|
ABM
|
Agri Bio
Mediterraneo
|
|
ACB
|
IFOAM
Accredited Certification Body
|
|
AGEG
|
Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Entwicklungspolitischer Gutacher
|
|
AGM
|
Annual General
Meeting
|
|
AoA
|
Agreement on
Agriculture (WTO)
|
|
AsAFI
|
Assocation des
Adhérents Francais d'IFOAM – Association of French
IFOAM Affiliates
|
|
ASI
|
Accreditation
Services International
|
|
ATO
|
All Things
Organic (OTA trade expo)
|
|
Bt
|
Bacillus
thuringiensis (ie. Bt cotton
& corn)
|
|
CAC
|
Codex
Alimentarius Commision (FAO & WHO), commonly referred to as
Codex
|
|
CAN
|
Climate Action
Network
|
|
Cartagena
|
Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety
|
|
CB
|
Certification
Body
|
|
CBD
|
Convention on
Biological Diversity
|
|
CC
|
Criteria
Committee (IFOAM)
|
|
CEE
|
Central and
Eastern European Countries
|
|
CENECOS
|
Centro de
Estudios de Cultivos Orgánicos
|
|
CFC
|
Common Fund for
Commodities
|
|
CGIAR
|
Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research
|
|
CIMMYT
|
Centro
Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
(International
Maize and Wheat
Improvement
Center)
|
|
Codex
|
Codex
Alimentarius Commision (FAO & WHO), also CAC
|
|
CORE
|
Corporate
responsibility coalition
|
|
CRTF
|
Criteria
Revision Task Force
|
|
CSA
|
Community
Supported Agriculture
|
|
CSD
|
Commission on
Sustainable Development (UN)
|
|
CSR
|
Corporate
Social Responsibility
|
|
DAP
|
Deutsches
Akkreditierungssystem Prüfwesen
|
|
DGIS
|
Directorate-General for
International Cooperation (of Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
|
|
DR-CAFTA
|
Dominican
Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement
|
|
E&F
|
Ecology and
Farming – IFOAM Magazine
|
|
e.V.
|
eingetragener
Verein (registered association)
|
|
EB
|
Executive Board
(IFOAM)
|
|
EC
|
European
Commission
|
|
ECOSOC
|
Economic and
Social Council (UN)
|
|
ED
|
Executive
Director
|
|
EEC
|
European Economic Community
|
|
EU
|
European Union
|
|
EUREP-GAP
|
Euro-Retailer
Produce Working Group for Good Agricultural Practices
|
|
EURG
|
IFOAM European
Union Regional Group
|
|
FAO
|
Food and
Agriculture Organization (UN)
|
|
FAQ
|
Frequently
Asked Questions
|
|
FDI
|
Foreign Direct
Investment
|
|
FLO
|
Fair Trade
Labelling Organisation (DE)
|
|
FORWARD
|
Fair Trade and
Organics in Western African
Rural
Development
|
|
FSC
|
Forest Stewardship
Council
|
|
FTAA
|
Free Trade Area
of the Americas
|
|
FTOs
|
Fair Trade
Organizations
|
|
GA
|
General Assembly
|
|
GALCI
|
Grupo Regional
de America
Latina
y el Caribe de IFOAM
|
|
GATT
|
General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
|
|
GDP
|
Gross Domestic
Product
|
|
GE
|
Genetic
Engineering
|
|
GEF
|
Global
Environmental Facility
|
|
GENET
|
Réseau
d'enseignement de Génétique
|
|
GHG
|
Greenhouse Gas
|
|
GMOs
|
Genetically
Modified Organisms
|
|
GOTS
|
Global Organic
Textile Standard
|
|
GTZ
|
Gesellschaft
für Technische Zusammenarbeit
(German
Development Agency)
|
|
HACCP
|
Hazard Analysis
and Critical Control Point
|
|
HIVOS
|
Humanistic
Institute for Development Co-operation (NL)
|
|
HO
|
IFOAM Head
Office
|
|
IA
|
IFOAM In Action
|
|
IAO
|
IFOAM Africa Office
|
|
IAAS
|
International
Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences
|
|
IAAST
|
International
Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology
|
|
IAC
|
IFOAM
Accreditation Criteria for Bodies Certifying of
Organic
Production and Processing
|
|
IAF
|
International
Accreditation Forum
|
|
IAP
|
IFOAM
Accreditation Program
|
|
IBS
|
IFOAM Basic
Standards for Organic Production and Processing
|
|
ICCO
|
Interchurch
Organisation for Development Cooperation (NL)
|
|
ICLEI
|
International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
|
|
ICRAF
|
World
Agroforestry Centre, formerly (International Center
for Research in
Agroforestry)
|
|
ICS
|
Internal
Control System
|
|
IDRC
|
International
Development Research Centre
|
|
IFAD
|
International
Fund for Agricultural Development
|
|
IFAT
|
International
Fair Trade Association
|
|
IFC
|
IFOAM Forum of
Consultants
|
|
IFOAM
|
International
Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
|
|
IFPRI
|
International
Food Policy Research Institute
|
|
I-GO
|
IFOAM - Growing
Organic – long term program to strengthen the Organic
Agriculture movement worldwide, sponsored by HIVOS & the
Biodiversity Fund of the Dutch government
|
|
IIED
|
International
Institute for Environment and Development (UK)
|
|
IITA
|
International
Institute for Tropical Agriculture
|
|
ILEIA
|
Institute for
Low External Input Agriculture (NL)
|
|
ILO
|
International
Labour Organization
|
|
ILRI
|
International
Livestock Research Institute
|
|
IMF
|
International
Monetary Fund
|
|
Int.
