Definitions

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

Alliance for Agricultural Research and Development for Food Security—a joint initiative between ACIAR, the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture and the Crawford Fund

Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Centre for Agricultural Biosciences International

Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences

now identified by the initialism, but formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research—a global organisation of funders and international agricultural research centres

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

a highly infectious disease, primarily affecting the lungs, caused by a new strain of coronavirus.
‘CO’ stands for corona, ‘VI’ for virus, and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or 2019-nCoV’.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Cultivate Africa’s Future Fund

Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

an international forum for global economic cooperation, based on its membership of 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States) and the European Union

gross domestic product

Generating Evidence and New Directions for Equitable Results

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

International Food Policy Research Institute

Livelihood Improvement through Facilitator Extension

Middle East respiratory syndrome

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development

Public Service Medal

severe acute respiratory syndrome

Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio

Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Pacific Community—the principal scientific and technical organisation supporting development in the Pacific region; an international organisation established by treaty (the Canberra Agreement) in 1947

TADEP Transformative Agriculture and Enterprise Development program

United Nations

World Vegetable Center