List of abbreviations

3F Fund for Family Farming

ABCD Asset-Based Community-Driven

ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific

AFLI Agroforestry for Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Northwest Vietnam

AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

AOCC African Orphan Crops Consortium

ASAL Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

IWMI International Water Management Institute

CAP Common Agricultural Policy

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CCAFS Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

CETRAD Centre for Training in Integrated Research in ASAL Development

CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

CIDA Canadian International Development Agency

CIFOR Center for International Forestry Research

COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

COP Conference of Parties

CRP Consortium Research Program

CTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

CTCN Climate Technology Centre and Network

DANIDA Danish International Development Agency

DfID Department for International Development

DG Director General

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

EADD East Africa Dairy Development Project

EC European Commission

Embrapa Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

ENDA-TM Environnement et Developpement du Tiers Monde

EU European Union

EURAF European Agroforestry Federation

FAO UN Food and Agricultural Organization

FERI Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative

FISP Farm Input Subsidy Programme

FTA Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

GEF Global Environment Fund

GIS Geographic Information System

GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

HOREC Horn of Africa Regional Centre

HQ Headquarters

ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre

IDRC International Development Research Centre

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development

IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILRI International Livestock Research Institute

IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature

IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Organizations

KALRO Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization

KFS Korea Forestry Service

LDSF Land Degradation Surveillance Framework

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

MICCA Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture

MINAGRI Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation

MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forestry

NAMA Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action

NEPAD The New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NGO Nongovernmental Organization

NRT Northern Rangelands Trust

NTFP Non-Timber Forest Product

ORIO The Facility for Infrastructure Development

PNCBBCC Programa Nacional Conservacion de Bosques y Cambio Climatico

RRIN Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria

RUPES Rewards for, Use of, and Shared Investment in Pro-poor Environmental Services

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

SERFOR National Forest and Wildlife Service

SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

SNV Netherlands Development Organization

UC University of California

UK United Kingdom

UN United Nations

UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNOPS The United Nations Office for Project Services

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

V4C Vision for Change

VND Vietnamese Dollars

WWF World Wide Fund for Nature