xiv Agriculture and Food Systems
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
IASO International Association for the Study of Obesity
IBRFP Indo-British Rain-fed Farming Project
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IDS Institute of Development Studies
IGP Indication Geographique Protegee
IHC Interfaith Hunger Coalition (Southern California)
IMV Institute of Veterinary Medicine
INGO international non-governmental organization
INIFAT National Institute for Fundamental Research on Tropical Agricul-
ture (Cuba)
IP In Process
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
LBW low birth weight
LEIT low external input technology
LR Label Rouge
MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MBR Maya Biosphere Reserve (Guatemala)
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
NFS National Food Survey
NGO non-governmental organization
NHANES National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey
NIB National Irrigation Board (Kenya)
NIDDM non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
ODS ozone-depleting substance
PPAs participatory poverty assessments
PRA participatory rural appraisal
PRB Population Reference Bureau
rBGH recombinant bovine growth hormone
RIPS Rural Integrated Project Support (Tanzania)
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
SOQ Official Sign of Quality
SOQT Sign of Quality of Transformed Foods
SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
SRI System of Rice Intensification
TEAs tradable environmental allowances
TREE Technology for Rural and Ecological Enrichment
TRIPS Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
UFO unidentified field observation
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UPPAP Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment Process
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USDA US Department of Agriculture