Abbreviations
- AAT
African animal trypanosomiasis
- ALAD
Arid Land Agricultural Development program (Ford Foundation)
- AR4D
agricultural research for development
- ASOCAÑA
Colombian Sugarcane Growers Association
- ASSINSEL
International Association of Plant Breeders for the Protection of Plant Varieties
- CAP
Colombian Agricultural Program (Rockefeller Foundation)
- CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
- CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
- CIAT
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Colombia)
- CIMMYT
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico)
- CIP
International Potato Center (Peru)
- CRPs
CGIAR Research Programs
- CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
- CVC
Cauca Valley Corporation (Colombia)
- ECF
East Coast fever
- EUCARPIA
European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
- EURISCO
European Plant Genetic Resources Search Catalogue
- FAO
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
- FARC
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
- GFAR
Global Forum for Agricultural Research
- GRAIN
Genetic Resources Action International
- IARI
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
- IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (Italy)
- IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICA
Colombian Agricultural Institute
- ICARDA
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria (1977–2012) (Lebanon)
- ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (India)
- IDRC
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
- IFPRI
International Food Policy Research Institute
- IICA
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (Costa Rica)
- IITA
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Nigeria)
- ILCA
International Livestock Centre for Africa (Ethiopia)
- ILRAD
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (Kenya)
- ILRI
International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya)
- INCAP
Nutrition Institute of Central America and Panama
- INCORA
Colombian Institute for Agrarian Reform
- INIA
National Institute for Agricultural Research (Mexico)
- IPGRI
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Italy)
- IRAT
Institut de Recherches Agronomiques Tropicales et des Cultures Vivrières (France)
- IRRI
International Rice Research Institute (Philippines)
- IWMI
International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka)
- MAP
Mexican Agricultural Program (Rockefeller Foundation)
- MENA
Middle East and North Africa
- NERICA
New Rices for Africa
- NGO
nongovernmental organization
- OAS
Organization of American States
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- ORSTOM
Office for Overseas Scientific and Technological Research (France)
- PCCMCA
Central American Cooperative Program for the Cultivation and Improvement of Food Cultivars
- PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
- PROFRIJOL
Cooperative Regional Project on Beans for Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
- PVS
participatory varietal selection
- RAFI
Rural Advancement Foundation International
- SDC
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- TAC
CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee
- TRIPS
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
- UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
- UPOV
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
- USAID
United States Agency for International Development
- WARDA
West Africa Rice Development Association (Ivory Coast)
- WHO
World Health Organization
- WIEWS
World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- WTO
World Trade Organization
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