xiv Sustainable Agriculture and Food
INRM integrated natural resource management
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPM integrated pest management
IRAD Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources
LMO living modified organism
MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
NBC national biosafety committee
NBF national biosafety framework
NEP New Economic Policy (Russia)
NGO non-governmental organization
PCARRD Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources
Research
PFI Practical Farmers of Iowa
PFTs plant functional types
RDAs recommended daily allowances
SADC Southern African Development Community
SARD Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
SRI system of rice intensification
TAC Technical Advisory Committee
TEK traditional ecological knowledge
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USAID US Aid Agency
USDA US Department of Agriculture
VIR N. I. Vavilov All-Union Institute of Plant Industry
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development
WN World Neighbors
WTO World Trade Organization