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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ASPA Agri-Business Service Plan Association
BCI Better Cotton Initiative
COMCEC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FELCRA Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation
FELDA Federal Land Development Authority
GCU Gambia Cooperatives Union
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GM Genetically modified
GPMB Gambia Produce Marketing Board
GVC Global Value Chain
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
ICT Information and communications technology
IDB Islamic Development Bank
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
ILO International Labour Organization
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITC International Trade Centre
KIT Royal Tropical Institute
MPOA Malaysian Palm Oil Association
MPOB Malaysian Palm Oil Board
MPOC Malaysian Palm Oil Council
MRL Maximum Residue Level
MSPO Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil
NGO Non-governmental Organisation
OECD Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation
OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
PPP Public-private partnership
R&D Research and Development
RISDA Rubber Industry Smallholders’ Development Authority
RSPO Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
SME Small and Medium Enterprise
UN United Nations
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
WTO World Trade Organization