xiv Policies, Processes and Institutions
GST General Systems Theory
HBP Hasdeo Bango Project
HYV high-yielding variety
I/O input/output
ICRAF International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IER Institut d’Economie Rurale
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural Research
LAWM Latin American World Model
LFA Less Favoured Area
LGU local government units
LNV Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij
MARP Méthode Accélérée de Recherche Participative
MBRLC Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Centre
MRB Mahi Right Bank
MRP Mahanadi River Project
NAIDP Ned Agro-Industrial Development Project
NARS national agricultural research system
NGO non-governmental organization
NLCA Ned Landcare Association
NSA Nitrate Sensitive Area
NVS natural vegetative strips
NVZ Nitrate Vulnerable Zone
OFM on-farm development
PALM Participatory Analysis and Learning Methods
PAR Participatory Action Research
PBR People’s Biodiversity Registers
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal
PRAP Participatory Rural Appraisal and Planning
PRM Participatory Research Methodology
PTD Participatory Technology Development
PUA Participatory Urban Appraisal
R&D research and development
RA Rapid Appraisal
RAAKS Rapid Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Systems
RAP Rapid Assessment Procedures
RASE Royal Agricultural Society of England
RAT Rapid Assessment Techniques
RCA Rapid Catchment Analysis
REA Rapid Ethnographic Assessment