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