Appendices


Appendix 10

Acronyms
AAAID Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development, Sudan
APAARI Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
AARINENA Association of Agricultural Research Institutions - The Near East and North Africa
ABRII Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran
ACIAR Australian Centre for International Research
ACSAD Arab Center for Studies of the Arid Zones and Dry Lands, Syria
ADB Asian Development Bank, Philippines
AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait
AREO Agricultural Research and Education Organization, Iran
AGERI Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Egypt
AOAD Arab Organization for Agricultural Development
APRP Arabian Peninsula Regional Program
ARC Agricultural Research Center
ASU Afghan Survey Unit
CABI Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International, England
CAC Central Asia and the Caucasus
CACRP Central Asia and the Caucasus Regional Program
CAPRI CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights
CATCN Central Asian and Trans-Caucasian Network
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIHEAM Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneennes, France-International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies.
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
CIAT Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
CIP International Potato Center, Peru
CIRAD Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, France
CLAC Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, Egypt
CLAES Central Laboratory for Agricultural Expert Systems (Egypt)
CLIMA Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, Australia
CWANA Central West Asia and North Africa
DARI Dryland Agricultural Research Institute, Iran
DFID Department for International Development
GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation
EARO Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Italy)
FHCRAA Future Harvest Consortium to Rebuild Agriculture in Afghanistan
GAP South Eastern Anatolia Project (Turkey)
GEF Global Environment Facility
GEF/UNDP Global Environment Facility/United Nations Development Programme
GFAR Global Forum on Agricultural Research
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GOSM General Organization of Seed Multiplication
GRU Genetic Resources Unit
GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation (Germany)
HRP Highland Regional Program
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IDRC International Development Research Centre, Canada
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFDC International Fertilizer Development Center, USA
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
IITA International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
IMPHOS World Phosphate Institute, Morocco
INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Morocco)
IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
ISESCO Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Iran
ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural Research, Holland
IWMI The International Water Management Institute
IWWIP International Winter Wheat Improvement Project
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
JIRCAS Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
LARI Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute
MAWR Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Uzbekistan
M&M Mashreq and Maghreb
MRMP Matrouh Research Management Project, Egypt
NAAS National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India
NARP North Africa Regional Program
NARS National Agricultural Research Systems
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA
NCARTT National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer, Jordan
NGO Non-Governmental Organizations
NVRSRP Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Austria
ORSTOM Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération (France)
PPDRI Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute, Iran
SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Switzerland
SPII Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Iran
TIIAME Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, Tashkent
TWAS Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy
UNDP United Nations for Development Program
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNU United Nations University
UN/WEP United Nations/World Food Programme
UPOV The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
USAID United States Agency for International Development (USA)
WANA West Asia North Africa
WANANET West Asia and North Africa Network
WARP West Asia Regional Program
ZEF Center for Development Research, Germany