acronyms

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 * ===A=== ||  ||   ||
 * A-AARNET || ASARECA Animal Agricultural Research Network || [] ||
 * AAC || Advance-Africa dot Com || [|http://www.advance-africa.com] ||
 * AACAA || All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture - meets every 4 years || http://www.aacaak.or.ke ||
 * AAD || Agriculture Associated Didease ||  ||
 * AAME || African Adult Male Equivalent ||  ||
 * AARINENA || Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa || http://www.aarinena.org ||
 * AAS || African Academy of Sciences || http://www.aasciences.org ||
 * AASAP || All Africa Society for Animal Production ||  ||
 * AATF || African Agricultural Technology Foundation || [] ||
 * ABBPP || African Biotechnology Biosafety Policy Platform ||  ||
 * ABCF || African Biosciences Challenge Fund || [] ||
 * ABI || African Biosciences Initiative || [] ||
 * ABI || Agribusiness Incubator || [] ||
 * ABI-ICRISAT || Agribusiness Incubator - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ||  ||
 * ABNE || Africa Biosciences Initiatives and African Biosafety Network of Expertise ||  ||
 * ABP ltd || Africa Banana Products Ltd ||  ||
 * ABS || African Bio-Fortified Sorghum || [] ||
 * ABSF || African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum || [] ||
 * ABSPII || Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II || [] ||
 * AC || Audit Committee ||  ||
 * ACCI || African Centre for Crop Improvement || [] ||
 * ACDI/VOCA || An economic development organization based in Washington, D.C. || http://www.acdivoca.org/site/ID/OurStory ||
 * ACIAR || Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research || [] ||
 * ACP || African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States || [] ||
 * ACPC || African Climate Policy Centre || http://www.uneca.org/acpc ||
 * ACP3 || Academic-Community-Public-Private Partnerships ||  ||
 * ACT || African Conservation Tillage Network || http://www.act-africa.org/index.php?com=1 ||
 * ADA || Austrian Development Agency || http://www.entwicklung.at/en/ ||
 * ADAPPT || African Dryland Alliance for Pesticidal-Plant Technologies || http://projects.nri.org/adappt/ ||
 * ADB || Asian Development Bank || [] ||
 * ADC || Area Development Committee ||  ||
 * ADMARC || Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Malawi) || [] ||
 * AEAS || Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services ||  ||
 * AECF || Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund || http://www.aecfafrica.org ||
 * AEZ || Agro-Ecological Zone ||  ||
 * AFAAS || Africa Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services || http://www.afaas-africa.org ||
 * AFAP || African Fertilizer Agribusiness Partnership || [] ||
 * AFARD || Agency for Accelerated Rural Development (Uganda) || http://www.afard.net ||
 * AFD || Agence Francaise de Developpement || http://www.afd.fr/home ||
 * AfDB || African Development Bank || [] ||
 * AfSIS || Africa Soil Information Service || http://www.africasoils.net ||
 * AFTFN || Agriculture Fast Track Fund Now (Managed by the African Development Bank - AfDB and funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Swedish Development Agency (SIDA) and the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) || http://www.aftfund.org ||
 * AGRINATURA || The European Alliance on agricultural knowledge for development || http://www.agrinatura.eu ||
 * ASTA || African Seed Trade Association || http://afsta.org ||
 * AFTFP || Africa Finance & Private Sector Development Department (World Bank) || http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTAFRSUMAFTPS/0,,menuPK:2050038~pagePK:51246558~piPK:51247553~theSitePK:2049987,00.html ||
 * A4NH || Agriculture for Nutrition and Health || [] ||
 * AFRACA || African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association || [] ||
 * Africa-RISING || Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (CGIAR project) ||  ||
 * AfrII || African Innovations Institute || [|http://www.afrii.org] ||
 * AFRISA || Africa Institute for Strategic Services and Development || http://www.afrisa-africa.org/index.html ||
 * AFS || African Swine Fever ||  ||
 * AgBIT || Agribusiness Incubation Trust (Zambia) || http://www.agbit.co.zm ||
 * AGMARK || Agricultural Market Development Trust – Africa || [] ||
 * AGORA || Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture || [] ||
 * AGP || Agricultural Growth Program (external - Ethiopian government program) ||  ||
 * AGRA || Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa || [] ||
 * AgriFin || Agriculture Finance Support Facility ||  ||
 * Agri 4 Africa || A commercial agribusiness on-line information portal || ww.agri4africa.com ||
 * AGRODEP || Africa Growth & Development Policy modelling consortium || http://www.agrodep.org ||
 * AgriCord || The Alliance of Agri-Agencies || http://www.agricord.org/ ||
 * AGRINATURA || The European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development || http://www.agrinatura.eu/ ||
 * AHBFI || Africa Harvest Biotechnology Foundation International || [] ||
 * AHI || African Highlands Initiative || http://worldagroforestry.org/projects/african-highlands/ ||
 * AI || Depending on context (or background of the scientist citing it!) - avian influenza (animal disease) OR artificial insemination (animal breeding) or artificial intelligence (bioinformatics) ||  ||
 * AID –SA || Agro Industry Development Society Ltd (Mali) || [] ||
 * AII || Agribusiness Innovation Initiative ||  ||
 * AIIC || Agribusiness Innovation Incubation Consortia ||  ||
 * AIN || Africa Incubator Network || [] ||
 * AIP || Agribusiness Innovation Program ||  ||
 * AIRCA || Association of International Research and Development Centers for Agriculture, consiisting of AVRDC, CABI, CATIE, CFF, ICBA, ICIPE, ICIMOD, IFDC and INBAR. Not the All Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association http://www.aircarodeo.com/ || [|http://www.airca.org] ||
 * AKST || Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology ||  ||
 * ALiCE || African Livestock Conference and Exhibition || [|http://www.livestockafrica.com] ||
 * ALIVE || Partnership for Livestock Development, Poverty Alleviation & Sustainable Growth || [] ||
 * ALRMP || Arid Land Resource Management Programme || [] ||
 * AMREF || African Medical and Research Foundation || http://amref.org ||
 * ANAFE || African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education || [] ||
 * AnGR || Indigenous farm animal Genetic Resources || http://www.ilri.org/ImprovingtheLivelihoodsofPoorLivestock-keepers ||
 * AOCC || African Orphan Crops Consortium || http://www.mars.com/global/african-orphan-crops.aspx ||
 * AOR || Assistance Officer’s Representative, Agreement Officer Representative ||  ||
 * APAARI || Asian Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions || [] ||
 * APC || Agribusiness Partnership Contract ||  ||
 * APHCA || Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific || [|www.aphca.org/] ||
 * APM || Annual Program Meeting ||  ||
 * APO || Associate Professional Officer ||  ||
 * APSK || Animal Production Society of Kenya || http://apsk.or.ke ||
 * APSO || Area Programme Support Office ||  ||
 * AR || Assessment Report ||  ||
 * ARC || Africa Rice Congress || [] ||
 * A+RC || Audit and Risk Committee ||  ||
 * ARD || Agricultural Research for Development ||  ||
 * AR4D || Agricultural Research for Development ||  ||
 * ARI || Advanced Research Institute ||  ||
 * ASAL || Arid and Semi-Arid Lands || [] ||
 * ASARECA || Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa || [|www.asareca.org] ||
 * ASCU || Agricultural Sector Coordination Unit (Kenya) || http://www.ascu.go.ke ||
