List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABE/GED Adult Basic Education/General Education Development
AAD Agro-ecosystem Analysis and Development
ACORN Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
APCSA Ecuadorian Association for the Protection of Crops and Animal
Health (now Crop Life Ecuador)
BMDC Blue Mound Development Corporation
BMSC Blue Mound Store Corporation
BPH brown planthopper (of rice)
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
CAFO concentrated animal feeding operation
CAP Common Agricultural Policy (EC)
CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAST Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC Community Development Corporation
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIAT Cantro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
CIP International Potato Center
CJD Creutzfeld–Jakob Disease
CRP Conservation Reserve Program
EA Environment Agency (UK)
EEC European Economic Commission
ERS Economic Research Service
EU-FAO IPM European Union-Food and Agriculture Organisation Integrated
Pest Management
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FFS Farmer Field School
FIC farmer innovation circles
FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service
HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
HCN household communication networks
HIC household innovation capacity
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics