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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

 

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