 * ASDSP || Agriculture Sector Development Support Program (Kenya) || http://www.nafis.go.ke/2012/05/agricultural-sector-development-support-programme-asdsp-programme-document/ ||
 * ASF || Animal Sourced Food ||  ||
 * ASHC || Africa Soil Health Consortium || www.cabi.org/ashc ||
 * ASIP || Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme ||  ||
 * ASSP || Animal Sciences for Sustainable Productivity (An ILRI research program) || http://sustainable-livestock.ilri.org/category/ilri/assp/ ||
 * ATF || Animal Task Force ||  ||
 * ATPS || The African Technology Policy Studies Network || [] ||
 * ATVET || Agriculture Technical and Vocational Education and Training ||  ||
 * AU || African Union || [] ||
 * AU-IBAR || African Union - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources || [|http://www.au-ibar.org] ||
 * AU-PANVAC || Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre of the African Union || http://rea.au.int/en/RO/PANVAC ||
 * AusAID || Australian Agency for International Development || [] ||
 * AVRDC || The World Vegetable Centre (Originally the Asian Vegetable Research & Development Centre) || http://avrdc.org ||
 * AWARD || African Women in Agricultural Research and Development || http://www.awardfellowships.org/home.html ||
 * AYAD || Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development || http://www.ayad.com.au ||
 * A&RC || Audit and risk committee (ILRI internal body) ||  ||
 * ===B=== ||  ||   ||
 * BAIF || BAIF Development Research Foundation (formerly the Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation) India || http://www.baif.org.in ||
 * BEAF || Beratungsgruppe Entwicklungsorientierte Agrarforschung (Advisory Service on Agricultural Research for Development, a GIZ service unit). See GIZ for more info = German Society for International Cooperation ||  ||
 * BCA || Benefit Cost Analysis ||  ||
 * BecA || Biosciences eastern and central Africa || [] ||
 * BecANet || Biosciences eastern and central Africa Network ||  ||
 * BHN || Basic Human Needs ||  ||
 * BIO-EARN || East African Regional Program and Research Network for Bio Technology, Biosafety and Policy Development || [] ||
 * BIPCEA || Biosciences Innovation Policy Consortium for Eastern Africa || [] ||
 * BMEL || Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (Germany) = Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft. Also known as the BMELV = Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. || http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Food_and_Agriculture ||
 * BMGF || Bill & Melinda Gates foundation || [|http://www.gatesfoundation.org] ||
 * BMZ || German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development - See also GIZ || [] ||
 * BoA || Bureau of Agriculture ||  ||
 * BOG || Basic Operating Guidelines ||  ||
 * BoP || Base of the Pyramid (markets) = the largest segment of consumers in Africa ||  ||
 * BoT || board of trustees (ILRI - The BoT meets twice a year: April and November) ||  ||
 * BREAD || Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development program: co-funded by the National Science Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. || http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503285 ||
 * BRI || Biosecurity Research Institute ||  ||
 * BRN || Biosafety Resource Network || [] ||
 * BSM || Benefit Sharing Mechanism ||  ||
 * ===C=== ||  ||   ||
 * CAADP || Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program || [|www.nepad-caadp.net] ||
 * CAAS || Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science || [] ||
 * CAC || Central Asia and Caucasus / CGIAR Consortium for Central Asia and the Caucasus ||  ||
 * CAFOD || Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, previously the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development || [|http://www.cafod.org.uk] ||
 * CAHC || Community-based Animal Health Care ||  ||
 * CAPS || Conservation Agriculture and Production Systems ||  ||
 * CAS || Chinese Academy of Sciences || [|http://english.cas.cn] ||
 * CASIA || Central Asia Student International Academic exchange with the European Union || [] ||
 * CASL || Community Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods || http://www.iisd.org/casl/default.htm ||
 * CASRAD || Centre for Agrarian Systems Research and Development (Vietnam) || http://www.casrad.org.vn/index.php?page=en ||
 * CASREN || Crop-Animal Systems Research Network ||  ||
 * CaSt || Capacity Strengthening program ||  ||
 * CATAS || Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences || [] ||
 * CATIE || Centre for Agricultural Research and Higher Education for Central America || [] ||
 * CAVA || Cassava Value Addition ||  ||
 * CB || Consortium Board (of the CGIAR) || [] ||
 * CBAHCP || Community-Based Animal Health Care Programme ||  ||
 * CBPP || Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia ||  ||
 * CBO || Community Based Organization ||  ||
 * CCAC || Climate and Clean Air Coalition || [] ||
 * CCAFS || Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (a CGIAR reseach program) || [|http://ccafs.cgiar.org] ||
 * CCARDESA || Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa || [] ||
 * CCAP || Climate Change Action Plan - see also NCCAP (Kenya) ||  ||
 * CCEE || CRP Commissioned External Evaluation (see CRP) ||  ||
 * CCER || Center Commissioned External Review ||  ||
 * CCLEAr || Creating Competitive Livestock Entrepreneurs in Agribusiness || [|http://www.cclear.org] ||
 * CDC || Commonwealth Development Corporation || [|http://www.cdcgroup.com] ||
 * CDF || Community Development Fund ||  ||
 * CDM || Clean Development Mechanism || [|http://cdm.unfccc.int] ||
 * CELEP || Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism || [] ||
 * CFC || Common Fund for Commodities ||  ||
 * CGIAR || Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research || [|www.cgiar.org] ||
 * CHW || Community Health Worker ||  ||
 * CIARD || Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development || [|http://www.ciard.net] ||
 * CIAT || International Centre for Tropical Agriculture || [] ||
 * CIDA || Canadian International Development Agency || [] ||
 * CIFOR || Centre for International Forestry Research || http://www.cifor.org ||
 * CIFORD || Community Initiatives for Rural Development ||  ||
 * CIFSRF || Canadian International Food Security Research Fund || http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Programs/Agriculture_and_the_Environment/Canadian_International_Food_Security_Research_Fund/Pages/default.aspx ||
 * CIG || Common Interest Group ||  ||
 * CILSS || Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel || [] ||
 * || Comité permanent inter-État de lutte contre la sécheresse au Sahel || [] ||
 * CIM || Centre for International Migration and Development (Germany) = Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung || [|http://www.cimonline.de] ||
 * CIMMYT || International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre || [|http://www.cimmyt.org] ||
 * CIP || International Potato Centre || [] ||
 * CIRAD || Centre for Agricultural Research for Development (France_ || [] ||
 * || La recherche Agronomique pour Le Developpement ||  ||
 * CIRDES || International Center for Research and Development on Livestock in the Subhumid Zone || [] ||
 * || Centre International de Recherche - Développement sur l’Elevage en zone Subhumide ||  ||
 * CLA || Collaborative Learning and Adaptive / Adaptation ||  ||
 * CLE || Corporate Level Evaluation ||  ||
 * CLP || Core Learning Partnership ||  ||
 * C-MAD || Community Mobilization Against Desertification ||  ||
 * CMF || Comart Foundation || [] ||
 * CN || Concept Note ||  ||
 * CNFA || Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs ||  ||