|
International
|
|
IOAS
|
International
Organic Accreditation Service
|
|
IOIA
|
Independent
Organic Inspectors Association
|
|
IPRs
|
Intellectual
Property Rights
|
|
IRRI
|
International
Rice Research Insitute
|
|
ISEAL
|
International
Social Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance
|
|
ISO
|
International
Organisation for Standardisation
|
|
ISOFAR
|
International
Society of Organic Agriculture Research
|
|
ITC
|
International Trade Center
|
|
ITF
|
International
Task Force on Harmonization and
Equivalence in
Organic Agriculture
|
|
IUCN
|
International Union on Conservation of Nature
–
The World
Conservation Union
|
|
LDC
|
Less Developed
Country
|
|
LMOs
|
Living Modified
Organisms
|
|
M&E
|
Monitoring and
Evaluation
|
|
MAC
|
Marine Aquarium
Council
|
|
MAELA
|
Movimiento
AgroEcológico Latinoamericano
|
|
MLA
|
Multilateral
Agreement
|
|
MSC
|
Marine
Stewardship Council
|
|
NAFTA
|
North American
Free Trade Agreement
|
|
NCP
|
National
Contact Point
|
|
NGO
|
Non-Governmental
Organization
|
|
NMC
|
Norms
Management Committee (IFOAM)
|
|
NOP
|
National
Organic Program (US)
|
|
Norms
|
IFOAM Basic
Standards (IBS) and Accreditation Criteria (IAC)
|
|
NOSB
|
National
Organic Standards Board (US)
|
|
novib-oxfam
|
The Netherlands
Organisation for International
Development
Cooperation Agency
|
|
OA
|
Organic
Agriculture
|
|
OECD
|
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development
|
|
OGS
|
Organic
Guarantee System
|
|
ORA
|
Organic
Retailers Association
|
|
OSEA
|
Regional Organic Standards in East Africa
|
|
OTA
|
Organic Trade
Association (USA)
|
|
OWC
|
IFOAM Organic
World Congress
|
|
PAN
|
Pesticides
Action Network
|
|
PBRs
|
Plant
Breeders’ Rights
|
|
PCM
|
Project Cycle
Management
|
|
PGS
|
Participatory
Guarantee System
|
|
POA
|
Principles of
Organic Agriculture
|
|
POP
|
Persitant
Organic Pollutants
|
|
PoR
|
Point of
Relevance
|
|
PPM
|
Project
Planning Matrix
|
|
PR
|
Public Relations
|
|
R&D
|
Research and
Development
|
|
RoP
|
Rules of
Procedure
|
|
RSF
|
Rudolph Steiner
Foundation (USA)
|
|
SAAB
|
Sustainable
Agriculture Advisory Board, Unilever (NL)
|
|
SAI
|
Social
Accountability International
|
|
SAN
|
Sustainable
Agriculture Network
|
|
SANA
|
The
International Exhibition of Natural Products-Nutrition, Health,
Environment, Italy
|
|
SAPs
|
Structural
Adjustment Programs
|
|
SARD
|
Sustainable
Agriculture and Rural Development
|
|
SASA
|
Social
Accountability and Sustainable Agriculture
|
|
SC
|
Standards
Committee (IFOAM)
|
|
SDI
|
Sustainable
Development International
|
|
Sida
|
The Swedish
International Development Cooperation
|
|
SIPPO
|
Swiss Import
Promotion Programme
|
|
SMEs
|
Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises
|
|
SPS
|
Agreement on
the Application of Sanitary and
Phytosanitary
Measures (WTO)
|
|
SSNC
|
Swedish Society
for Conservation of Nature
|
|
TBT
|
Technical
Barriers to Trade
|
|
TF
|
Task Force
|
|
TM
|
Training Manual
|
|
TNCs
|
Transnational
corporations
|
|
ToR
|
Terms of
Reference
|
|
TOS
|
The Organic
Standard (Grolink Magazine)
|
|
TRIPS
|
Trade Related
Intellectual Property Rights
|
|
TW
|
so-called "Third World"
|
|
UAE
|
United Arab
Emirates
|
|
UDHR
|
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
|
|
UN
|
United Nations
|
|
UN NORMS
|
United Nations
Human Rights Norms for Business
|
|
UNCCD
|
United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification
|
|
UNCTAD
|
United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
|
|
UNDP
|
United Nations
Development Program
|
|
UNECE
|
United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe
|
|
UNEP
|
United Nations
Environment Program
|
|
UNESCAP
|
United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific
|
|
UNFCCC
|
United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
|
|
UNICEF
|
United Nations
Children’s Fund
|
|
UNIDO
|
United Nations
Industrial Development Organization
|
|
USDA
|
United States
Department of Agriculture
|
|
VCD
|
Video Compact
Disc
|
|
VP
|
Vice President
|
|
WB
|
World Board
(IFOAM)
|
|
WB
|
World Bank
|
|
WFP
|
World Food
Programme (UN)
|
|
WHO
|
World Health
Organization (UN)
|
|
WSF
|
World Social
Forum
|
|
WTO
|
World Trade
Organization
|
|
WWF
|
World Wildlife
Fund
|
|
WWOOF
|
World-Wide
Opportunities on Organic Farms
(formerly:
Willing Workers On Organic Farms)
|
