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List of acronyms

ACIAR:

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (GASGA member).

AGPP:

Plant Protection Service, FAO, Rome.

ACGIC:

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

CABI:

Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International.

CEPGL:

Francophone Economic Community of lake countries comprising of BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE.

CGIAR:

Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research.

CSIRO:

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, AUSTRALIA.

CTA:

Centre for Technical Cooperation in Agriculture and Rural Development (EEC/ACP Lome Convention Institute), Ede, the Netherlands.

CIRAD:

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier, France (GASGA member).

C+F:

Clearing and Forwarding Agent.

DESA:

Drought Emergency in Southern Africa. The consolidated UN/SADC Global Appeal.

DANIDA:

Danish International Development Agency.

DUMUZI:

Larger Grain Borer (LGB in Swahili).

EAPQN:

Eastern Africa Plant Quarantine Network.

EC:

European Community.

FAO:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

FSTAU:

Food Security Technical and Administrative Unit (SADC).

FFGI/KSU:

Food and Feedgrain Institute/Kansas State University, USA (GASGA member).

GASGA:

Group for Assistance to Systems relating to Grains After Harvest.

GIFAP:

International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products.

GTZ:

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit, Eschbom, Germany (GASGA member)

IAPSC:

Inter-African Phytosanitary Council of the Organization for African Unity (OAU).

IITA:

International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR member).

IGADD:

Intergovernmental Agency for Drought and Development.

IIBC:

International Institute for Biological Control.

IMO:

International Maritime Organization, London, UK.

IPPC:

International Plant Protection Convention (FAO).

IPM:

Integrated Pest Management.

IDRC:

International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada (GASGA member).

KARI:

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute.

LGB:

Larger (Greater) Grain Borer: Prostephanus truncatus.

LAC:

Logistical Advisory Centre (SADC).

NRI:

Natural Resources Institute, UK. (GASGA member).

NACI:

National Coordinating Institute (Plant Quarantine Networks).

NECI:

Network Coordinating Institute (Plant Quarantine Networks).

NC:

National Coordinator.

NGO:

Non-governmental Organization.

NPPS:

National Plant Protection Service.

NPQO:

National Plant Quarantine Organization.

ODA:

Overseas Development Administration, UK.

OES:

Occupational Exposure Standard.

OAU:

Organization of African Unity.

PTA:

Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African member states.

PQ:

Plant Quarantine.

PPD/MA:

Plant Protection Division, Ministry of Agriculture. TANZANIA.

PHYTO-EXPLOR:

Registered and patented fumigation process by La Déesinsectisation Moderne (DM), France, and in the UK under IGROX Limited.

PPS:

Plant Protection Service (national = NPPS)

PFL:

Special Action Programme for the Prevention of Food Losses. FAO, Rome (GASGA member).

RPPO'S:

Regional Plant Protection Organizations.

SADC:

Southern African Development Community.

SGS:

Societe General de Surveillence, Switzerland (independent Cargo Surveyors).

SPQN:

SADC Plant Quarantine Network.

TCN:

Technical Cooperation Network.

TN:

Histirid beetle predator of LGB: Teretriosoma nigriscens.

TCP:

Technical Cooperation Programme, FAO.

TLV:

Threshold Level Value.

TLV-TWA:

TLV - Time Weighted Average.

TLV-STEL:

TLV - Short Term Exposure Limit.

UNCTAD:

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

UNDP:

United Nations Development Programme.

USDA/APHIS:

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

USDA/FGIS:

USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service.

USAID:

United States Agency for International Development.

WFP:

World Food Programme.

WHO:

World Health Organization.


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