 * CO || Consortium Office (of the CGIAR) || [] ||
 * COMART || Comart Foundation || [] ||
 * COMESA || Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa || [|http://www.comesa.int] ||
 * COP || Conference of the Parties, Chief of Party, Community of Practice ||  ||
 * CORAF || West and Central African Council for Agriculture Research and Development || [] ||
 * CORDAID || A large development organisation in the Netherlands || http://www.cordaid.org/en/ ||
 * COSDEP || Community Sustainable Development Empowerment Programme ||  ||
 * COSOP || Country Strategic Opportunities Programme ||  ||
 * CoS-SIS || Convergence of Sciences - Strengthening agricultural innovation systems in Benin, Ghana and Mali || http://www.cos-sis.org ||
 * CP || Challenge Program, Consortium Project ||  ||
 * CPA || Consolidated Plan of Action ||  ||
 * CPI || Consumer Price Index ||  ||
 * CPL || Consortium Project Leader ||  ||
 * CPWF || Challenge Program on Water & Food (a CGIAR research programme) || [|http://waterandfood.org] ||
 * CRA || Credit Rating Agency, Collaborative Research Agreement ||  ||
 * CRISPR || Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (a technology for targeted genome editing) || [] ||
 * || See also TALENS || http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v14/n1/full/nrm3486.html ||
 * CRP || CGIAR Research Program || [] ||
 * CRSPs || Collaborative Research Support Programs || [] ||
 * CRT || Centre for Rural Technology ||  ||
 * CSA || Climate Smart Agriculture ||  ||
 * CSF || Classical Swine Fever / Critical Success Factor || http://www.classicalswinefever.org ||
 * CSI || Consortium for Spatial Information (of the CGIAR) || http://www.cgiar-csi.org ||
 * CSIR || Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Ghana) || [|http://www.csir.org.gh] ||
 * CSIR-ARI || Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Animal Research Institute (Ghana) || [|http://www.csir.org.gh] ||
 * CSIRO || Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) || [|http://www.csiro.au] ||
 * CSISA || Cereal Systems Initative for South Asia || [] ||
 * CSO || Civil Society Organisation, Committee of Senior Officials ||  ||
 * CSP || Community Support Project ||  ||
 * CTA || Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation - a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU). || [] ||
 * CTL || Cytotoxic T cell ||  ||
 * CTP || Common Traing Programme ||  ||
 * CURAD || Consortium for Enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development || [] ||
 * ===D=== ||  ||   ||
 * DAD-IS || Domestic Animal Diversity Information System ||  ||
 * DAGRIS || Domestic Animal Genetic Resources Information System (a CGIAR initiative) || [|http://dagris.ilri.cgiar.org] ||
 * DAIN || Diaspora Angel Investor Network || [] ||
 * DANIDA || Danish International Development Agency || [] ||
 * DARD || Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam). See also MARD. || http://www.agroviet.gov.vn/en/Pages/aboutdard.aspx?TabId=AboutMARD ||
 * DDC || District Development Committee ||  ||
 * || Drylands Development Centre (a thematic centre of the United Nations Development Program) || http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/focus_areas/sustainable_landmanagement/who_we_are/ ||
 * DDF || Dairy Development Forum ||  ||
 * DDG || Deputy Director General ||  ||
 * DDP || Dryland Development Paradigm ||  ||
 * DEDC || District Enterprise Development Committee ||  ||
 * DFATD || Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada || [] ||
 * DFID || Department for International Development (UK) || [] ||
 * DG || Director General ||  ||
 * DGEA || Dairy Genetics East Africa || [] ||
 * DMH || Dairy Market Hub ||  ||
 * DMI || Drought Management Initiative ||  ||
 * DMP || Desert Margins Program ||  ||
 * DONATA || Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa || [] ||
 * DPIO || District Programme Implementation Office ||  ||
 * DQA || Data Quality Audit ||  ||
 * DRC || Democratic Republic of Congo ||  ||
 * D2F || Direct to Farm ||  ||
 * ===E=== ||  ||   ||
 * EA || East Africa, East Asia, Environmental Assessment ||  ||
 * EAAPP || Eastern Africa Agricultural Productivity Program || [|http://www.eaapp.org] ||
 * EADD || East Africa Dairy Development || [] ||
 * EAFF || East African Farmer’s Federation || [] ||
 * EAGODEN || East African Goat Development Network ||  ||
 * EAP || Ethiopian Agricultural Portal || [|www.eap.gov.et] ||
 * ECAPAPA || Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis || [] ||
 * ECD || Early Childhood Development ||  ||
 * ECF || East Coast Fever || [] ||
 * ECF-ITM || The East Coast fever Infection and Treatment Method vaccine ||  ||
 * ECOWAS || Economic Community of West African States || [|http://www.ecowas.int] ||
 * ECTAD || Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases Operations || http://www.fao-ectad-nairobi.org ||
 * EDF || Enterprise Development Facilitator ||  ||
 * EDO || Enterprise Development Officer ||  ||
 * EDU || Enterprise Development Unit ||  ||
 * EFARD || European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development || http://www.efard.eu ||
 * EIAR || Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research || [|http://www.eiar.gov.et] ||
 * EIARD || European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development || http://www.eiard.org ||
 * EIWR || Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources || http://www.eiwr.org ||
 * ELISA || Enzyme-Linked lmmunosorbent Assay ||  ||
 * ELKS || Enhancing Livelihoods through Livestock Knowledge Systems || [] ||
 * EMASAR || Ecological Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands (FAO) ||  ||
 * EMBRAPA || Brazilian Agricultural Research Cooperation || [] ||
 * EPA || Essential Program Activities, Environmental Protection Agency ||  ||
 * EPMR || External Program and Management Review ||  ||
 * ERM || Enterprise Risk Management ||  ||
 * ESA || Eastern South Africa ||  ||
 * ESADA || Eastern and Southern Africa Dairy Association || [|http://www.dairyafrica.com] ||
 * ESAFF || Eastern and Southern Africa Small-Scale Farmers’ Association Forum || http://www.esaff.org ||
 * ESFIM || Empowering Smallholder Farmers in Markets || [] ||
 * ESPA || Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation || [] ||
 * ESRC || Natural Environment Research Council (UK) || http://www.nerc.ac.uk/ ||
 * ETH || Swiss Federal Institute of Technology = Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule || [] ||
 * EU || European Union ||  ||
 * EVK || Ethno-Veterinary Knowledge (people's beliefs, knowledge and practices pertaining to animal health) ||  ||
 * EXTRAPOLATE || ex-ante tool for ranking policy alternatives ||  ||
 * ===F=== ||  ||   ||
 * FAG || Focus Area Group ||  ||
 * FAnGR || Farm Animal Genetic Resources ||  ||
 * FANRPAN || Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network || [|http://www.fanrpan.org] ||
 * FAO || Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations || [] ||
 * FARA || Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa || [] ||
 * FASI || Farming Support International (based in Nairobi) || [] ||
 * FASID || Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (Japan) || http://www.fasid.or.jp/english/ ||
 * FAVRI || Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute (Vietnam) || http://www.favri.org.vn/en/home.htm ||
 * FC || Fund Council || [] ||
 * FCO || Fund Council Office (of the CGIAR) || https://www.cgiarfund.org/fund_council ||
 * FCR || Field Crops Research, Feed Conversion Ratio, Full Cost Recovery ||  ||
 * FDI || Foreign Direct Investment || http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment ||
 * FE || Fiscal Efficiency ||  ||
 * FEAST || Feed Assessment Tool || [] ||
