AI |
Agricultural Instructor |
APD |
Assistant Project Director |
AR |
Action Research |
ATF |
Agricultural Trust Fund |
BOC |
Bank of Ceylon |
CCC |
Central Coordinating Committee |
DO |
Divisional Officer |
DS |
Secretary |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
FTCC |
Federation of Thrift and Credit Cooperatives of Sri
Lanka |
GN |
Grama Niladari |
GO |
Group Organizer (equivalent to Group Promoter in other PPP
projects) |
IVBF |
Inter-Village Board Federation |
MADR |
Ministry of Agricultural Development and Research |
NFFHCB |
National Freedom From Hunger Campaign Board |
NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
PB |
People's Bank |
PC |
Provincial Council |
PMOE |
Participatory Monitoring and Ongoing Evaluation |
PO |
Project Officer |
PPP |
FAO People's Participation Programme |
PRA |
Participatory Rural Appraisal |
RAPA |
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
Rps. |
Rupee, the basic unit of Sri Lankan currency (US$1 = Rps. 43 in 1992) |
RRDB |
Regional Rural Development Bank |
SF |
Small Farmer |
SFDP |
Small Farmer Development Programme |
SFG |
Small Farmers' Group |
SFGD |
Small Farmer Group Development |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
VB |
Village Board |
WCARRD |
World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development |