SIA | Strategic Impact Assessment |
SPS | Sanitary and Phytosanitary |
SRES | Special Report on Emission Scenarios |
SSA | ub-Saharan Africa |
TCP | Technical Cooperation Program |
TG | Technogarden scenario |
TGA | third-generation agriculture |
TK | traditional knowledge |
TNC | transnational corporation |
tonne | 103 kg (metric ton) |
TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights |
T&V | training and visit |
TV | Traditional variety |
UAE | United Arab Emirates |
UNCBD | UN Convention on Biodiversity |
UNCCD | UN Commission to Combat Desertification |
UNCED | UN Conference on Environment and
Development |
UNCTAD | UN Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change |
UNWWAP | United Nations World Water Assessment
Programme |
UPOV | International Union for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants |
USAID | US Agency for International Development |
USDA | US Department of Agriculture |
VERCON | Virtual Extension and Research
Communication Network |
WANA | West Asia and North Africa |
WANANET | West Asia and North Africa Network on Plant
Genetic Resources |
WARDA | Africa Rice Center |
WCED | World Commission on Environment and
Development (Brundtland Commission) |
WEDO | Women’s Environment and Development
Organization |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
WOCAT | World Overview of Conservation Approaches
and Technologies |
WP | water productivity |
WRI | World Resources Institute |
WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development |
WTO | World Trade Organization |