 * FERA || The Food and Environment Research Agency || http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk ||
 * FEWS NET || Famine Early Warning System Network || http://www.fews.net ||
 * FFA || Future Farmers of Africa || [] ||
 * FFF || Future Farmers Foundation || [] ||
 * FFS || Farmer Field School ||  ||
 * FGD || Focus Group Discussion ||  ||
 * FISP || Farm Input Subsidy Program ||  ||
 * FMC || Friday Morning Coffee (at the ILRI Addis Ababa and Nairobi campuses) ||  ||
 * FMD || Foot and Mouth Disease ||  ||
 * FOB || Free on Board, Freight on Board ||  ||
 * FOCAC || Forum for China-Africa Cooperation || [] ||
 * FP || Farmer's Practice ||  ||
 * FPMU || Food Planning and Monitoring Unit ||  ||
 * FS || Food Safety ||  ||
 * FSD || Financial Sector Deepening programme (Kenya) || http://www.fsdkenya.org/new/ ||
 * FSZ || Food Safety and Zoonoses ||  ||
 * FTF || Feed the Future - A US Govt Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative || http://www.feedthefuture.gov ||
 * FTF P4I || Feed the Future - Partnering for Innovations - as above ||  ||
 * FTIBC || The Food Technology Business Incubation Centre (Uganda) || [] ||
 * F2F || Farmer to Farmer ||  ||
 * ===G=== ||  ||   ||
 * GA || Gender Analysis, Global Agenda ||  ||
 * GAA || Global Agenda of Action for Sustainable Livestock || [|http://www.livestockdialogue.org] ||
 * GAFSP || Global Agricultural and Food Security Program (managed by the World Bank) || [|http://www.gafspfund.org] ||
 * GAHP || Good Agricultural Husbandry Practices ||  ||
 * GAIEC || Ghana Agribusiness Incubation and Entreprenureship Centre ||  ||
 * GALVmed || GALVmed is protecting livestock, improving human lives by making livestock vaccines, medicines and diagnostics accessible and affordable || [|http://www.galvmed.org] ||
 * GAP || Good Agricultural Practice. See also GLOBALGAP. ||  ||
 * GARA || Global Agricultural Research Archive || [] ||
 * || Global Alliance for ASF Research (ASF = African Swine Fever) ||  ||
 * GASL || Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock || http://www.livestockdialogue.org ||
 * GCARD || Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (Conf 1 = 2010, Conf 2 = 2012) || http://www.egfar.org/gcard ||
 * GCCA || Global Cold Chain Alliance || http://www.gcca.org ||
 * GCGH || Grand Challenges in Global Health || [] ||
 * GDP || Gross Domestic Product ||  ||
 * GE || Genetic Engineering. See also GM. ||  ||
 * GEF || Global Environmental Fund || [] ||
 * GEI || Gender Empowerment Index ||  ||
 * GFAR || Global Forum on Agricultural Research || [|http://www.egfar.org] ||
 * GFIA || Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture || http://www.innovationsinagriculture.com ||
 * GHG || Greenhouse Gas ||  ||
 * GINA || World Health Organization’s Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action || [] ||
 * GIS || Geographical Information Systems ||  ||
 * GIZ || German Society for International Cooperation = Deutschen Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). GIZ combines the German Development Service (DED), the German Organisation for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the InWEnt – Capacity Building International; most of it’s activities are commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). || [] ||
 * GKI || Global Knowledge Initiative || http://globalknowledgeinitiative.org ||
 * GLOBALGAP || The worldwide standard that assures Good Agricultural Practice || http://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/ ||
 * GO || Government Of e.g. GOK (Kenya), GOI (India), GOV (Vietnam) ||  ||
 * GPG || Global Public Good ||  ||
 * GRET || Professsionals for Fair Development (a French development NGO) || [] ||
 * GRF || Guarantee Risk Fund (Kenya) ||  ||
 * GSI || Good Seed Initiative ||  ||
 * GTF || Global Task Force ||  ||
 * GTP || Growth and Transformation Plan ||  ||
 * GTZ || German Society for Technical Cooperation - See GIZ || [] ||
 * || Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) ||  ||
 * GM || Genetic Modification. See also GE. ||  ||
 * GPG || Global Public Good ||  ||
 * GWG || Gender Working Group ||  ||
 * ===H=== ||  ||   ||
 * HABP || Household Asset Building Program ||  ||
 * HACCP || Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points ||  ||
 * HCD || Human Centered Design ||  ||
 * H-E || Human - Environmental (systems) ||  ||
 * HEI || Human Empowerment Index ||  ||
 * HG || Host Government ||  ||
 * HGBF || Howard G. Buffett Foundation || [] ||
 * HIFA || Health Information For All ||  ||
 * HISARD || Harambe Incubator for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (Nigeria) || [] ||
 * HIV || Human immunodeficiency virus ||  ||
 * HR || Human Resource - often used as short-hand for HRD ||  ||
 * HRD || Human Resource Department ||  ||
 * HO || Host Organisation ||  ||
 * HOA || Horn of Africa ||  ||
 * ===I=== ||  ||   ||
 * IA || Internal Audit ||  ||
 * || Irish Aid || [] ||
 * IAASTD || International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology. ||  ||
 * IAAT || International African Agricultural Technology ||  ||
 * IAC || Inter Academy Council, Independent Advisory Committee ||  ||
 * IAEA || International Atomic Energy Agency ||  ||
 * IAEG || Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group (of the CGIAR) || [] ||
 * IAHBI || Integrated Agriculture and Health-Based Intervention ||  ||
 * IARC || International Agricultural Research Centre ||  ||
 * IASVN || Institute of Animal Sciences of South Vietnam || [] ||
 * IBAR || Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources || [] ||
 * IBLI || Index-Based Livestock Insurance || http://www.ilri.org/ilrinews/index.php/archives/tag/ibli ||
 * ICA || International Cooperative Alliance ||  ||
 * ICAR || Indian Council of Agricultural Research || [] ||
 * ICARDA || International Center for Research on Dry Areas || [] ||
 * ICIPE || International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology || http://www.icipe.org ||
 * ICIS || International Centre for Creativity, Innovation and Sustainabity || [] ||
 * ICM || In Country Management ||  ||
 * iCow || Agricultural subscription service through cellphones to help farmers enhance productivity || http://icow.co.ke ||
 * ICPALD || The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development. See also IGAD. || http://igad.int/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=638:igad-centre-for-pastorl-areas-and-livestock-development-icpald-press-release&catid=95:icpald&Itemid=155 ||
 * ICRAF || World Agroforestry Centre || [] ||
 * ICRC || International Committee of the Red Cross || http://www.icrc.org/eng/ ||
 * ICRISAT || International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics || [] ||
 * ICT || Information Communications Technology ||  ||
 * IDA || International Development Association ||  ||
 * IDO || Intermediate Development Outcome || http://livestockfish.cgiar.org/about/toc/ ||
 * IDRC || International Development Research Centre (Canada) || [] ||
 * IEE || Initial Environmental Examination ||  ||
 * IER || Institute de Economic Rural ||  ||
 * IFAD || International Fund for Agricultural Development || [] ||
 * IFC || International Finance Corporation || [|www.ifc.org] ||
 * IFDC || International Fertilizer Development Centre || [|www.ifdc.org] ||
 * IFI || International Financial Institution ||  ||
 * IFPRI || International Food Policy Research Institute || [] ||
 * IFS || Improved Food Security ||  ||
 * IGAD || Inter-Governmental Authority on Development || http://igad.int ||
 * IIASA || International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis || http://www.iiasa.ac.at ||
 * IICA || Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture || [] ||
 * IIED || International Institute for Environment and Development || http://www.iied.org/about-us ||
 * IISD || International Institute for Sustainable Development || http://www.iisd.org ||
 * IITA || International Institute for Tropical Agriculture || [] ||
 * ILC || International Land Coalition || http://www.landcoalition.org/ ||
 * ILCA || International Livestock Center for Africa - was merged with ILRAD to form ILRI ||  ||
 * ILO || International Labour Organisation || [] ||
 * ILRAD || International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases - see ILCA ||  ||
 * ILRI || International Livestock Research Institute || [|www.ilri.org] ||
 * ILSP || Integrated Livelihood Support Project (India - an IFAD program) || http://www.ifad.org/operations/pipeline/pi/india.htm ||
 * IMC || Institute Management Committee ||  ||
 * IMF || International Monetary Fund || http://www.imf.org/ ||
 * INERA || Institute for Environmental and Agricultural Research ||  ||
 * INHERE || Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education || [|http://www.inhereindia.org] ||
 * INIA || Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Technologia ||  ||
 * INREA || Institute National du Recherche Agrononilgue ||  ||
 * INRM || Integrated Natural Resource Management ||  ||
 * INSARD || Including Smallholders in Agricultural Research for Development || [] ||
 * IPA || Innovations for Poverty Action || [|http://www.poverty-action.org] ||
 * IPCC || Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change || [|http://www.ipcc.ch] ||
 * IOE || Independent Office of Evaluatiion (of IFAD) ||  ||
 * IPG || International Public Good ||  ||
 * IPM || Integrated Pest Management ||  ||
 * IPMS || Improving Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers || [|http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/cidaweb/cpo.nsf/vWebCSAZEn/1B5009792FBDEFA985257BCF00361E49#h2sectors] ||
 * IPR || Intellectual Property Right ||  ||
 * IPR/IFRA || Institute Polytechnique Rural || [] ||
 * IR || International Relations, Institutional Research, Intermediate Reach, Invitation Request, Incoherent Recombining || http://www.acronymfinder.com/IR.html ||
 * IRD || Research Institute for Development = L'Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ||  ||
 * || Inland Revenue Department ||  ||
 * IRMA || Insect Resistant Maize for Africa ||  ||
 * IRMC || Institute Research Management Committee ||  ||
 * IRRI || International Rice Research Institute || [|www.irri.org] ||
 * IRS || Inland Revenue Service, Internationally Recruited Staff ||  ||
 * ISAAA || International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications || [] ||
 * ISAR || Institute des Sciences Agronomique du Rwanda ||  ||
 * ISFM || Integrated Soil Ferility Management ||  ||
 * ISI || International Statistical Institute || [|http://www.isi-web.org] ||
 * ISNAR || International Service for National Agricultural Research || [|http://www.isnar.cgiar.org] ||
 * ISO || International Organization for Standardization ||  ||
 * ISPC || Independent Science and Partnership Council of the CGIAR || [|http://www.sciencecouncil.cgiar.org] ||
 * ISRA || Institut Senégalais de Recherche Agronomigue || [] ||
 * ISRIC || ISRIC - World Soil Information || http://www.isric.org ||
 * ISP || Innovations Systems Perspective ||  ||
 * ISPC || Independent Science & Partnership Council (of the CGIAR) || [] ||
 * IT || Information Technology ||  ||
 * ITC || International Trypanosomiasis Centre ||  ||
 * ITPGRFA || International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture || [|http://www.planttreaty.org] ||
 * IUCN || International Union for Conservation of Nature || [] ||
 * IUECA || Inter-University Council for East Africa || [] ||
 * ITTA || International Tropical Timber Agreement ||  ||
 * IWMI || International Water Management Institute || [] ||
 * IYFF || International Year of Family Farming, 2014 || http://www.familyfarmingcampaign.net ||
 * ===J=== ||  ||   ||
 * JCVI || J. Craig Venter Institute || http://www.jcvi.org/cms/home/ ||
 * JICA || Japan International Cooperation Agency || [] ||
 * JKUAT || Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology || [|www.jkuat.ac.ke] ||
 * JSC || Joint Steering Committtee ||  ||
 * ===K=== ||  ||   ||
 * KARI || Kenya Agricultural Research Institute || [|www.kari.org] ||
 * KCA || Kenya Camel Association ||  ||
 * KDLP || Kenya Dry Lands Development Program ||  ||
 * KEMRI || Kenya Medical Research Institute || http://farmbizafrica.com/index.php/hopemenu4/210-camels-rise-as-kenya-s-livestock-industry-of-the-future ||
 * KENAS || Kenyan Accreditation Service || http://kenas.go.ke ||
 * KEPSA || Kenyan Private Sector Alliance || http://www.kepsa.or.ke ||
 * KIST || Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (Rwanda) || [] ||
 * KMIS || Knowledge Management and Information Services || http://www.ilri.org/KMIS ||
 * KRA || Key Result Area ||  ||
 * KRRA || Key Research and Related Area ||  ||
 * KVA || Kenya Veterinary Association || http://www.kva.co.ke ||
 * KWFT || Kenya Women Finance Trust || http://www.kwft.org ||
 * ===L=== ||  ||   ||
 * LAC || Latin America and Caribbean ||  ||
 * LaF || Livestock and Fish (CRP 3.7) || [|http://livestockfish.cgiar.org] ||
 * LDC || Lesser Developed Country ||  ||
 * LDF || Local Development Fund ||  ||
 * LEAD || Livestock, Environment And Development Initiative (of the FAO) || [] ||
 * LEAP || Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership (of the FAO) || [] ||
 * LGI || Livelihoods Gender and Impacts || [] ||
 * LIA || Letter of Interim Authority ||  ||
 * LIFE || Local Livestock for Empowerment ||  ||
 * LIFSAP || Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project (Vietnam) || [] ||
 * LITs || Livelihood Improvement Targets ||  ||
 * LIVES || Livestock & Irrrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders project || [|www.lives-ethiopia.org] ||
 * LMP || Livestock Master Plan ||  ||
 * LPP || League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development. See also WISP. || http://www.pastoralpeoples.org ||
 * LPZ || Livestock Production Zone ||  ||
 * LSA || Livestock Sector Analysis ||  ||
 * ===M=== ||  ||   ||
 * MAK || Makerere University in Uganda || http://mak.ac.ug ||
 * M & E || Monitoring and Evaluation ||  ||
 * MARD || Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam) || http://www.agroviet.gov.vn/en/Pages/default.aspx ||
 * MARS || Marker Assisted Recurrent Selection ||  ||
 * MBS || Market-Based Solution ||  ||
 * MC || Management Committee ||  ||
 * MDGs || Millennium Development Goals || [] ||
 * MEDEP || Micro Enterprise Development Program ||  ||
 * MEL || Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning ||  ||
 * MFW4A || Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership || [] ||
 * MFI || Micro Finance Institution ||  ||
 * MilkIT || Milk India Tanzania - an ILRI research programme || http://milkit.wikispaces.com/Consortium ||
 * MIN || Materials Issue Note ||  ||
 * ML || Management Learning ||  ||
 * MLN || Maize Lethal Necrosis || [] ||
 * MLND || Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease ||  ||
 * MMI || Mapfura-Makhura Biofuels Incubator || [] ||
 * MOA || Ministry of Agriculture ||  ||
 * MOAFS || Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ||  ||
 * MRV || Measurement, Reporting and Verification ||  ||
 * MTA || Materials Transfer Agreement - See also SMTA - Standard Materials Transfer Agreement ||  ||
 * MTIP || Medium-Term Investment Plan ||  ||
 * MTP || Medium-Term Plan ||  ||
 * MTR || Mid Term Review ||  ||
 * ===N=== ||  ||   ||
 * NAAIP || National Accelerated Agricultural Input Programme (Kenya) || [] ||
