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Acronym

Activity/Network/Org

A-AARNET

ASARECA Animal Agriculture Research Network

AABA

All-Africa Business Partnership

AAD

Agribusiness Association Dev

AARNET

Animal Agriculture Research Network

ABR

Africa Business Roundtable

ABSP

Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Productivity

ACDI

Agricultural Cooperative Development International

ACEG

African Centre for Economic Growth

ACODE

Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (Kampala)

ACRI

American Cocoa Research Institute

ACRN

African Coffee Research Network

ACT

African Conservation Tillage Network

ACT

African Centre for Technology Studies (Nairobi)

ADB

African Development Bank

ADEA

Assn for the Dev of Education in Africa

ADF

African Development Fund

ADMADE

Administrative Mgmt Design for Game Mgmt Areas (Zambia)

AED

Academy for Educational Development

AELGA

Africa Emergency Locust & Grasshopper Asst Project

AF

African Fellows

AFRENA-ECA

Agroforestry Research Networks for Africa - Eastern & Central Africa

AFREPREN

African Energy Policy Research Network

AfricaLink

AfricaLink

AFSI

AFSI Financing Mechanism

AFSRE

Association for Farming Systems Research - Extention

AGERI

Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (Egypt)

AGNET

AGNET - Africa

AGREN

Agricultural Research & Extension Network

AGRIS

Agricultural Research Info System

AHI

African Highlands Initiative

AIARD

Association for Int'l Agriculture & Rural Dev

AINPPSO

Ag Impacts on Nutrition: Program, Policy & Strategy Options

AIR

American Institutes for Research (Arlington VA)

AIRD

Associates for Int'l Resource & Dev

ALPI

Africa Liaison Project Initiative

AMIS

Agricultural Marketing and Improvement Strategies Project

AMNPD

Africa Micro Nutrient Product Dev

ANEPP

Agricultural Non-Traditional Export Promotion Program

ANGAP

Association National pour la Gestion des Aires Protegees (Madagascar)

ANGAP

National Assn for the Mgmt of Protected Areas (Madagascar)

APAP

Agricultural Policy Analysis Project

APEX

Animal Productivity and Exportation

ARC

Agricultural Research Corporation (Sudan)

ARCSA

Ag Research Council of S. Africa

ARD

Associates in Rural Development

ARI

Advanced Research Institute

ARIS

Agril Research Info Services (Uganda)

ARP

African Revitalization Project

ARPAN

African Rural Policy Analysis Network (formerly ARSSRN)

ARSSRN

African Rural Social Sciences Research Network

ART

Africa Resources Trust

ARTS

Office of Analysis, Research & Technical Support

ASARECA

Association for Strengthening Ag Research in Eastern & Southern Africa

ASDG

Agriculture Sector Development Grant

ASIC

Int'l Coffee Science Assn

A-SNAPP

Agribusiness in Sust Natural African Plant Products

ASS

agriculture support services

ATI

Appropriate Technology International - now EnterpriseWorks

ATRIP

Africa Trade & Investment Policy Program

ATWAP

Ag Transformation Workshop for African Policymakers

AWF

African Wildlife Foundation

BARNESA

Banana Research for Eastern & Southern Africa

BASIS

Broadening Access & Strengthening Input Market Systems

BASIS

Broadening Access & Strengthening Input Market Systems

BCCCA

Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate & Confectionery Alliance (London)

BCN

Biodiversity Conservation Network

BEA

Basic Education Africa

BEPS

Basic Education & Policy Support (USAID)

BHR

Bureau for Humanitarian Response

BIFAD

Board for International Food & Ag' Development

BOSTID

Board on Science & Technology for Int'l Dev

BSP

Biodiversity Support Program

CABI

Center for Ag & Bio Sciences Int'l

CAER

Consulting Assistance on Economic Reform Project

CAFS

Center for African Fmily Studies

CAMPFIRE

Communal Areas Mgmt Programme for Indigenous Resources (Zimbabwe)

CAPP

Cameroon Agricultural Planning and Policy Project

CARE

CARE USA

CARIS

Current Agr'l Research Info Systems of the FAO

CARMA

Consortium for Applied Research on Market Access

CARPA

Center for Ag'l Research & Policy Analysis (Swaziland)

CARPE

Central African Regional Program for the Environment

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CBNRM

Community Based NRM

CCCI

Canadian Council for International Co-operation

ccic

Canadian Council for International Co-operation

CDIE

Center for Dev Info & Eval (USAID)

CERPOD

Center for Applied Res on Pop & Dev

CFC

Common Fund for Commodities

CGAP

Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest

CGS

competitive grant system

CHPN

Center for Health, Nutrition & Population

CI

Conservation Int'l

CIAT

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

CICP

Consortium for Int'l Crop Protection

CIDA

Canadian aid agency

CIEL

Center for International Environmental Law (Washington)

CIFOR

Center for Int'l Forestry Research

CIID

El Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo (IDRC)

CIIFAD

Cornell Int'l Inst for Food, Ag & Dev

CILSS

Comite Permanent Interetats de Lutte Contre la Secheresse Dans le Sahel

CIMMYT

Centro internacional de mejoramiento de maiz y Trigo

CIP

Centro Internacional de la Papa;International Potato Center

CIRAD

Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement

CITES

Convention on Int'l Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora

CMA/WCA

Conference of Ministers ofAgriculture of West & Central Africa

COMBS

Collaborative Group for Maize-Based Systems Research

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa

COMPASS

Community Partnerships for Sustainable Resource Management in Malawi

COMPETE

Competitive Private Enterprise and Trade Expansion

COREC

Coffee Research Centre (Uganda)

