XXIV Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential
Chapter 15
APCAM Association Professionnelle des Chambres d’Agriculture du Mali
(The Professional Association of the Chambers of Agriculture of Mali)
BNDA Banque Nationale de Développement Agricole (National Agricultural Development Bank)
CAADP Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Policy
CONOESAM Coordination Nationale des Opérateurs Economiques du Secteur Agro-Alimentaire du
Mali (National Coordination of Economic Operators of the Agri-food Sector in Mali)
CFA Communauté Financière Africaine (African Financial Community)
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
INTSORMIL International Research Consortium on Sorghum and Millet
IER Institut d’Economie Rurale (Mali) (Mali Rural Economy Institute)
IMS Initiative Mil-Sorgho (Millet-Sorghum Initiative)
MISTOWA Market Information Systems and Traders’ Organizations in West Africa NEPAD
New Economic Partnership for African Development
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
OECD Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
OMA Observatoire du Marché Agricole (Mali) (Mali Agricultural Market Information Network)
PACCEM Programme d’appui à la Commercialisation des Céréales au Mali (UPA-
Canada) (Mali Cereal Marketing Support Program)
POs Producer Organizations
PRMC Programme de Restructuration des Marchés Céréaliers
(Revamping Cereal Markets Programme)
ROESAO Réseau des Opérateurs Economiques du Sahel et de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
(Network of West African Agrifood Stakeholders)
SDDR Schéma directeur du développement rural (Mali’s Rural Development Strategy)
SME Small and Medium Enterprises
SODOUF Société Doucouré et Frères (Doucouré & Bros Company)
SWAC Sahel and West African Club (part of the OECD)
ULPC Union Locale des Producteurs de Céréales de Dioïla
(Local union of cereal producers)
WAEMU West African Economic Monetary Union
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WFP World Food Programme
WTO World Trade Organization