 * NABNet || North Africa Biosciences Network ||  ||
 * NAES || National Agricultural Extension Service ||  ||
 * NAFIS || National Farmers Information Service (Kenya) || [|http://www.nafis.go.ke] ||
 * NAFSIP || National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan ||  ||
 * NAFSN || New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition || [] ||
 * NAISs || National Agricultural Innovation Systems ||  ||
 * NAMA || The National Agri-Marketing Association (USA) || [|http://www.nama.org] ||
 * || Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions ||  ||
 * NAP || National Action Plan, Natural Areas Program, Needs Assessment Profile or Plan ||  ||
 * || No Acronyms Please ||  ||
 * NARI || National Agricultural Research Institute ||  ||
 * NARO || National Agricultural Research Organisation ||  ||
 * NARS || National Agricultural Research System ||  ||
 * NaSARRI || National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute, Uganda || [|http://www.nasarri.go.ug] ||
 * NASEP || National Agriculture Sector Extension Policy (Kenya) || [|http://www.agriculture.go.ke] ||
 * NASFAM || National Association of Smallholder Farmers (Malawi) || [] ||
 * NBCRI || Norman Borlaug Commemorative Research Initiative || http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=6247 ||
 * NCCAP || National Climate Change Action Plan (Kenya) || http://www.kccap.info ||
 * NCCRS || National Climate Change Response Strategy (Kenya ) || http://www.environment.go.ke/wp-content/documents/complete%20nccrs%20executive%20brief.pdf ||
 * NCF || Nordic Climate Facility - NCF is financed by the NDF and administered by the NEFCO ||  ||
 * NCP || National Contact Point ||  ||
 * NDDB || National Dairy Development Board (India) || http://www.nddb.org/English/Pages/default.aspx ||
 * NDF || Nordic Development Fund (administered by the NEFCO) || http://www.ndf.fi ||
 * NDVI || Normalized Differentiated Vegetation Index - see IBLI ||  ||
 * NEALCO || North East Africa Livestock Council (See also IGAD) || [] ||
 * NECOFA || Network for Ecofarming in Africa || [|http://www.necofa.org] ||
 * || Network for Ecofarming in Africa (Kenya) || http://necofakenya.wordpress.com ||
 * NEFCO || Nordic Environment Finance Corporation || http://www.nefco.org ||
 * NEMA || National Environment Management Agency (Uganda) || [|http://nema-ug.org] ||
 * NEPAD || New Partnership for Africa’s Development || [] ||
 * NES || Nucleus Estate and Smallholder ||  ||
 * NFPCSP || National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (Bangladesh) || http://www.nfpcsp.org/agridrupal/ ||
 * NGO || Non-Governmental Organization ||  ||
 * NICRA || National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (India) || [] ||
 * || Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, Negotiated Indirect Cost Recovery Agreement ||  ||
 * NPCA || NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency ||  ||
 * NPD || National Programme Director ||  ||
 * NPK || Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (fertiliser) ||  ||
 * NPM || National Programme Manager ||  ||
 * NRM || Natural Resource Management ||  ||
 * NRS || Nationally Recruited Staff ||  ||
 * NRTT || Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, an Allied Trust of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust - see SRTT || [|www.srtt.org] ||
 * NSO || National Statistical Office ||  ||
 * NTWG || National Technical Working Group, New Technologies Working Group ||  ||
 * N2Africa || A project focused on putting nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers growing legume crops || [|http://www.n2africa.org] ||
 * NUCAFE || National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises || [] ||
 * NWO || Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research || http://www.nwo.nl/en ||
 * NZAID || New Zealand Agency for International Development - replaced in 2013 by the NZAP ||  ||
 * NZAP || New Zealand Aid Programme (managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade) || http://www.aid.govt.nz ||
 * ===O=== ||  ||   ||
 * OA || Open Access (often referring to research data sharing and publication) ||  ||
 * OADB || Oromiya Agriculture Development Bureau ||  ||
 * OAU || Organisation of African Unity. See AU. ||  ||
 * ODA || Overseas Development Agency ||  ||
 * ODI || Overseas Development Institute (UK) || [] ||
 * OECD || Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ||  ||
 * OFAB || Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa || [] ||
 * OFID || OPEC Fund for International Development ||  ||
 * OIE || World Organisation for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties) || http://www.oie.int ||
 * OP || Operating Project ||  ||
 * OPEC || Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries ||  ||
 * OSP || Orange Sweet Potato ||  ||
 * OVI || Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute - South Africa ||  ||
 * OVOP || One Village One Product ||  ||
 * OWA || Outlook Web Application ||  ||
 * ===P=== ||  ||   ||
 * PAAP || Policy Analysis and Advocacy Programme (of ASARECA) ||  ||
 * PACWG || Priority Assessment Criteria Working Group ||  ||
 * PAD || Project Appraisal Document ||  ||
 * PAEPARD || Platform for African - European Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development || [] ||
 * PAFO || Pan African Farmers’ Organization || [] ||
 * PAG || Pastoralist Advisory Group ||  ||
 * PanAAC || Pan African Agribusiness & Agroindustry Consortium || [] ||
 * PANVAC || Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Centre || [] ||
 * PASS || Programme for Africa's Seed Systems || http://www.agra.org/what-we-do/seed/pass-subprograms/ ||
 * PATTEC || Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign ||  ||
 * PBS || Program for Biosafety Systems ||  ||
 * PCC || Partners Coordinating Committee ||  ||
 * PCG || Partial Credit Guarantee ||  ||
 * PE || Participative Epidemiology, Productive Employment ||  ||
 * PEGNet || Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network ||  ||
 * PELUM || Participatory Ecological Land Use Management || [|http://pelum.net] ||
 * PENAPH || Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health ||  ||
 * PENU |||| Participatory Epidemiology Network in Uganda. Established in Dec 2012 under the umbrella of PENAPH ||
 * PES || Payments for Environmental Services ||  ||
 * PGRFA || Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ||  ||
 * PHM || Post-Harvest Management ||  ||
 * PI || Principal Investigator (in a research programme) ||  ||
 * PICOTEAM || A network of organisations in Africa, Latin America and Europe which supports people and organisations in their efforts to bring about change and innovations for sustainable development || [|http://www.picoteam.org] ||
 * PIM || CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets || http://www.pim.cgiar.org ||
 * PLE || People, Livestock and Environment (an ILRI research theme) || http://www.ilri.org/PLE ||
 * PLWHA || People Living With HIV/AIDS ||  ||
 * PMD || Project Management Department ||  ||
 * PMO || Program Management Office / Officer ||  ||
 * PNAS || Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (of the United States of America) ||  ||
 * POA || Plan of Action ||  ||
 * POC || Point of Care, e.g. for a diagnostic test ||  ||
 * POWB || Program of Work and Budget ||  ||
 * PPA || Public-Private Alliance (see also PPP), Provisional Patent Application, Planned Program Accomplishment, Project Performance Analysis, Program Project and Activities, Proposed Plan of Action || [] ||
 * PPLPI || Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative ||  ||
 * PPM || Personnel Policy Manual ||  ||
 * PPMC || Program Planning & Management Committee ||  ||
