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ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
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AELIA |
available enzyme amplified immunoassay |
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AGCD |
Administration Generale de la Cooperation au Developpement |
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ATLN |
African Trypanotolerant Livestock Network |
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B/CR |
benefit/cost ratio |
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BoLA |
bovine lymphocyte antigens |
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CFAF |
CFA Franc (Communaute financiere africaine unit of currency) |
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CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
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CIDT |
Compagnie Ivoirienne des Textiles |
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CIP |
Centro Internacional de la Papa |
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CIPEA |
Centre International pour l'Elevage en Afrique |
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CIRAD |
Centre International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement |
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CREAT |
Centre de Recherches et d'Elevage Avetonou, Togo |
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CRTA |
Centre de Recherches sur les Trypanosomoses Animales |
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CSRTC |
(see ISCRTC below) |
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CTVM |
Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine |
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CV |
coefficient of variation (%) |
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D |
dalasi (Gambian unit of currency) |
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DPP |
Developpement du Progres Populaire |
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DRDR |
Direction Regionale du Developpement Rural |
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EAVRO |
East African Veterinary Research Organization |
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EDF |
European Development Fund |
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EEC |
European Economic Community |
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e/g |
eggs/gram |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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GDP |
gross domestic product |
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GTZ |
Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit |
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IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
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IBR/IPV |
Infectious Bovine Rhinotrachitis/Infectious Vulvavaginitis |
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IBSNAT |
International Benchmark Soils Network for Agrotechnology Transfer |
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IBSRAM |
International Board for Soil Research and Management |
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IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
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IEMVT |
Institut d'Elevage et de Medicine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux |
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IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
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IFAT |
indirect immunofluorescent antibody test |
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IITA |
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
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ILCA |
International Livestock Centre for Africa |
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ILRAD |
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases |
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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INERA |
Institut National pour l'etude et la Recherche Agronomiques |
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INIBAP |
International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain |
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IRR |
internal rate of return |
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IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
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ISCTRC |
International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control |
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ITC |
International Trypanotolerance Centre |
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KARI |
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute |
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KETRI |
Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute |
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KSh. |
Kenya shilling (unit of currency) |
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LDP |
Livestock Development Project |
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L.S. |
least-squares |
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LW |
liveweight |
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MHC |
major histocompatability complex |
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n.a. |
not applicable |
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NARS |
National Agricultural Research Service |
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NAPRI |
National Animal Production Research Institute |
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n.d. |
no data |
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NPV |
net present value |
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NS |
not significant |
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OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
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ODA |
Overseas Development Administration |
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OGAPROV |
Office Gabonais d'Amelioration et de Production de Viande |
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OIE |
Office International des Epizooties |
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ORSTOM |
Office de le Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer |
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PBM |
peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
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PCV |
packed cell volume (%) |
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PI |
productivity index |
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PPR |
Peste des Petits Ruminants/peripneumonia |
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PRECODEPA |
Programa Regional Cooperativo de Papa |
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RFLP |
restriction fragment length polymorphism |
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s.d. |
standard deviation |
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s.e. |
standard error |
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SIT |
sterile insect technique |
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SODEPRA |
Societe de Developpement des Productions Animales |
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SPAAR |
Special Programme for African Agricultural Research |
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STRC |
Scientific and Technical Research Commission |
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TLU |
tropical livestock unit (250 kg) |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
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UN |
United Nations |
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UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
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UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
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USA |
United States of America |
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USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
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USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
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WHO |
World Health Organization of the United Nations |
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WW |
weaning weight |
