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NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NNP National Nutrition Programme
NNSWA Nepal National Social Welfare Association
NOVIB Netherlands Organization for International Development Cooperation
NRCS Nepal Red Cross Society
NRs Nepalese Rupees
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal
RRN Rural Reconstruction Nepal
SALT Sloping Agricultural Land Technology
SDC Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
SOLVE Society of Local Volunteers’ Effort
SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciencees
Sq.m Square meter/meter square
SWI Shanon-Weaver Index
TOLI Team Organising for Local Initiatives
UBINIG Policy Research for Development Alternatives (in Bengali)
VDC Village Development Committee
Vit Vitamin
VMN Village Model Nursery
VMNPF Village Model Nursery and Poultry Farms
WTO World Trade Organisation
λ Simpson Index