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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

ADM Archer Daniels Midland AoA Agreement on Agriculture ARDI United States Agricultural Reconstruction and Development

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Program for Iraq ARS Agricultural Research Service (United States) BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council BTWC Biological and Toxic Weapons Protocol CAF'Os Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAP Common Agriculture Program (European Community) CBD Convention on Biological Diversity (United Nations) CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricutural Research CIAA Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Intelligence

Affairs CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center CPA Coalition Provisional Authority CF'R Council on Foreign Relations CWT Consumers for World Trade DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid EPA Environmental Protection Agency (United States)

ERP People's Revolutionary Army F'AO Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations) F'DA Food and Drug Administration (United States) F'I F'RA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act F'TC Federal Trade Commission GAO Government Accountability Office GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GMO Genetically Modified Organism GURTs Genetic Use Restriction Technologies hCG Human Chorionic Gonadotrophin HYV High Yield Varieties IADP Intensive Agricultural Development Program IBEC International Basic Economy Corporation IGF'-1 Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 IMF' International Monetary Fund IPPF' International Planned Parenthood Federation IPR Intellectual Property Right IPRB International Program on Rice Biotechnology IRRI International Rice Research Institute ISAAA International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech

Applications KARl Kenya Agricultural Research Institute KWG Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology LDCs Least Developing Countries MAC Mexican Agricultural Program NEP New Economic Plan NIH National Institutes of Health (United States) NSSM 200 National Security Study Memorandum 200 OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OSS Office of Strategic Services P&SP Packers and Stockyards Programs PHI Pioneer Hi-Bred International PVP Plant Variety Protection Provision rBGH Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone RNA Ribonucleic Acid

SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement TRIPS Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property

Rights USAF United States Air Force USAID United States Agency for International Development USDA United States Department of Agriculture WHO World Health Organization WTO World Trade Organization WWWC World Wide Wheat Company

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