Agriculture

List of acronyms ADB

AKST

Asian Development Bank

Agricultural knowledge, science and technology

BAU Business-as-usual BCI BSI

CGIAR

Better Cotton Initiative Better Sugar Initiative

CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)

EU FAO European Union

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

FAOSTAT Food and Agriculture Organisation Statistical Databases

FiBL G8

GAP GDP GHG

German Research Institute of Organic Agriculture

Group of Eight

Good Agricultural Practices Gross Domestic Product Greenhouse gas

GMO Genetically modified organism GRID HICs

Global Resource Information Database High Income Countries

IAASTD International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development

ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

IDH IEA

IFAD

Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative International Energy Agency

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFOAM International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

IFPRI ILO

International Food Policy Research Institute

International Labour Organisation

IMF IP

IPCC

IPM ITC

LICs LMICs

International Monetary Fund Intellectual Property

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Integrated Pest Management International Trade Centre Low Income Countries

Lower Middle Income Countries

MDG Millennium Development Goal MSCI Morgan Stanley Capital International NCAR

National Centre for Atmospheric Research

NGO ODA

OECD

Non-governmental organisation Oversees Development Assistance

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAHM Plant and animal health management PES

PICS R&D ROI

RSPO RTRS

Payment for Ecosystem Services Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage Research and development Return on investment

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Round Table on Responsible Soy

SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG SOM SRI

SWFs

Soil organic matter System Rice Intensive Sovereign wealth funds

UMICs Upper Middle Income Countries UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UN DESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UNDP UNEP

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESC ECA United Nations Economic and Social Council, Economic Commission for Africa

WDR World Development Report WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation WTO World Trade Organisation WWAP World Water Assessment Programme

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