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Acronyms and Keywords

Do You Speak This Language? A Directory of Acronyms

AFRENA: Agroforestry Research Networks for Africa
AFRENA-ECA: Agroforestry Research Network for East and Central Africa
AFTA: Association for Temperate Agroforestry
ANAFE: African Network for Agroforestry Education
APAN: Asia-Pacific Agroforestry Network
APCOB: Apoyo Para el Campesina-Indígena del Oriente Boliviano
ARDTs: Adaptive Research and Dissemination Teams
CARPE: Central African Regional Program for the Environment
CATIE: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
CBO: Community Based Organization
CDC: Cameroon Development Corporation
CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIAT: Centro de Investigación Agrícola Tropical
CIAT: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
COVOL: Cooperative Office for Voluntary Organizations
CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
CTA: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
DANIDA: Danish International Development Agency
DENR: Department of Environment and Natural Resources
EBBD: Economic Botany Bibliographic Database
ECTF: Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests
ERDB: Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau
FACT: Forest, Farm and Community Tree Network
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FARM: Farmer-Centred Agricultural Resource Management program
GTZ:
Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Technische Zusammenabeit
HIDA: HOPE International Development Agency
IAF: Institute of Agroforestry
ICRAF: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
IK: Indigenous knowledge
INBAR: International Network on Bamboo and Rattan
IPGRI: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IUFRO: International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
LBC: Limbe Botanical Garden
MPTS: Multipurpose tree species
NARS: National agricultural research system
NERC: Natural Environment Research Council
NFTA: Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association
NGO: Non-government organization
NRCS: Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service
NTFP: Non-timber forest products
NTSP: National Tree Seed Programme
ODI: Overseas Development Institute
PRA: Participatory Rural Appraisal
REBRAF: Rede Brasileira Agroforestal
SDC: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
SEANAFE: Southeast Asian Network for Agroforestry Education
Sida: Swedish International Development Authority
SSRDS: Santhi Sadhan Rural Development Society
TSSD: Tree Seed Suppliers Directory
TVE: Television Trust for the Environment
TWIC: Third World Information Centre
UCEA: Union des Coopératives des Femmes pour la production et la commercialisation de l’huile d’Argane et des produits agricoles
UNFEM: United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNFIP: United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
UPLB: University of the Philippines Los Baños
US NAC: United States National Agroforestry Center
USAID: United States Agency for International Development
USDA: United States Department
of Agriculture
VACB: Vietnam Agroforestry
Capacity-Building
VFFP: Village Farm Forestry Project

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