 * PPP || Public Private Partnership (see also PPA), Purchasing Power Parity ||  ||
 * PPR || Peste des Petit Ruminants (also known as Ovine Rinderpest or Goat Plague) || [|http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/x1703e/x1703e00.HTM#Introduction] ||
 * PR || Participatory Research, Public Relations ||  ||
 * PRA || Participatory Rural Appraisal - see also RRA || [|http://www.ilri.org/InfoServ/Webpub/fulldocs/ImprovingCattle/Module2.htm#P255_18008] ||
 * PRIMAS || Poverty Reduction Intervention Mapping in Agricultural Systems ||  ||
 * PROLINNOVA || Promoting local innovation in ecologically oriented agricultural and natural resource management ||  ||
 * PROPAC || Sub – regional Platform of Peasant Organizations of Central Africa ||  ||
 * PROTA || Plant Resources for Tropical Africa || [|http://www.prota.org] ||
 * PRRS || Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRSV = PRRS Virus) || [] ||
 * PS || Private Sector ||  ||
 * PSD || Project Specific Data ||  ||
 * PSDA || Promotion of Private Sector in Agriculture (Kenya) || http://www.gtzpsda.co.ke ||
 * PSIA || Poverty and Social Impact Analysis ||  ||
 * PSSF || Pilot Small Scale Farmers ||  ||
 * PTA || Policy and Technical Advisory ||  ||
 * P2I || Pathway to Impact ||  ||
 * ===Q=== ||  ||   ||
 * QTL || Quantitative Trait Loci ||  ||
 * ===R=== ||  ||   ||
 * R+D || Research and Development ||  ||
 * RAM || Risk Assessment Matrix / Methodology ||  ||
 * RAPP || Rural Agriculture and Pastoralism Programme ||  ||
 * RARI || Regional Agricultural Research Institute ||  ||
 * RBA || Rights Based Approach ||  ||
 * RBMS || Results Based Management System ||  ||
 * RCMRD || Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development. See also IGAD and ICPALD. ||  ||
 * RDA || Recommended Daily Intake || [] ||
 * || Research Data Alliance || https://rd-alliance.org ||
 * || Resource Description and Access || [|http://www.rdatoolkit.org] ||
 * || Rural Development Administration (for South Korea and beyond) || http://www.rda.go.kr/foreign/eng/ ||
 * REAP || Rural Enterprise Assistance Programme ||  ||
 * REDD || United Nations collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation || [|http://www.un-redd.org] ||
 * REPAOC || REPAOC consists of 10 National NGO Platforms - French || http://www.repaoc.org/index.php?lang=en ||
 * ReSAKSS-ECA || Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System for Eastern and Central Africa || http://www.resakss.org/about ||
 * R4D || Research for Development ||  ||
 * RIDEP || Rural Initiative Development Program ||  ||
 * RIU || Research Into Use ||  ||
 * RLHDA || Regional Livestock Health and Development Agency ||  ||
 * RLP || Resilience Learning Project ||  ||
 * RMDC || Rural Microfinance Development Centre ||  ||
 * RMG || Research and Management Group ||  ||
 * ROA || Regional Office for Africa ||  ||
 * ROPPA || Network of West Africa Peasant and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations || [] ||
 * RRA || Rapid Rural Appraisal - see also PRA ||  ||
 * RS&T || Research Science & Technology ||  ||
 * RSRF || Rural Self Reliance Fund ||  ||
 * RTB || Roots, Tubers and Bananas ||  ||
 * RUFORUM || Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (Eastern, Central & Southern Africa) || http://www.ruforum.org ||
 * RVF || Rift Valley Fever ||  ||
 * ===S=== ||  ||   ||
 * SA || Situation Analysis, South Asia ||  ||
 * SAAI || SEDA Aluwani Agri Incubator ||  ||
 * SABIMA || Safe Biotechnology Management in Sub – Saharan Africa ||  ||
 * SACAU || Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions || [] ||
 * SACCAR || Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agriculture Natural Resources Research and Training || [|http://saccar.org] ||
 * SADC || Southern African Development Cooperation / Community ||  ||
 * SADC/FANR || Southern African Development Community / Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources ||  ||
 * SACDEP || Sustainable Agriculture Community Development Programme ||  ||
 * SAG || Science Advisory Group ||  ||
 * SANBio || Southern Africa Network for Biosciences || [] ||
 * SASA || Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa || http://sasascience.org/comingsoon.html ||
 * SBCC || Social and Behavior Change Communication ||  ||
 * SC || Science Council, Steering Committee ||  ||
 * SCM || Steering Committee Meeting / Member ||  ||
 * SDC || Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation || [] ||
 * SDSN || Sustainable Development Solutions Network (of the United Nations) || http://unsdsn.org ||
 * SDVC || Strengthening the Dairy Value Chain (in Bangladesh) || http://www.slideshare.net/cpennotti/strengthening-the-dairy-value-chain-in-bangladesh-through-private-sector-partnerships ||
 * SEA || South-East Asia ||  ||
 * SEDA || Small Enterprise Development Agency (South Africa) || [|http://www.seda.org.za] ||
 * SEGOLIP || Sequencing Genotyping and OligoSynthesis and Proteomics ||  ||
 * SEI || Stockholm Environmental Institute || [|www.sei-international.org] ||
 * SFDB || Small Farmers Development Bank ||  ||
 * SFFF || Safe Food, Fair Food ||  ||
 * SFSA || The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture || [] ||
 * SFRI || Soils and Fertilisers Research Institute (Vietnam) || http://www.sfri.org.vn/Eng_Index.aspx ||
 * SGRP || Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme ||  ||
 * SIAP || Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture Project - Kenya, funded by GIZ ||  ||
 * SIDA || Swedish International Cooperation Agency || [] ||
 * SIDAI || Sidai Africa = A network of centres to provide high-quality livestock services in rural Kenya. || http://www.farmafrica.org/kenya/sidai ||
 * SIMLESA || Sustainable Intensification of Maize – Legume cropping systems for food security Eastern and Southern Africa ||  ||
 * SKM || Strategy and Knowledge Management ||  ||
 * SLA || Sustainable Livelihood Approach ||  ||
 * SLO || System Level Objective ||  ||
 * SLP || Systemwide Livestock Program ||  ||
 * SLU || Saint Louis University (USA) || [|http://www.slu.edu] ||
 * || Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences || [] ||
 * SMA || Single Mothers Association ||  ||
 * SMEs || Small Market Enterprises / Small & Medium Sized Enterprises ||  ||
 * SMEDA || Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Pakistan) || [|http://www.smeda.org] ||
 * SMS || Subject Matter Specialist ||  ||
 * SMTA || Standard Materials Transfer Agreement (of the ITPGRFA = the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture) || [] ||
 * SNV || Netherlands Development Organisation || [|www.snvworld.org] ||
 * SO || Signing Official ||  ||
 * SP || System Priority ||  ||
 * SPAC || Science & Partnership Advisory Committee ||  ||
 * SPEED || Support for Private Enterprise Expansion and Development ||  ||
 * SPIA || Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (of the CGIAR) || [] ||
 * SRD || Centre for Sustainable Rural Development (Vietnam) || http://www.srd.org.vn ||
 * SRF || Strategy and Results Framework ||  ||
 * SRO || Sub-Regional Organisation ||  ||
 * SRP || Strategic Research Portfolio ||  ||
 * SPRING || Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally - A USAID project || [|http://www.spring-nutrition.org] ||
 * SRT || Strategic Research Theme ||  ||
 * SRTT || Sir Ratan Tata Trust (India) See also NRTT (Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust) || [|http://www.srtt.org] ||
 * SSA || Sub-Saharan Africa ||  ||
 * SSF || Small Scale Farmers (See also PSSF = Pilot Small Scale Farmers) ||  ||
 * STEPS || Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability || [|www.steps-centre.org] ||
 * S3A || Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa ||  ||
