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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


ACP

African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries

AMS

Aggregate Measurement of Support

AoA

Agreement on Agriculture

ATPSM

Agriculture Trade Policy Simulation Model

BULOG

National Logistics Agency (Badan Urusan Logistik)

CAEMC

Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community

CAFOD

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CARLs

Countries with Abundant Rural Labour

CEEC

Central and Eastern European Countries

CGE

Computable General Equilibrium

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CME

Coordinated Market Economies

CMEA

Common Market of East Asia

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CPI

Consumer Price Index

DFID

Department for International Development (UK)

EAC

Commission for East African Cooperation

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

EPR

Effective protection rate

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FTA

Free Trade Area

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GMB

Grain Marketing Board

GTAP

Global Trade Analysis Programme

H-O

Heckscher-Ohlin

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IDA

International Development Agency

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IOC

Indian Ocean Commission

LAC

Latin American and Caribbean

LDC

Least Developed Country

LIC

Low Income Countries

LIFDC

Low-Income Food-Deficit Countries

LME

Liberal Market Economy

LMIC

Lower Middle-Income Countries

MERCOSUR

Mercado Común del Sur (common market of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay)

MFN

Most Favoured Nation

MNC

Multinational Corporation

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NAEX

Net Agricultural Exporting

NAIM

Net Agricultural Importing

NFEX

Net Food Exporting

NFIM

Net Food Importing

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NIS

Newly Independent States

NPR

Nominal Protection Rate

NTB

Non-Tariff Barriers

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OPK

Operasi Pasar Khusus (targeted rice subsidy programme)

PMB

Paddy Marketing Board

PPI

Producer price index

PSE

Producer Support Estimate

QR

Quantitative Restriction

RIFF

Regional Integration Facilitation Forum, formerly the Cross-Border initiative (CBI)

RTA

Regional Free Trade Agreement

RUNS

Rural-Urban-North-South Model

SACU

Southern Africa Customs Union

SAL

Structural Adjustment Loan

SAM

Social Accounting Matrix

SAP

Structural Adjustment Programme

SAPRIN

Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network.

SECAL

Sectoral Adjustment Loan

SME

Small and Medium Enterprise

SOFI

State of Food Insecurity

SSA

Sub-Saharan Africa

SSG

Special Safeguard

STE

State Trading Enterprise

TNC

Transnational Corporation

TRQ

Tariff Rate Quotas

UMIC

Upper Middle Income Countries

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UR

Uruguay Round

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

WB

World Bank

WCA

Washington Consensus on Agriculture

WFM

World Food Model

WFS

World Food Summit

WTO

World Trade Organization


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