ICCARD International Commission on Central
American Reconstruction and Development
ICP integrated crop management
ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IDEAM Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y
Estudios Ambientales de Colombia
IDRC International Development Research Center
(Canada)
IEA International Energy Agency
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural
Development
IFOAM International Foundation for Organic
Agriculture
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
IIAP Institute for Amazon Investigations
IICA Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute
INIFAP National Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock
Research Institute (Mexico)
INTA National Agricultural Technology Institute
(Argentina)
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPGRI Bioversity International
IPM integrated pest management
ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural
Research
IUCN World Conservation Union
LAC Latin America and the Caribbean
MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MAELA Latin America Agroecological Movement
MERCOSUR Common Market of the South
MIF The Fund for Multilateral Investments of the
Inter-American Development Bank
MRL maximum residue limit
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NARI National Agricultural Research Institute
NGO nongovernmental organization
OECD Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development
ONU Organización Mundial de las Naciones Unidas
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PAN Pesticide Action Network International
PCCMCA Central American Cooperative Program for
the Improvement of Crops and Animals
PID Participatory innovation and development
POP Persistent organic pollutant
PRATEC Projecto Andino de Technologias Campesinas
PROCI Cooperative agricultural research program.