 * STPH || Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute || [|http://www.swisstph.ch] ||
 * SUA || Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania) || http://www.suanet.ac.tz ||
 * SUN || Scaling Up Nutrition movement || [|http://scalingupnutrition.org] ||
 * SWA || Sector Wide Approach ||  ||
 * SWEP || System Wide and Ecoregional Programme ||  ||
 * SWP || System Wide Program ||  ||
 * SVDC || Sorghum Value Chain Development Consortium ||  ||
 * ===T=== ||  ||   ||
 * TA || Traditional Authority ||  ||
 * TAC || Technical Advisory Committee ||  ||
 * TACRI || Tanzania Coffee Research Institute || [] ||
 * TAE || Tertiary Agricultural Education ||  ||
 * TAFIRI || Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute || [|www.tafiri.go.tz] ||
 * TAFORI || Tanzania Forestry Research Institute || [] ||
 * TALENS || Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (a technology for targeted genome editing) || http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v14/n1/full/nrm3486.html ||
 * || See also CRISPR || [] ||
 * TALIRI || Tanzania Livestock Research Institute || http://www.erails.net/TZ/taliri-mpwapwa/ ||
 * TAN || Technical Advisory Note ||  ||
 * TAP || Tropical Agriculture Platform || [|http://www.tropagplatform.org] ||
 * TBD || Tick Borne Disease, To Be Determined ||  ||
 * TBI || Technology Business Incubator ||  ||
 * TCCIA || Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture || [|http://www.tccia.com] ||
 * TEAM-Africa || Tertiary Education for Agriculture Mechanism for Africa || [] ||
 * 3ADI || African Agribusiness and Agro-Industries Development Initiative || http://www.3adi.org ||
 * TFP || Total Factor Productivity ||  ||
 * TiHo || University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Germany) || http://www.tiho-hannover.de ||
 * TIP || Targeted Inputs Program ||  ||
 * TLU || Tropical Livestock Unit ||  ||
 * TNU || Thai Nguyen University || [] ||
 * TOC || Theory of Change ||  ||
 * TOR || Terms of Reference ||  ||
 * TORITA || Tobacco Research Institute (Tanzania) || [] ||
 * TOT || Training of Trainers ||  ||
 * TOTO || A project dedicated to sharing world agricultural information using actionable formats || http://www.totoagriculture.org/TotoAgriculture.aspx ||
 * TPRI || Tropical Pesticides Research Institute (Tanzania) || [] ||
 * TRIT || Tea Research Institute of Tanzania || [] ||
 * TSP || Technology Supply Push ||  ||
 * TSU || Texas State University ||  ||
 * TVEs || Township and Villages Enterprises ||  ||
 * TWAS || The World Academy of Sciences (for advancement of science in developing countries) || [|http://twas.ictp.it] ||
 * TWCs || Third World Countries ||  ||
 * ===U=== ||  ||   ||
 * UMAGRI || North African Farmers Union / L’union Maghrébine des Agriculteurs (based in Tunis) ||  ||
 * UNCTAD || United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ||  ||
 * UNDP || United Nations Development Programme || [|http://www.undp.org] ||
 * UNECA || United Nations Economic Commission for Africa || http://www.uneca.org ||
 * UNEP || United Nations Environment Program || [] ||
 * UNFCCC || United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change || http://unfccc.int/2860.php ||
 * UNiBRAIN || Universities, Business and Researching Agricultural Innovation || [] ||
 * UNIDO || United Nations Industrial Development Organization || http://www.unido.org ||
 * UNISWA || University of Swaziland || [] ||
 * UNU || United Nations University || [|http://unu.edu] ||
 * UNSPPA || Uganda National Seed Potato Producers' Association || [] ||
 * UPU || Urban and Peri-Urban areas ||  ||
 * USAID || United States Agency for International Development || [] ||
 * USDA || United States Department of Agriculture || [|http://www.usda.gov] ||
 * UVAS || University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan || http://www.uvas.edu.pk/about/ch-msg/index.htm ||
 * ===V=== ||  ||   ||
 * VAC || Vulnerability Action Committee ||  ||
 * VCA || Value Chain Analysis ||  ||
 * VCD || Value Chain Development ||  ||
 * VDC || Village Development Committee ||  ||
 * VIDO-InterVac || Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organisation - International Vaccine Centre (Canada) || http://www.vido.org ||
 * VSF || Veterinaries Sans Frontieres || [] ||
 * ===W=== ||  ||   ||
 * W1 || CGIAR Window 1 Funding. Contributions to Window 1 represent the least restricted type of funding. The Fund Council sets overall priorities and makes specific decisions about the use of Window 1 Funds such as allocation to CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs), payment of System Costs and any other use required to achieve the CGIAR mission. || [] ||
 * W2 || CGIAR Window 2 Funding. Contributions to Window 2 are designated by Fund Donors to one or more specific CRPs. For each approved CRP, a sub-account is created to which donors may allocate funds. Once Window 2 funds are allocated to a given CRP, they flow to the Lead Center implementing the CRP. || See also Bilateral funding ||
 * W3 || CGIAR Window 3 Funding. Window 3 contributions are the most restricted type of funding, consisting of funds that Fund Donors wish to allocate to specific Centers. Neither the Consortium nor the Fund Council makes decisions about the use of Window 3 funds. Within 2 years after the CGIAR Fund’s establishment, the Fund Council will review the use of Window 3 in consultation with the Consortium Board. || http://www.cgiar.org/who-we-are/cgiar-fund/ ||
 * WAAPP || West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (Nigeria) || http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/2012-10-29-11-09-25/news/519-west-africa-agricultural-productivity-programme-waapp-nigeria-to-host-research-fair-in-november ||
 * WAARI || West African Agribusiness Resource Incubator || [] ||
 * WABNet || West Africa Biosciences Network ||  ||
 * WACCI || West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (Ghana) || [|http://www.wacci.edu.gh] ||
 * WANA || West Asia North Africa region ||  ||
 * WACCI || West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (Ghana) || [] ||
 * WAMIP || World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples. See also WISP || http://povertyandconservation.info/en/org/o0152 ||
 * WASI || The Western Highlands Agriculture & Forestry Science Institute (Vietnam) || http://wasi.org.vn/home/index.php?lang=en ||
 * WB || World Bank || http://www.worldbank.org ||
 * WECARD || West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development || [] ||
 * WEF || With Effect From ||  ||
 * WEMA || Water Efficient Maize for Africa || [] ||
 * WG || Working Group ||  ||
 * WISP || World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism. See also LPP and WAMIP. || http://www.iucn.org/wisp/ ||
 * WLE || Water Land and Ecosystems - a CGIAR research programme || http://wle.cgiar.org ||
 * WOTRO || Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research || http://www.nwo.nl ||
 * WRF || World Rural Forum || http://www.ruralforum.net/Default.asp?id=en ||
 * WRS || Warehouse Receipt System ||  ||
 * WSPA || World Society for the Protection of Animals - Africa Regional Office is in Nairobi || [|www.wspa-international.org] ||
 * WTP || Willingness to Pay ||  ||
 * WUO || Water Users Association ||  ||
 * WWF || World Wildlife Fund || http://worldwildlife.org ||
 * ===XYZ=== ||  ||   ||
 * YARD || Youth Action for Rural Development || http://yardcommunity.org ||
 * YIA || Youth in Agriculture ||  ||
 * YPARD || Young Professionals in Agricultural Research for Development. || http://ypard.net ||
 * ZimCLIFS || Integrating Crops and Livestock for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe || [] ||
 * ZOI || Zone of Influence ||  ||