LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACIAR :  Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

AF :  Agroforestry

AFGDI :  Afgoy Forestry and Wildlife Training Centre

A-ICRPAF :  All-India Coordinated Research Project on Agroforestry

AFRENA :  Agroforestry Research Networks for Africa

AFSI :  Agroforestry Systems Inventory

AGRICOLA :  Data base for the National Agricultural Library (USA)

AGRINDEX :  Agricultural Index (The AGRIS Bibliography-FAO)

APC :  Advanced Personal Computer

BBC :  British Broadcasting Corporation

BMZ :  Bundesminister fur Wirtschaftliche Zusammenerbeit (Federal German Ministry of Economic Cooperation

CAB :  Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau

CABI :  Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International

CARE :  Cooperative for American Relief for Everywhere

CD/ ROM :  Compact Disk/ Read Only Memory

CDS/ISIS :  Computerized Documentation System/Integrated Set of Information Systems

CEPLAC :  Comissao Executiva do Piano da Lavoura Cacaueira

CGIAR :  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT :  Centre International de Agricultura Tropical

CIDA :  Canadian International Development Agency

CIFIGRE :  International Centre for Water Resource Management

COLLPRO :  Collaborative Programmes Division

CRIDA :  Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (India)

CSIRO :  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CTA :  Centre Technique de Cooperation Agricole et Rural

CTFT :  Centre Technique Forestier Tropical

D&D :  Diagnosis and Design

DANIDA :  Danish International Development Agency

DATA :  Data Appraisal Team for Africa

EGA :  Economic Commission for Africa

ECA/ PADIS :  Economic Commission for Africa/ Pan Africa Development Information System

EDI :  Economic Development Institute

EEC :  European Economic Community

FAO :  Food and Agriculture Organisation (of the United Nations)

FAO/IAEA :  Food and Agriculture Organisation/International Atomic Energy Agency

F/ FRED :  Forestry/ Fuelwood Research and Development (USAID S&T Bureau Programme)

FRG :  Federal Republic of Germany

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

FSSRI :  Farming Systems and Soil Resources Institute (UPLB)

GENSTAT :  General Statistical Package

GTZ :  German Agency for Technical Cooperation

lARCs :  International Agricultural Research Centres

IBSRAM :  International Board for Soil Research and Management

ICAR :  Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ICIPE :  International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICRAF :  International Council for Research in Agroforestry

ICRISAT :  International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

IDRC :  International Development Research Centre

IFAD :  International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFAP :  International Federation of Agricultural Producers

IFPRI :  International Food Policy Research Institute

IFS :  International Foundation for Science

IGADD :  Inter-Governmental Agency for Drought and Development

IICA :  Institute Interamericana de Cooperacion para la Agriculture

IIMI :  International Irrigation Management Institute

IITA :  International Institute for Tropical Agriculture

ILCA :  International Livestock Centre for Africa

ILO :  International Labour Organisation

ILRAD :  International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases

INFOCOMM :  Information and Communications Division

IRA :  Institut de la Recherche Agronomique (Cameroun)

IRRI :  International Rice Research Institute

ISABU :  Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi

ISAR :  Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda

ISNAR :  International Service for Agricultural Research

ISRIS :  International Soils Reference Information System

IUCN :  International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

IUFRO :  International Union of Forestry Research Organisations

IWP :  ICRAF Working Paper

KARI :  Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KEFRI :  Kenya Forestry Research Institute

KICC :  Kenyatta International Conference Centre

KLM :  Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines)

KUSECP :  Kigoma Ujiji Soil Erosion Control Programme

LANMODEL :  Land Model (software package)

LBDA :  Lake Basin Development Authority

MPT :  Multipurpose Tree

MSDOS :  Micro Soft Disc Operating System

MULBUD :  Multi-Purpose Multiple-Crop Budgeting (An economic software package)

NDFRS :  National Dryland Farming Research Station

NGO :  Nongovernmental Organization

NORAD :  Norwegian Agency for International Development

OAU :  Organisation of African Unity

ODA :  Official Development Assistance

ORSTOM :  Office de la Recherche Scientifique et de Technique d*Outre-Mer

PRO-AFRICA :  Programme for Agroforestry Research by International Centres in Africa

RBG :  Royal Botanical Gardens

R&D :  Research and Development

RDD :  Research Development Division

REDINAA :  Red de Investigation Agroecologica para la Amazonia

SACCAR :  Southern Africa Committee for Coordination in Agricultural Research

SADCC :  Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference

SAFGRAD :  Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development

SAREC :  Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries

SCUAF :  Soil Changes Under Agroforestry

SDI :  Selective Dissemination of Information

SIDA :  Swedish International Development Authority

SIR :  Studies in the Region

SPRP :  Soil Productivity Research Programmes (Zambia)

TAC-CGIAR :  Technical Assistance Committee

TROPENBOS :  Stimulation Programmes for Research in Humid Tropical Forests

TVE :  Television Trust for the Environment

UDC :  Universal Decimal Classification

UK :  United Kingdom

UNDP :  United Nations Development Programme

UNEP :  United Nations Environmental Programme

UNESCO :  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNHCR :  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF :  United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

UNSO :  United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office

UPLB :  University of the Philippines at Los Banos

USA :  United States of America

USAID :  United States Agency for International Development

USAID/S&T :  United States Agency for International Development/Science and Technology

USGS :  United States Geological Survey

VOK-TV :  Voice of Kenya Television

WMO :  World Meteorological Organisation