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Table of Contents
Introduction
  Home
  1. List of Acronyms
  2. List of Cooperating Sponsors
  3. Conversion Tables
  Part One
  Section I:
  Commodities
  1. Commodity Availability
  2. Commodity Characteristics
  3. References
  Section II:
  Food Commodity
  Fact Sheets

  1. Beans, Black
  2. Beans, Great Northern
  3. Beans, Kidney (Light Red, Dark Red, All types)
  4. Beans, Navy (Pea Beans)
  5. Beans, Pink
  6. Beans, Pinto
  7. Beans, Small Red
  8. Bulgur (BW)
  9. Bulgur, Soy Fortified (SFBW)
  10. Corn (bagged, bulk)
  11. Cornmeal
  12. Cornmeal, Soy-Fortified (CMSF)
  13. Corn Soy Blend (CSB)
  14. Corn Soy Milk (CSM)
  15. Corn Soy Milk, Instant (ICSM)
  16. Lentils
  17. Non Fat Dry Milk (NFDM)
  18. Peas
  19. Rice
  20. Rice (Parboiled)
  21. Sorghum
  22. Sorghum Grits, Soy-Fortified (SFSG)
  23. Fortified Refined Vegetable Oil
  24. Wheat
  25. Wheat Flour
  26. Wheat Soy Blend (WSB)
  27. Wheat Soy Milk (WSM)
  Section III:
  Storage/Shelflife
  Specifications

  1. Storage Specifications
  2. Storage Inspection Checklist
  3. Shelf Life of Agricultural Commodities
  4. References
  Section IV:
  Controlling
  Damage to Food
  Commodities

  1. Cleaning and Inspecting
  2. Insect Control
  3. Rodent Control
  4. Reference Chart for Controlling Damage to Food Commodities
  5. References
Part Two
An Overview
Part Three

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List of Acronyms

Commodity Reference Guide Logo

Updated January 2006

ADS 508

Agency's Automated Directives System Series 500 Management Services

BHR

Bureau for Humanitarian Response

BUBD

Best if Used By Date

CCC

Commodity Credit Corporation

CDO

Cooperative Development Organization

CFW

Cash-for-Work

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency

CS

Cooperating Sponsor

CSB

Corn Soy Blend

DA

Development Assistance (funds)

DAP

Development Activity Proposal

DCHA

Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance

ERS

Economic Research Service (USDA)

EU

European Union

FAC

Food Aid Convention

FAC

Food Aid Coordinating Committee/Sierra Leone

FACG

Food Aid Consultative Group

FAMP

Food Aid Management Plan

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FFE

Food-For-Education

FFP

Office of Food for Peace (in USAID/DCHA Bureau)

FFP/DP

Development Programs Division in FFP

FFP/EP

Emergency Programs Division in FFP

FFPO

Food for Peace Officer

FFPr

Food for Progress Program of P.L. 480 Title I

FFW

Food-for-Work

FTE

Full-time equivalent (direct-hire staff)

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHAI

Greater Horn of Africa Initiative

GNP

Gross national product

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

ICSM

Instant Corn-Soy Milk

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IGAD

Inter-Governmental Authority on Development

IMR

Infant mortality rate

IO

International organization

IR

Intermediate Result

ISG

Institutional Support Grant

IUs/lb

International Units per pound (lb) measurement

LAC

Latin America and Caribbean Bureau (USAID)

LDC

Least developed country

LIFDC

Low-Income Food-Deficit Country

MCH

Maternal-Child Health

M&E

Monitoring and evaluation

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MT

Metric ton(s)

NIS

Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

OCF

Other child feeding

OFDA

Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID)

OE

Operating Expense (funds)

ORT

Oral Rehydration Therapy

OYB

Operating Year Budget

PAA

Previously Approved (Title II) Activity

PDF

Portable Document Format file

P.L. 480

U.S. Public Law 480

PVO

Private Voluntary Organization

R4

USAID's Results Report and Resources Request

REDSO

Regional Economic Development Support Office/USAID

Section 202(e)

Section of USAID's P.L. 480 authorizing funds to support Title II activities

SF

School feeding

SF

Soy Fortified

SFB

Soy-Fortified Bulgur

SFCM

Soy-Fortified Cornmeal

SFSG

Soy-Fortified Sorghum Grits

SO

Strategic Objective

SPO

Special Objective

UNDP

United Nations Development Program

UNHCR

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

WFS

World Food Summit

WSB

Wheat Soy Blend

WHO

World Health Organization



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