Common Abbreviations and Acronyms

Selected abbreviations and acronyms commonly found in Toolkit documents are provided below.

For full reference (in all FAO languages) to institution and programme abbreviations see FAO Terminology Bulletin 27. See also the regularly updated on-line FAO Terminology on the FAO Intranet web site.

AEZ - Agro-ecological zone

APO - Associate Professional Officer

AQUASTAT - Rural Water Statistical System

ATS - Advisory Technical Service

CCA - Common Country Assessment

CBOs - Community–based Organizations

CCF - Country Cooperation Framework

CSN - Country Strategy Note

CTA - Chief Technical Advisor

DAP - Diammonium Phosphate (fertilizer)

DDU - Delivery Duty Unpaid

DSA - Daily Subsistence Allowance

EMPRES - Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases

FAOSTAT - FAO corporate database covering international statistics

FIVIMS - Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems

FPC - Field Programme Circular

FPMIS - Field Programme Management Information System

GCP - Government Cooperative Programme

GDP - Gross Domestic Product

GIEWS - Global Information and Early Warning System

GIS - Geographical Information System

IPM - Integrated Pest Management

LDCs - Low-income, food-deficit countries

MOA - Ministry of Agriculture

MOP - Muriate of Potash (fertilizer grade potassium chloride)

MTF - Multidonor Trust Fund

NGOs - Non-governmental Organizations

NPC - National Project Coordinator

N.P.K. - Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium fertilizers

NPO - National Programme Officer

RRA - Rapid Rural Appraisal

SEAGA - Socio-economic and Gender Analysis Programme

SOFA - State of Food and Agriculture

SOFI - State of Food Insecurity in the World

SOFIA - State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture

SOFO - State of the World’s Forests

SPFS - Special Programme for Food Security

SPS - WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

SSC - South-South Cooperation

TBT - WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

TCCT - Technical cooperation among countries in transition

TCDC - Technical cooperation among developing countries

TOR - Terms of Reference

TOT - Training of Trainers

TRIPS - WTO Agreement on the Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

WFP - World Food Programme

WFS - World Food Summit

WTO - World Trade Organization