ADT

Animal-Drawn Toolbar.

ADV

Animal-Drawn Vehicle.

AFRC

Agriculture and Food Research Council, U.K.

AICRPDA

All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture.

ATSOU

(Avant-train porte-outile universel), acronym for wheeled toolcarrier of Groupe Traction Animale, Comite d'Etudes et de Propositions, Savoie, Chanaz, France.

AVTRAC

(Avant-train traction animale), acronym for a wheeled toolcarrier design, France, 1964.

CADU

Chilalo Agricultural Development Unit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

CECI

Centre Canadien d'Etudes et de Cooperation Internationale, Montreal, Canada.

CEEMA

Centre d'Experimentation et d'Enseignement du Machinisme Agricole, Samanko, Mali.

CEEMAT

Centre d'Etudes et d'Experimentation du Machinisme Agricole Tropical, Antony, France.

CEMAG

Ceara Maquinas Agricolas S/A, Fortaleza, Brazil.

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, c/o The World Bank, Washington DC, USA.

CIAE

Central Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, India.

CITA

Centro Investigaciones Tecnologica Agropecuaria, Nicaragua.

CPATSA

Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuaria do Tropico Semi-Arido, Petrolina, Brazil.

DLFRS

Dryland Farming Research Project, Gaborone, Botswana.

DMA

Division du Machinisme Agricole.

DRSPR

Division de Recherches sur les Systemes de Production Rurale, Mali.

E

English language publication.

EEC

European Economic Community, Brussels, Belgium.

EFSAIP

Evaluation of Farming Systems and Agricultural Implements Project, Gaborone, Botswana.

EMBRAPA

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Brasilia, Brazil.

F

French language publication.

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.

G

German language publication.

GATE

German Appropriate Technology Exchange, GTZ, Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany.

GOM

Geest Overseas Mechanisation Ltd., Boston, Lincolnshire, U.K.

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany.

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India.

IDRC

International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy.

IICA

Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, San Jose, Costa Rica. (Local offices in Brasilia and Petrolina, Brazil).

ILCA

International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

INIA

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agricolas, Veracruz, Mexico.

ITDG

Intermediate Technology Development Group, London, U.K.

kg

kilogram.

Km

kilometre.

kN

kiloNewton (unit of force approximately equivalent to 100 kg)

MAMATA

Machinisme Agricole Moderne a Traction Animale (acronym used by Jean Nolle, France).

MEM

Multi-farming machine.

mm

millimetre.

M-N

Mouzon-Nolle, France.

MONAP

Mozambique Nordic Agriculture Programme, Maputo, Mozambique.

NGO

Non-governmental organization.

NIAE

National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe, U.K. (now known as AFRC-Institute of Engineering Research).

OACV

Operation Arachide et Cultures Vivrieres, Mali.

ODA

(ODM) Overseas Development Administration (or Ministry), London, U.K.

P

Portuguese language publication.

PI

Polish language publication.

RH

Right hand.

S

Spanish language publication.

SATEC

Societe d'Aide Technique et de Cooperation, France.

SEMA

Secteur Experimental-de Modernisation Agricole. (Senegal).

SIDA

Swedish International Development Authority, Stockholm, Sweden.

SISCOMA

Societe Industrielle Senegalaise de Constructions Mecaniques et de Materiels Agricoles. (Predecessor of SISMAR at Pout, Senegal).

SISMAR

Societe Industrielle Sahelienne de Mecaniques, de Materiels Agricoles et de Representations. (Pout, Seriegal).

TAMTU

Tanzania (or Tanganyika) Agricultural Machinery Testing Unit.

TNAU

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.

UDA

Unidad de Desarrollo y Adaptacion, Comayagua, Honduras.

UEA

University of East Anglia, Norwich,U.K.

USAID

United States Agency for International Development, Washington DC.

VITA

Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Mt Rainier, Maryland, USA.

WADA

Wum Area Development Authority, Wum, Cameroon.

WTC

Wheeled toolcarrier.