Acronyms and abbreviations

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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

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