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Appendix VII - Glossary of Acronyms

AARD

Agency for Agricultural Research and Development

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

AFBIB

Agroforestry Bibliography (ICRAF Database)

AFRENA

Agroforestry Research Networks for Africa

AHI

African Highlands Initiative, coordinated by ICRAF

ANAFE

African Network for Agroforestry Education

APAN

Asia-Pacific Agroforestry Network

ARDHI

Hifadhi Ardhi Shinyanga

APR

Annual Programme Review at ICRAF

ARDT

Adaptive Research and Dissemination Teams

ARI

Agricultural Research Institute

ASB

Alternatives to Slash and Burn Initiative, coordinated by ICRAF

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASERECA

Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa

BARNESA

Banana Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (Kampala, Uganda)

BMZ

Bundesministerium fuer Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit (German Ministry for Economic Cooperation)

BOT

Board of Trustees

CABI

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International

CARE

Care International

CASER

Centre for Agro-Socioecomonic Research

CASAWAC

Committee for Agroforestry, Soil and Water Conservation (Zimbabwe)

CATIE

Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza

CCER

Centre Commissioned External Review

CD-ROM

Compact disk - read only memory

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency

CIFOR

Centre for International Forestry Research

CILSS

Comité permanent inter-êtats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel

CIMMYT

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo

CIP

Centro Internacional de la Papa, Peru

CIRAD

Centre de coopération international de recherche agronomique pour le développement

CIS

Capacity and Institutional Strengthening

CODESU

Consortio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de Ucayali

CORAF

Conférence de responsables recherche agronomique africaine

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)

DANIDA

Danish International Development Agency

D&D

Diagnosis and Design

DDG

Deputy Director General

DFA

Director of Finance and Administration

DFID

Department for International Development, UK

DG

Director General

DGIS

Directorate General for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands

DMP

Desert Margins Project

DR

Director of Research

DSO

Direct Support to Training Institutions in Developing Countries, The Netherlands

ECA

Sub-Humid Highlands of Eastern and Central Africa

ECABREN

East and Central Africa Bean Research Network (Kampala, Uganda)

EMBRAPA

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Brazil, NARI)

EPHTA

Ecoregional Programme for the Humid and Sub-Humid Tropics of Sub-Saharan Africa

EPMR

External Programme and Management Review

EU

European Union

FINAD

ICRAF's Division of Finance and Administration

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

F/FRED

Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development

G7

Group of 7

GIS

Geographic Information System

GRC

Germplasm Resource Centre

GSSA

General Support Staff Association

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for Technical Cooperation)

HQ

Headquarters

HRU

Human Resources Unit

HULWA

Humid Lowlands of West Africa (AFRENA)

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centre

IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

ICIPE

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICRAF

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

ICWG-GR

Inter Centre Working Group on Genetic Resources

IDRC

International Development Research Centre

IFDC

International Fertilizer Development Centre

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IIBC

International Institute for Biological Control

IIMI

International Irrigation Management Institute

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILCA

International Livestock Centre for Africa

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

INIA

Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria (Peru, NARI)

INIFAP

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias (Mexico, NARI)

IPG

International Public Goods

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

IPM

Integrated Pest Management

IRS

Internationally Recruited Scientists

IPSA

ICRAF Professional Staff Association

IRA

Institut de la recherche agronomique

IRAD

Institut de recherche agricole pour le développement

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

ISBRAM

International Board for Soils Research and Management

ISC

Information Systems Committee

ISNAR

International Service for National Agricultural Research

ISSU

Information Systems Support Unit

ISU

ICRAF Information Services Unit

ITU

Information Technology Unit

IVDN

Integrated Voice Data Network

HRU

Human Resources Unit

JIRCAS

Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences

KARI

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KEFRI

Kenya Forestry Research Institute

LA

Humid Tropics of Latin America

LAN

Local Area Network

MC

Management Committee

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPT

Multipurpose Tree

MPTS

Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs

MTP

Medium-Term Plan

NARI

National Agricultural Research Institute

NARS

National Agricultural Research System

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NRM R&D

Natural Resource Management, Research and Development

NSC

National Standing Committee

NTFP

Non-Timber Forest Products

OFI

Oxford Forestry Institute

OFR

On-Farm Research

ONADEF

Office national de développement des forêts (Cameroon)

ORSTOM

Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération

P

Programme

PC

Programme Coordinator

PHT

Post-harvest Technology

PRAPACE

Programme régional d'amélioration de la culture de la pomme de terre et de la patate douce en Afrique centrale et de l'est (Kampala, Uganda)

PRCA

Common Property Rights Initiative

PROCITROPICOS

Cooperative Programme on Technology Generation and Transfer for the South American Tropics

PWB

Programme of Work and Budget

R

Restricted funds

RAC

Research Advisory Committee

RC

Regional Coordinator

RSC

Regional Standing Committee

RSU

ICRAF Research Support Unit

SA

Sub Humid Plateau of Southern Africa

SADC

South African Development Corporation

SAFGRAD

Consultative Advisory Committee on Semi-Arid

SALWA

Semi-Arid Lowlands of West Africa

SANREM

Sustainable Agriculture for Natural Resource and Environmental Management, USA

SEA

Southeast Asia

SEANAFE

Southeast Asia Network for Agroforestry Education

SGRP

Systemwide Genetic Resources Programme

SIDA

Swedish International Development Authority

SINGER

Systemwide Information Network for Genetic Resources (IPGRI)

SSY

Senior Staff Year

STAP

Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility

SWIM

Systemwide Initiative for Water Management

SP

Systemwide Programme

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee

TID

Training and Information Division

TSBF

Tropical Soils Biology and Fertility Programme (UNESCO)

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UR

Unrestricted funds

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VVOB

Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance

WARDA

West African Rice Development Association

WWF

World Wild Fund for Nature


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