Best Practices for Organic Policy - What developing country - UNEP
Best Practices for Organic Policy - What developing country - UNEP
Best Practices for Organic Policy - What developing country - UNEP
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Acronyms and abbreviations<br />
APEDA Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority<br />
CAP<br />
Common Agricultural <strong>Policy</strong> (EU)<br />
CBD<br />
Convention on Biological Diversity<br />
CBTF<br />
Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (a joint<br />
UNCTAD and <strong>UNEP</strong> initiative)<br />
EPOPA Export Promotion of <strong>Organic</strong> Products from Africa<br />
EU<br />
European Union<br />
FAO<br />
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations<br />
GDP<br />
gross domestic product<br />
GMO<br />
genetically modified organisms<br />
IDB<br />
Inter-American Development Bank<br />
IFAD<br />
International Fund <strong>for</strong> Agricultural Development<br />
IFOAM International Federation of <strong>Organic</strong> Agriculture Movements 1<br />
IOAS<br />
International <strong>Organic</strong> Accreditation Service<br />
ISO 65 ISO/IEC Guide 65: 1996(E), General requirement <strong>for</strong> bodies operating product<br />
certification systems<br />
ITF<br />
International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in <strong>Organic</strong><br />
Agriculture (UNCTAD/FAO/IFOAM)<br />
KOAN Kenya <strong>Organic</strong> Agriculture Network<br />
NGO<br />
non-governmental organization<br />
NOGAMU National <strong>Organic</strong> Agricultural Movement of Uganda<br />
NOP<br />
National <strong>Organic</strong> Program (United States)<br />
OA<br />
organic agriculture<br />
OECD Organisation <strong>for</strong> Economic Co-operation and Development<br />
<strong>Organic</strong>-AIMS <strong>Organic</strong> Agriculture In<strong>for</strong>mation Management System (FAO)<br />
R&D<br />
research and development<br />
TBT<br />
The agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (part of the WTO agreements)<br />
TOAM (United Republic of) Tanzania <strong>Organic</strong> Agriculture Movement<br />
TRIPS The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights<br />
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development<br />
UNDP-GEF United Nations Development Programme Global Environment Facility<br />
<strong>UNEP</strong><br />
United National Environment Programme<br />
UNFCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />
USAID United States Agency <strong>for</strong> International Development<br />
USDA United States Department of Agriculture<br />
1 A sector association with 750 member organizations in 108 countries (www.ifoam.org).<br />
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