CORNET

Coffee Research Network

CRC & USAID

USAID Coooperative: Coast Resources Mgmt II

CRDI

Le Centre de Recherches Pour le Developpement International (IDRC)

CRIN

Cocoa Institute of Nigeria

CRS

Catholic Relief Services

CRSP

Collaborative Research Support Program

CSC

Commonwealth Science Council

CSIR

Food Science & Technology (South Africa)

CSIR

Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (Ghana)

CSOs

civil society organization

CSP

country strategy plan

CTA

Technical Centre for Agr'l & Rural Cooperation (Netherlands)

CTTA

Communication for Technology Transfer in Agriculture

DCHA

USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict & Humanitarian Assistance

DESFIL

Development Strategies for Fragil Lands

DFID

Department for Int'l Development (formerly ODA, England)

DG

democracy & governance

DHS

demographic & health surveys

DP

Office of Development Planning

DSE

German Foundation for Int'l Dev

DSE

German Fndt for Int'l Development

EABDN

East Africa Bean Dev Network

EAGER

Equity and Growth through Economic Research

EAMFHEP

Eastern Acr Mountains Forest health Eval Project

EAPCREN

Eastern Africa Plant Genetic Resources Network

EAPSPDN

East Africa Potato & Sweet Pot Dev Network

EARCDN

East Africa Root Crops Dev Network

EARO

Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organisation

EARO

Ethiopian Agr'l Research Organisation

EARRNET

East Africa Root Crops Research Network (cassava)

ECABREN

Eastern and Central Africa Bean Res Network

ECACLA

Education to Combat Abusive Child Labor (USAID)

ECAMAW

Eastern & Cenral Maize & Wheat Research Network

ECAPAPA

East & Central Africa Program for Ag Policy Analysis

ECARSAM

Eastern & Central Africa Regional Sorghum & Millet Network

ECART

European Consortium for Agricultural Research in the Tropics

ECSARRN

Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Rice Research Network

EGAT

USAID Bureau for Economic Growth, Ag & Trade

EHP

Environmental Health Project

EIAASI

Economic Impact Assessment of Agricultural Sector Interventions

ELI

Environmental Law Institute

EMEMP

Env'l Monitoring, Eval & Mitigation Plan

EMIS

Environmental Monitoring & Info Systems for Africa

ENCAP

building environmental capaticy

ENCAp

Env'l Mgmt Capacity Bldg Initiative

ENRIC

Environment and Natural Resources Information Center

EP3

EPA - Env'l Pollution Prevention Project

EPAT

Env'l & NR Policy & Training Project

EPI

Expanded Program of Immunization

EPIC

Environmental Policy & Institutional Stregnthening Indefinite Quantity Contract

EPTD

Environment and Production Technology Institute

ES

executive secretariat

ESAMI

Eastern & Southern African Mgmt Institute (Tanzania)

ESARC

East and South Africa Regional Center

ESDAR

Environmentally Sustainable Dev Ag Research & Extension Group, World Bank

ESS

Education Sectro Support

EWT

Endangered Wildlife Trust

FANRPAN

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network

FANTA

Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance

FARA

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (SPAAR)

FAWE

Forum of African Women Educators

FCND

Food Consumption and Nutrition Division

FDI

foreign direct investment

FEWS

Famine Early Warning System

FFP

Office of Food for Peace, BHR

FOA

Foundations of Success (successor to BSP)

FOFIFA

Centre National de la Reacherche Appliquee au Developpement Rural, CENDRADERU Madagascar

FOODNET

(agro-enterprises)

FPIN

Food Processing Info Network

FPSSA

Finance & Production Support Services for Ag

FQL

fundamental quality levels

FSBGS

Food Safety, Biosafety, Grades & Standards

FSP

food security & productivity unit of Africa Bureau

FSRC

Food Security Resource Center

FSSP

Farming Systems Support Project

G/DG

Center for Dem & Governance, Global Bureau

G/ENV

Center for the Env, Global Bureau

G/ENV/EET

Energy Training Program

GASGA

Group for Assistance on Systems Relating to Grain After Harvest

GBDI

Global BioDiversity Institute, Inc.

GCC

global climate change

GCCI

GCC Initiative

GEF

Global Environmental Facility (World Bank?)

GH

USAID Bureau for Global Health

GHCT

Ghana Heritage Conservation Trust

GIFAP

Groupement Int'l des Associations Nationales de Fabricants de Produits Agrochimiques (Int'l Assn of National Trade Associations for Manufacturers of Agrochemicals

GII

global information infrastructure

GreenCOM

Env'l Educ & Communication Project

GSG

Global Steering Group

GTN

Global Technology Network

GTZ

Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Germany)

HHRAA

Health & HR Analysis for Africa

HIID

Harvard Institute for International Development

HKI

Helen Keller International

HPI

Heifer Project International

HPN

health, population & nutrition

HRD

Human Resources and Democracy

HRF

Herb Research Foundation

IAG

International Agriculture Group

IARC

Int'l Ag'l Research Centers

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centers

IBI

International Business Initiatives

IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

IBS

Intermediary Biotechnology Service of ISNAR

IBSRAM

Int'l Board for Soil Res & Mgmt

IC

information and communication