Committee on World Food Security

Making a difference in food security and nutrition

ABBREVIATIONS

AMIS

Agricultural Market Information System

CAADP

Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme

CFS

Committee on World Food Security

CEDAW

UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women

CESCR

UN Committee on economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CGIAR

Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres

COP 21

21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

CSM

Civil Society Mechanism

CSO

Civil Society Organization

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FFA

Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises

GCARD

Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development

GSF

Global Strategic Framework

HLPE

High-level Panel of Experts

HLTF

Secretary-General’s High-level Task Force on Global Food and Nutrition Security

IAASTD

International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development

ICARRD

International Conference on Agrarian reform and Rural Development

ICN 2

Second International Conference on Nutrition

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

ISESCR

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ODA

Official Development Assistance

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

RAI

Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems

Rio+20

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 2012

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SCN

United Nations Systems Standing Committee on Nutrition

SOFA

State of Food and Agriculture

SUN

Scaling Up Nutrition

UCFA

United Nations Updated Comprehensive Framework for Action

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

VGGT

Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security

VGRtF

Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to food in the context of national food security

WFP

United Nations World Food Programme

WHO

United Nations World Health Organization