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List of Abbreviations
ACU Agricultural Cooperative Union (Yemen)
ADB Asian Development Bank
AFA Asian Farmers Association
AfDB African Development Bank
AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
AOAD Arab Organization for Agricultural Development
Asia DHRRA Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia
ATA Agricultural Transformation Agency (Ethiopia)
BULOG Board of Logistics (Indonesia)
CACVRA Agrarian Coffee Cooperative of the Apurimac River Valley (Peru)
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CCPA Union of Groundut Producers' Organizations (Senegal)
CFU Conservation Farming Unit (Zambia)
CLARITY Cooperative Law and Regulation Initiative
CMB Coffee Marketing Board (Uganda)
COMCEC Standing Committee for Commercial and Economic Cooperation of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation
DC Depot Committee
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ETP Economic Transformation Programme (Malaysia)
EU European Union
FANRPN Food Analysis and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FO Farmer Organization
FOSCA Farmer Organization Support Centre in Africa
GAP Good Agricultural Practice
GIPA Inter-village producer group
GIZ German Agency for International Cooperation
GNI Gross National Income
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IDB Islamic Development Bank
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
ILO International Labor Organization of the United Nations
KEDV Foundation for Women’s Work (Turkey)
KPA Consortium for Agrarian Reform (Indonesia)
NGO Non-governmental organization
NKEA National Key Economic Area (Malaysia)
OCDC Overseas Cooperative Development Council
ODCO Office of Cooperation Development (Morocco)
OFID OPEC Fund for International Development
OHADA Organization for the Harmonization Business Law in Africa
OIC Organization of Islamic Cooperation
PAFO Pan-African Farmers Organization