ACB |
Accredited Certification Body |
ACG |
Guanacaste Conservation Area [Costa Rica] |
ACP |
Country in Africa, the Caribbean or the Pacific that has signed the Cotonou agreement with the European Union |
ADIPCO |
Cocolá Development Association [Guatemala] |
AEAAZ |
Agricultural Ethics Assurance Association of Zimbabwe |
ANACAFE |
National Coffee Association [Guatemala] |
APEMB |
Association of Ecological Growers of the Baturité Mountains [Brazil] |
APPTA |
Talamanca Small Farmers' Association [Costa Rica] |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast-Asian Nations |
ATO |
Alternative Trade Organization |
CAN |
Conservation Agriculture Network [now SAN] |
CIF |
cost-insurance-freight [standard contract terms] |
CIMS |
Centro de Intelligenca sobre Mercados Sostenibles/Sustainable Markets Intelligence Centre |
COLEACP |
Comité de liaison Europe-Afrique-Caraïbes-Pacifique [Association of stakeholders in EU-ACP horticultural trade] |
Coocafé |
Consorcio de Cooperativas de Caficultores de Guanacaste y Montes de Oro RL [Costa Rica] |
CSA |
Community-Supported Agriculture |
CSR |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
CTE |
Committee on Trade and Environment [of the WTO] |
DCC |
Day Chocolate Company |
DED |
Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst |
EPOPA |
Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa |
ETI |
Ethical Trading Initiative |
EUREP |
Euro-Retailer Produce Association |
EurepGap |
EUREP Good Agriculture Practice |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FECAFEB |
Federación de Cafetaleros Exportadores de Bolivia |
FEDECOOP |
Federación de Cooperativas de Caficultores RL |
FFTU |
Farmers Fair Trade Uganda |
FLO |
Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International |
FOB |
free-on-board [standard contract terms] |
FONAES |
National Fund for Support of Solidarity Enterprises [Mexico] |
GAP |
Good Agricultural Practice |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GMO |
genetically-modified organism |
IBS |
IFOAM Basic Standards |
ICFTU/ITS |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions/International Trade Secretariat |
IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFOAM |
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements |
IIED |
International Institute of Environment and Development |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IMO |
Institut für Markökologie [organic certification body, Switzerland] |
IOAS |
International Organic Accreditation Service |
IPM |
integrated pest management |
IPPC |
International Plant Protection Convention |
ISEAL |
International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance |
ISMAM |
Indígenas de la Sierra Madre de Motozintla San Isidro Labrador [Mexico] |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
ITC |
International Trade Centre |
IUF |
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations |
JAS |
Japanese Agriculture Standard |
KKL |
Kuapa Kokoo Limited [Ghana] |
KNCU |
Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union [Tanzania] |
LBC |
Licensed Buyer Organization [in Ghana cocoa industry] |
LCU |
Lango Cooperative Union [Uganda] |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [Japan] |
MAPO |
Movimiento Argentino de Producción Orgánica |
MFN |
Most Favoured Nation [GATT/WTO context] |
NGO |
non-governmental organization |
NOP |
National Organic Program [United States of America] |
NT |
National Treatment [GATT/WTO context] |
PIC |
Prior Informed Consent |
PMO |
Produce Marketing Organization |
PPM |
Production and Processing Method |
SA8000 |
Social Accountability 8000 |
SAI |
Social Accountability International |
SAI-Platform |
Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform |
SAN |
Sustainable Agriculture Network [formerly CAN] |
SASA |
Social Accountability in Sustainable Agriculture project |
SERRV |
Sales Exchange for Refugee Rehabilitation Vocation |
SNV |
Netherlands Development Organization |
SPS Agreement |
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
SSE |
Single Strain Juice Equivalent |
TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade |
UCIRI |
Union of Indian Communities in the Isthmus Region [Mexico] |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
VREL |
Volta River Estates Limited [Ghana] |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |