EVM

Ethnoveterinary medicine

HYV

High yielding variety

FACE

Free-Air Concentration Enrichment

IA

institutional arrangement

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the

IAASTD

International Assessment of Agricultural

United Nations

Knowledge, Science and Technology for

FARA

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

Development

FDA

US Food and Drug Administration

IAM

Integrated assessment model

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

IARC

International Agricultural Research Center

Fe

iron

IAS

invasive alien species

FFS

farmer field school

IBRD

International Bank of Rural Development

FLO

Fair Trade Labeling Organization

ICA

International Commodity Agreement

FoB

freight on board

ICAR

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

FPRE

Farmer participatory research and extension

ICARDA

International Center for Agricultural Research

FPU

food producing unit

in the Dry Areas

FSRE

Farming systems research and extension

ICRAF

World Agroforestry Center

FTA

Free Trade Agreement

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for

g

gram (10-3 kg)

Semi-arid Tropics

GxE

gene by environment

ICT

information and communication technologies

GBA

Global Biodiversity Assessment

IDA

International Development Agency

GCM

general circulation model

IEA

International Energy Agency

GDP

Gross domestic product

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural

GE

genetic engineering/genetically engineered

Development

GEF

Global Environment Facility

IFC

International Finance Corporation

GFAR

Global Forum on Agricultural Research

IFI

international financial institution

GEO

Global Environment Outlook

IFOAM

International Federation of Organic

GFS

globalized food system

Agriculture Movements

GFSI

Global Food Safety Initiative

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

Gg

gigagram (106kg)

IFS

International Food Standard

Gha

gigahectare (109 hectare)

II ASA

International Institute for Applied System

GHG

greenhouse gas

Analysis

GHI

Global Hunger Index

IITA

International Institute for Tropical Agriculture

GIS

geographic information system

IK

Indigenous knowledge

GISP

Global Invasive Species Program

ILO

International Labour Organisation

ASOD

Global assessment of human-induced soil

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

degradation

IMF

International Monetary Fund

GM

genetically modified/genetic modification

INM

Integrated Nutrient Management

GMO

genetically modified organism

INRM

Integrated Natural Resources Management

GNP

Gross National Product

IP

intellectual property

GPS

global positioning system

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

GR

Green revolution

IPGRI

Bioversity International

GSG

Global Scenarios Group

IPM

Integrated pest management

GSPC

Global Strategy of Plant Conservation

IPPC

International Plant Protection Convention

Gt

gigaton/gigatonne; 1019 tonnes

IPR

intellectual property rights

GURT

Genetic Use of Restriction Technologies

IR

insect resistant

GWP

global warming potential

IRR

internal rate of return

ha

hectare (104m2)

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

ACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

IS

innovation systems

HI

harvest index

ISNM

Integrated soil and nutrient management

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

ISPM

International sanitary and phytosanitary

HR

herbicide resistant

measure

HRC

herbicide resistant crop

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

HT

herbicide tolerant

IWM

Integrated Weed Management