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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used<br />

CATIE Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Educación (Costa Rica)<br />

CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Colombia)<br />

CODESU Consorcio para el Desarrollo de Ucayali (Peru)<br />

CORPOICA Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Colombia)<br />

CTAR Consejo Transi<strong>to</strong>rio Agropecuario Regional (Peru)<br />

DEPAAM Desarrollo Participativo Amazónico (Peru)<br />

DICTA Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (Honduras)<br />

ECAG Escuela Centroamericana de Ganadería (Costa Rica)<br />

FUNDAAM Fundación para el Desarrollo Agropecuario del Al<strong>to</strong> Mayo (Peru)<br />

GTZ German Agency for Technical Cooperation<br />

IDB Inter-American Development Bank<br />

IDR Institu<strong>to</strong> de Desarrollo Agrario (Nicaragua)<br />

IIAP Institu<strong>to</strong> de Investigación de la Amazonía Peruana<br />

ILRI International Lives<strong>to</strong>ck Research Institute<br />

IVITA Institu<strong>to</strong> Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura (Peru)<br />

MA Ministry of Agriculture (Peru)<br />

MAG Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (Costa Rica)<br />

UCR University of Costa Rica<br />

ADF Acid detergent fiber<br />

CP crude protein<br />

DM dry matter<br />

g gram<br />

kg kilogram<br />

ha hectare<br />

IVDMD in vitro dry matter digestibility<br />

LAC Latin America and the Caribbean<br />

LW animal liveweight<br />

N nitrogen<br />

NDF Neutral detergent fiber<br />

NFS Non-fat solids<br />

masl meters above sea level<br />

ME metabolizable energy<br />

MUN milk urea nitrogen<br />

OM Organic matter<br />

R&D Research and Development<br />

SLP Systemwide Lives<strong>to</strong>ck Programme<br />

TS Total solids<br />

iv

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