ADCP:

Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme

AEA:

Agro-ecosystem Analysis

AIT:

Asian Institute of Technology

ALCOM:

Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme

AQUILA:

Regional Aquaculture Programme in Latin America

ARAC:

African Regional Aquaculture Centre

BID:

(IDB) Inter-American Development Bank

BOBP:

Bay of Bengal Programme

CATIE:

Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Centre

CEC:

Commission of the European Communities

CGIAR:

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIAT:

International Centre for Tropical Agriculture

CIFA:

Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa

CIMMYT:

International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement

CLSU:

Central Luzon State University

COPESCAL:

Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America

EIFAC:

European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission

FAO:

Food and Agriculture Organization

FIPIS:

Fisheries Project Information System

FIRI:

Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FAO)

FPC:

Field Programme Committee

FPR:

Farmer Participatory Research

FSR:

Fanning Systems Research

GCP:

FAO/Government Cooperative Programme

GFCM:

The General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean

GIS:

Geographic Information Systems

GNP:

Gross National Product

GTZ:

German Agency for Technical Cooperation

IAS:

Institute for African Studies

ICA:

International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments, Auburn University

ICLARM:

International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management

IDB:

Inter-American Development Bank

IDRC:

International Development Research Centre

IFAD:

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IICA:

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture

ILEIA:

Information Centre for Low-External-Input and Sustainable Agriculture

IMF:

International Monetary Fund

IPFC:

Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission

IRM:

Integrated Resource Management

ISNAR:

International Service for National Agricultural Research

LUSA:

Land Use Systems Analysis

MAGFAD:

Malawi-German Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Project

MEDRAP:

Mediterranean Regional Aquaculture Programme

NAC:

National Aquaculture Center

NACA:

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and Pacific Region

NARS:

National Agricultural Research Services

NGOs:

Non-governmental Organizations

NORAD:

Norwegian Agency for International Development

ODA:

Overseas Development Administration

OECD:

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OXFAM:

Oxford Committee for Famine Relief

PACON:

Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology

PRA:

Participatory Rural Appraisal

PVOs:

Private Voluntary Organizations

RESTORE:

The Research Tools for Natural Resource Systems Monitoring and Evaluation

RRA:

Rapid Rural Appraisal

SAAFSR-E:

Southern Africa Association for Farming Systems Research-Extension

SADC:

Southern African Development Community

SAP:

Structural Adjustment Programme

SDA:

Social Dimensions of Adjustment

SEAFDEC:

Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre

SIDA:

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

SIFR:

Study on International Fisheries Research

SSA:

Sub-Saharan Africa

T&V:

Training and Visit

TCP:

Technical Cooperation Programme

UNDP:

United Nations Development Fund

UNICEF:

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNZA:

University of Zambia

USAID:

United States Agency for International Development

WB:

World Bank

ZAREP:

Zambia Agricultural Research and Extension Project