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ACIAR | Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
AIRPOH | ACIAR–IDRC Research Program on One Health |
Alliance | Alliance for Agricultural Research and Development for Food Security – a joint initiative between ACIAR, the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture and the Crawford Fund |
APAARI | Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions |
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
AusAID | a former Australian Government aid program, within DFAT |
CAADP | Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme |
CABI | Centre for Agricultural Biosciences International |
CGIAR | now identified by the initialism, but formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research – a global organisation of funders and international agricultural research centres |
CIMMYT | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center |
COP27 | the 27th UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change |
COVID-19 | 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’. |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
CultiAF | Cultivate Africa’s Future Fund |
DFAT | Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
DFAT | The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GRA | Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases |
IDRC | International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
LIFE | Livelihood Improvement through Facilitator Extension |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PCAARRD | Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development |
PSM | Public Service Medal |
SPC | The 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 |
UN | United Nations |
WorldVeg | World Vegetable Center |