ACT African Conservation Tillage Network
ADB African Development Bank
ADB Asian Development Bank

BNF Biological Nitrogen Fixation

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CCA Common Country Assessment
CDE Center for Development and Environment (University of Bern)
CFS Committee on Food Security
CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
COAG Committee of Agriculture (FAO)
COFO Committee on Forestry (FAO)
CSO Civil Society Organization

DANIDA Danish International Development Assistance
DED Deutscher Entwicklungdienst
DFID Department for International Development

EBRD European Bank for reconstruction and Development
ET Emissions trading

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the united Nations
FDI Foreign Direct Investment

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GMO Genetically Modified Organism
GNP Gross National Product

HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Country

IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICARDA International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
ICRAF International Center for Research in Agroforestry
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for semiarid Tropics
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFPRI International food Policy Research Institute
IITA International Institute of tropical Agriculture
ILO International Labor Organization
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute
IMF International Monetary Fund
INSAH Institut du Sahel
IPGRI International Plant genetic resources Institute
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention
IRCRC International Red Cross and Red Crescent
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
ISCO International Soil Conservation Organization
ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural Research
ITPGR International Treaty on Plant genetic resources
IUCN World Conservation Union
IWMI International Water Management Institute

LADA Land Degradation Assessment in Dryland Areas (FAO-UNEP)
LDCs Least Developed Countries

NGDO Non Governmental Development Organization
NGO Non Governmental Organization

ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development

SAT Semiarid tropics
SDC Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
SLM Sustainable Land Management

TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UNCDD Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought
UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNEP United Nations Environmental Program
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
USAID United States Aid for International Development

WARDA West Africa Rice Development Association
WFP World Food Program
WHO World Health Organization
WOCAT World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
WTO World Trade Organization