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Abbreviations

AGRITEX

Department of Agriculture and Extension Services, Zimbabwe

ARC

Agricultural Research Corporation, Sudan; Agricultural Research Council, S Africa

AVRDC

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Taiwan

BMZ

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, Germany [Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development]

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CDH

Horticultural Development Centre, Senegal

CIKSAP

Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems & By-Products, Kenya

CLIARD

Centre for Low Input Agricultural Research and Development, South Africa

COMMUTECH

Community Technology Development Association

CTA

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, the Netherlands

DAR

Department of Agricultural Research, Botswana

DRSS

Department of Research and Specialist Services, Zimbabwe

EK

Expert Knowledge

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GBK

National Gene Bank of Kenya

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Germany [German Agency for Technical Cooperation]

HORTI

Horticultural Research & Training Institute, Tanzania

HRC

Horticultural Research Centre, Zimbabwe

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centre

IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, Italy (now IPGRI)

ICRAF

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya

IDRC

International Development Research Centre, Canada

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria

IK

Indigenous Knowledge

IPGRI

International Plant Genetic Resource Institute, Rome, Italy

IPK

Institut für Planzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany [Institute for Genetics and Plant Breeding]

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

ISRA

Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research, Senegal

JEEP

Jardins et Elevages de Parcelle

JKUAT

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya

KARI

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KENGO

Kenya Environment Non-Governmental Organization

KIOF

Kenya Institute of Organic Farming

KRADD

Karonga Agricultural Development Division, Malawi

LADD

Lilongwe Agricultural Development Division, Malawi

MARTI

Ministry of Agricultural Research Training Institute, Tanzania

MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières

MZADD

Mzuzu Agricultural Development Division, Malawi

NADD

National Agricultural Development Division, Malawi

NARO

National Agricultural Research Organization, Uganda

NARS

National Agricultural Research System

NEST

Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team

NEVEPA

Network Vegetable Production in Africa

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NPGRC

National Plant Genetic Resources Centre

OMMN

Organic Matter Management Network

PGRC/E

Plant Genetic Resources Center/Ethiopia

RCWG

Regional Crop Working Group

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SFC

Secondary Food Crop

SLADD

Salima Agricultural Development Division, Malawi

SPGRC

SADC Plant Genetic Resources Centre

SUA

Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

TFNC

Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre

TPRI

Tropical Pesticides Research Institute

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

WHO

World Health Organization

WWF

World-Wide Fund for Nature


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