ABS

Access and Benefit Sharing

CIAT

International Center for Tropical Agriculture

AEZ

agricultural zone

CIFOR

Center for International Forestry Research

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

CIMMYT

International Maize and Wheat Improvement

AFS

agroforestry systems

Center

AFTP

Agroforestry Tree Product

CIP

International Potato Center

AKST

Agricultural knowledge, science and

CIPAF

Center for Research and Technological

technology

Development for small-scale family

ARC

Agricultural Research Council

agriculture

ARI

agricultural research institute

CMD

cassava mosaic disease

ASARECA

Association for Strengthening of Agricultural

CMV

cassava mosaic virus

Research in Eastern and Central Africa

C:N

carbon to nitrogen ratio

ASB

Alternatives to slash and burn

CO2

carbon dioxide

AST

Agricultural science and technology

CO2-eq

carbon dioxide equivalent

ASTI

Agricultural Science and Technology

[CO2

carbon dioxide concentration

Indicators

COA

certified organic agriculture

billion

one thousand million

Codex

Codex Alimentarius

BIT

Bilateral Investment Treaty

CoP

cost of production

BLCA

brokered long-term contractual arrangement

COP

community of practice

BNF

Biological nitrogen fixation

Coprofam

Coordenadora de Organizaciones de

BPH

brown plant hoppers

Productores Familiares del Mercosur

BSE

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

CORAF

Central African Council for Agricultural

Bt

soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (usually

Research and Development

refers to plants made insecticidal using a

CoS

Convergence of Sciences program

variant of various cry toxin genes sourced

CS

carbon sequestration

from plasmids of these bacteria)

CSO

civil society organization

C

carbon

Cu

copper

Ca

calcium

CWANA

Central and West Asia and North Africa

CA

Comprehensive Assessment of Water

Defra

UK Department of Environment, Food and

Management in Agriculture

Rural Affairs

CAADP

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture

DFID

UK Department of International Development

Development Program

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

dsRNA

double-stranded ribonucleic acid

CBN

Cassava Biotechnology Net

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority

CBO

Community-based organization

EJ

Exajoules

Cd

cadmium

Embrapa

Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Research

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

Company

CGE

computable general equilibrium

EPA

US Environmental Protection Agency

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International

ESAP

East and South Asia and the Pacific

Agricultural Research

ET

evapotranspiration

methane

EU

European Union