XX Rebuilding West Africa’s food potential
Chapter 2
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
BNDA National Bank for Agricultural Development
CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
CAISTAB Agricultural Products Price Support and Stabilization Board, Côte d’Ivoire
CFDT French Company for the Development of Textile Fibres, Mali
CIC-B Interprofessional Committee on Cereals and Niebe, Burkina Faso
CMDT Malian Company for Textile Development
COCOBOD Ghana Cocoa Board
COFRUCI Côte d’Ivoire’s Banana and Fruit Production Agricultural Cooperative
COPACO French Cotton Company
CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
DAC Development Assistance Committee
ECOWAP ECOWAS Regional Agricultural Policy for West Africa
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FCFA CFA franc (currency of Côte d’Ivoire)
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
GDP gross domestic product
IGG FAO Inter-Governmental Groups on Commodities
IMF International Monetary Fund
INERA Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research, Burkina Faso
IRCT Research Institute of Cotton and Exotic Textiles
MDG Millennium Development Goals
NCB Nigeria Cocoa Board
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NGO Non-governmental Organization
OCAB Central Organization of Pineapple and Banana Producers
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
ONCAD National Office of Marketing and Development Assistance, Senegal
ONCC National Cocoa and Coffee Board
PPP Public/Private Partnership
PSI Presidential Special Initiative
ROPPA Network of Farmers’ and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations of West Africa
SAP Structural Adjustment Programme
SODEPALM Society for the Development of Oil Palm
SODEVA Society for Development and Agricultural Extension
SOMIEX Malian Import and Export Company
SONACO National Packaging Society, Côte d’Ivoire
SONACOS National Seed Marketing Company, Senegal
SONAGESS National Security Stocks Management Company, Burkina Faso
SOSUCO Sugar Company of Comoe
SYCOV Union of Cotton and Food Producers, Mali
UEMOA West African Economic and Monetary Union