIANDINO |
Programa Cooperativo de Investigación y Transferencia de |
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Technología para la Region Andina |
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PROCINORTE |
Programa Cooperativo de Investigación Agrícola para la Región Norte |
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PROCIs |
Programas Cooperativos de Investigación y Transferencia de Tecnología Agrícola (FORAGRO) |
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PROCISUR |
Programa Cooperativo para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario del Cono Sur |
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PROCITROPICOS |
Programa Cooperativo de Investigación y Transferencia de Tecnología para los Trópicos Suramericanos |
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PROCORD |
Global Coconut Research for Development Programme |
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PROFIEET |
PROmoting Farmer Innovation and Experimentation in EThiopia |
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PROINPA |
Fundación para la Promoción y Investigación de Productos Andinos (Bolivia) |
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PROLINNOVA |
Promoting Local Innovation |
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QTL |
quantative trait loci |
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RAEL |
regional agricultural expert locator (APARIS) |
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RAIS |
regional agricultural information system |
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REDARFIT |
Redes de Sistemas Agroforestales y de Recursos Filogenéticos |
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RELMA |
Regional Land Management Unit, East Africa (SIDA programme) |
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REMERFI |
Red Mesoamericana de Recursos Fitogenéticos |
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SARA |
Selian Agricultural Research Institute |
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SDC |
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation |
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SICTA |
Sistema de Integración Centroamericano de Tecnología Agrícola |
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SMEs |
small and medium-sized enterprises |
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SPAAR |
Special Programme for African Agricultural Research |
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SRO |
subregional organization |
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TAMNET |
Tropical Asian Maize Network |
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USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
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UTFANET |
Underutilized Tropical Fruits in Asia Network |
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WAICENT |
World Agricultural Information Centre of FAO |
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WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |