The Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries
Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms
AATF African Agricultural Technology Foundation
ABSF African Biotechnology Stakeholder Forum
ACC/SCN United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination, Sub-Committee on Nutrition
AEBC Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
AGERI Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute
AIA Cartegena Protocol’s advanced informed agreement procedure
ASARECA Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
BMA British Medical Association
Bt Bacillus thuringiensis
CAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIP International Potato Centre
COMESA Common Market for Southern and Eastern Africa
CORAF West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development
DEFRA UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
DFID UK Department for International Development
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DTI UK Department of Trade and Industry
EC European Commission
EU European Union
FANR Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Development Unit in Harare, Zimbabwe.
FAO UN Food and Agriculture Organization
FARA Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
GEF Global Environment Facility
GM Genetically modified
GMO Genetically modified organism
GNP Gross national product
GURT Gene use restriction technology
IARC International Agricultural Research Centres
ICCP Intergovernmental Committee on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
ICGEB International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics
ICSU International Council for Science
ICTZ Inter-tropical convergence zone
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
INIBAP International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IPR Intellectual property rights
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
ISAAA International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
JIC John Innes Centre
KARI Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
LMO Living modified organism
MTA Material Transfer Agreement
NGO Non-governmental organisation
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PPP Purchasing-power parity
PIPRA Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture
PVR Plant Variety Rights
RDA Recommended daily allowance
SADC South African Development Community
SPS WTO’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement
TBT WTO’s Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
TERI Tata Energy Research Institute
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
VAD Vitamin A deficiency
WFP World Food Programme
WHO World Health Organization
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WTO World Trade Organization