LIST OF ACRONYMS

ACIAR: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (Canberra, Australia)

AFNETA: Alley Fanning Network for Africa (Secretariat based at HTA)

AFRENA: Agroforestry Research Networks for Africa (coordinated from ICRAF)

BARC: Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (Dacca, Bangladesh) BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation (London, UK)

BMZ: Bundesministerium fflr wirtscbafUiche Zusammenarbeit (Bonn, FRG) Federal German Ministry of Economic Cooperation

CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Washington, DC, USA)

CIAT: Centre International de Agricultura Tropical (Cali, Colombia)

CIDA: Canadian International Development Agency (Hull, Quebec, Canada)

CIMMYT: Centre International de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (Mexico, DF, Mexico) CIP: International Potato Centre (Lima, Peru)

COLLPRO: Collaborative Programmes Division (ICRAF)

CTA: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Brussels, Belgium)

CTFT: Centre technique forestier tropical (Nogent-sur-Mame, France) DOS: Disk Operating System

DSO: Direct Support to Training Institutes in Developing Countries (The Hague, Netherlands)

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome, Italy)

F/FRED: Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development (USAID Science and Technology Bureau) (Washington, DC, USA)

FINAD: Finance and Administration Division (ICRAF)

FINNIDA/FTP. Finnish International Development Agency/Forestry Training Programme

FRG: Federal Republic of Germany

GTZ: Gesellschaft fiir technische Zusammenarbeit/German Agency for Technical Cooperation (Eschbom, FRG)

HRID: Human Resource and Institutional Development (COLLPRO, ICRAF)

IBPGR: International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (Rome, Italy)

IBSRAM: International Board for Soil Research and Management (Bangkhen, Bangkok, Thailand)

ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (New Delhi, India)

ICIPE: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Nairobi, Kenya)

ICLARM: International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (Metro Manila, Philippines)

ICRAF: International Council for Research in Agroforestry (Nairobi, Kenya)

ICRISAT: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Patancheru, India)

IDRC: International Development Research Centre (Ottawa, Canada)

IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development (Rome Italy)

IFDC: International Fertilizer Development Centre (Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA)

IGADD: Inter-Governmental Agency for Drought and Development

EIMI: International Irrigation Management Institute (Digana Village, Sri Lanka)

IITA: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Ibadan, Nigeria)

ILCA: International Livestock Centre for Africa (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

INFOCOMM: Information and Communications Division (ICRAF)

INSAH: Institut du Sahel (Bamako, Mali)

IRA: Institut de la recherche agronomique (Yaounde1, Cameroon)

ISABU: Institut des sciences agronomiques du Burundi (Bujumbura, Burundi)

ISNAR: International Service for National Agricultural Research (The Hague, Netherlands)

IUFRO: International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (Vienna, Austria)

JKCAT: Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology (Nairobi, Kenya)

KARI: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Nairobi, Kenya)

KEFRI: Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Muguga, Kenya) 

KENGO: Kenya Energy and Environment Organizations (Nairobi, Kenya)

MFA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France)

MPT: Multipurpose Tree

ODA: Overseas Development Administration (London, UK)

RDD: Research Development Division (ICRAF)

SACCAR: Southern Africa Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research (Gaborone, Botswana)

SADCC: Southern Africa Development Coordination Committee

SAFGRAD: Consultative Advisory Committee on Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development (Lagos, Nigeria)

SAREC: Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (Stockholm, Sweden)

SCUAF: Soil Changes Under Agroforestry

SIDA: Swedish International Development Authority (Stockholm, Sweden)

TAC: Technical Advisory Committee (CGIAR) (Rome, Italy)

TARO: Tanzania Agricultural Research Organization (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania)

TSA: Technical Support and Analysis (COLLPRO, ICRAF)

UK: United Kingdom

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi, Kenya)

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Paris, France)

USA: United States of America

USAID: United States Agency for International Development (Washington, DC, USA)

USDA: United States Department of Agriculture (Beltsville, Maryland, USA)

USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

WAFSRN: West African Farming Systems Research Network (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)