List of Acronyms

CGIAR uses a vast list of acronyms, these are just some that have been extracted primarily from ISDC reports and documents. 

A4IP CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform

ABS Access and Benefit Sharing

ADB Asian Development Bank

AfDB African Development Bank

AFS Agri-Food Systems

AGM Annual Genebanks Meeting

AgMIP Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project 

AI  Artificial Intelligence 

AICCRA Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa

AOC Assurance Oversight Committee 

AR4D Agricultural Research for Development

ARI Advanced Research Institutions

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

CA Comparative Advantage 

CAA Comparative Advantage Analysis

CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program

CAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

CAS CGIAR Advisory Services (Now IAES)

CELAC Community of Latin American and Caribbean States

CBBP Community-based breeding program

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CCAFS CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

CGT  CGIAR collective global target 

CIRAD French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development

CoP Community of Practice

CRPs CGIAR Research Programs

CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CWANA Central and West Asia and North Africa

DOI Digital Object Identifier

DSI Digital Sequence Information

EA Evaluability Assessment

EAP  East Asia and Pacific 

ECA  Europe and Central Asia 

EIARD European Initiative for Agricultural Research and Development

EiB Excellence in Breeding Platform

EMD Executive Managing Director 

ESA East and Southern Africa 

ESG Environmental, Social and Governance

FABLE Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use and Energy Consortium

FCASs Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings

FAIR Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (Data processes)

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FARA Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa

FFA Financial Framework Agreement

FGD Focus Group Discussions

FRNs Farmer Research Networks

GCF Green Climate Fund

GDI Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion

GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

GF Gates Foundation

GFAR Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

GHG  Greenhouse Gas Emissions

GHU Germplasm Health Unit

GI Genetic Innovation

GIZ Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GLIS Global Information System

GOAL Genebank Operations and Advanced Learning

GRI  Grantham Research Institute

GRIN Germplasm Resources Information Network

GRPWG Genetic Resources Policy Working Group (CGIAR)

GTAs Gender Transformative Approaches

HIC  High-income Country 

HLPE  High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition

IAC Independent Advisory Committee

IAES Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

IAP Impact Area Platforms

ICI Integrated, Coordinated or Independent

ICIPE International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

IDAFLW  International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste

IDB Inter-American Development Bank

IDMC  Internal Displacement Management Centre 

IDO  Intermediate Development Outcome

IDT Initiative Design Team

IEA  International Energy Agency 

IEEE  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 

IEP Institute for Economics and Peace 

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFIs International Food Information Service

IMF International Monetary Fund 

IMSD Inclusive Market Systems Development

IPs Innovation Platforms

IPB Integrated Partnership Board

IPBES Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

IPES-Food International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems

IPPC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPSR Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness

IsDB Islamic Development Bank

ISDC Independent Science for Development Council

ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

JIRCAS Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

JRC  Joint Research Centre 

KALRO Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization

KIIs Key Informant Interviews

KPI Key Performance Indicator

LAC Latin America and the Caribbean

LIC  Low-Income Country 

LMIC Low- and Middle-Income Countries 

LPA Long-Term Partnership Agreement

MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

MELIA Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Impact Assessment

MLS Multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

MPs Mega Programs

MRV Monitoring, Reporting & Verification

MSPs Multi-stakeholder platforms

MT Megatrends

NARES National Agricultural Research and Extension Services

NARIS National Research and Innovation Systems

NARL National Agricultural Research Laboratories 

NARO National Agricultural Research Organization 

NASEM  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 

NDC Nationally Determined Contribution

NGO Nongovernmental Organization 

P25 Portfolio25

PGR Plant Genetic Resources

PGRFA Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 

PID Participatory Innovation Development

PIM Policies, Institutions, and Markets

PMCA Participatory Market Chain Approach

PPP Public–private partnership

QoR4D Quality of Research for Development

QoS Quality of science

R4D Research for Development

RAFS Resilient Agrifood Systems

RIIs Regional Integrated Initiatives 

R&D Research and Development

SA South Asia

SCAs Sources of Comparative Advantage

SC CGIAR System Council

SDG Sustainable Development Goal

SEA Southeast Asia and the Pacific

SIMEC Strategic Impact, Monitoring and Evaluation Committee

SLO System Level Outcome

SME Subject Matter Expert

SMO CGIAR's System Management Office

SNRD  Sector Network Natural Resources and Rural Development Asia and the Pacific 

SO CGIAR System Office 

SOP Standard Operating Procedures

SPIA Standing Panel on Impact Assessment

SRF Strategy and Results Framework

SSA  Sub-Saharan Africa 

ST Systems Transformation

TARI Tanzania Agriculture Research Institute

TOC Theory of Change

ToR Terms of Reference

TOSCI Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute

TTPs Target Product Profiles

UGR Unified Governance review

UN United Nations 

UN DESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 

UNCTAD  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 

UNEP United Nations Environment Program 

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNHCR United Nations Refugee Agency

UNICEF  United Nations Children’s Fund 

USPTO U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

W1/2 Windows 1 and 2

WCA West and Central Africa

WEAI Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index 

WEF  World Economic Forum 

WFF World Food Forum

WEFI Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries and aquaculture Index

WELI Women's Empowerment in Livestock Index 

WFP  World Food Programme 

WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization

WHO  World Health Organization 

WMO  World Meteorological Organization