Acronyms and abbreviations
Shortened term | Definition |
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ACFID |
Australian Council for International Development |
ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
AMIS |
Agricultural Market Information System |
ANU |
Australian National University |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
BPS |
Central Bureau of Statistics (Indonesia) |
BULOG |
Badan Urusan Logistik (Indonesia) |
CGIAR |
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research |
CHF |
Commission for the Human Future |
CHS |
Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security |
COVID-19 |
Coronavirus disease (formerly 2019 novel coronavirus) |
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
DFAT |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) |
DTKS |
Data Terpadu Kesejahteraan Sosial (Indonesian unitary social welfare database) |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) |
FJ$ |
Fijian dollar |
FNRI |
Food and Nutrition Research Institute (the Philippines) |
GDS |
General Directorate of Statistics (Timor-Leste) |
ha |
hectare |
HIV/AIDS |
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
HLPE |
High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security |
IATF |
Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (the Philippines) |
IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
IHME |
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
IIED |
International Institute for Environment and Development |
IISD |
International Institute for Sustainable Development |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature |
K |
Papua New Guinea kina (currency) |
LTI |
long-term inundation |
MAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Timor-Leste) |
MDF |
Market Development Facility |
Mha |
million hectares |
Mt |
million tonnes |
NCR |
National Capital Region (Metro Manila) (the Philippines) |
PCAARRD |
Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development |
PHP |
Philippine peso |
PIFS |
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |
PNG |
Papua New Guinea |
PSA |
Philippine Statistics Authority |
PSBB |
large-scale social restrictions (Indonesia) |
Rp |
Indonesian rupiah |
SARS-CoV-2 |
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (which causes COVID-19) |
SPC |
Pacific Community (originally South Pacific Commission) |
SPREP |
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
t |
tonne |
TOMAK |
To’os ba Moris Di’ak (Farming for Prosperity) (Timor-Leste) |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UN |
United Nations |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNFPA |
United Nations Fund for Population Activities (formerly United Nations Fund for Population Activities) |
USP |
University of the South Pacific |
WFP |
World Food Programme (of the United Nations) |
WHO |
World Health Organization (of the United Nations) |
WS$ |
Samoan tala |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |