List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
AARD Agency for Agricultural Research and Development
AFTPs Agroforestry Tree Products
ARPAC Agricultural Reseach Policy Advisory Committee
BTZ Biotechnology Trust of Zimbabwe
CAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CENFOR Center for Forestry Research (Amazon)
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CHAGS Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies
CIAT Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
CIMMYT Centro Internacional de Mejoramento de Maíz y Trigo
CIP Centro Internacional de Papas
CODESU Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de Ucayali
CPR common property regime
CRIFC Central Research Institute for Food and Crops
CSP Conservation Security Program
EA Environment Agency (UK)
EDRSS Ecological Demonstrative Rebuilding for Sustainable Settlements
ESSO Standard Oil of New Jersey
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
GDP gross domestic product
GIS geographic information system
IBP International Biological Program
IBPGR International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
ICA Instituto Columbiano Agropecuário
ICRAF International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFS integrated farming system
IIAP Instituto de Investigación de la Amazonía Peruana
IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
INAC Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
INIA Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria
INIFAP Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias