AE            

adult equivalent

AVHRR    

advanced very-high-resolution radiometer

BNF          

biological nitrogen fixation

CBS         

Central Bureau of Statistics (Kenya)

CGIAR     

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (USA)

CIAT         

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (Colombia)

CIESIN    

Center of International Earth Science Information Network (USA)

CSA         

Central and South America

DFID       

Department for International Development (UK)

DHS         

demographic health survey

DMSP      

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (OLS)

EA             

East Asia

EDC         

EROS Data Center (USA)

ERGO      

Environmental Research Group Oxford (UK)

EROS      

Earth Resources Observation System (EDC)

ESRI        

Environmental Systems Research Institute (USA)

FAO          

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (Italy)

FEWS      

Famine Early Warning System (USAID)

GCM        

global circulation model

GIS           

geographic information system

GPS         

Global Positioning System (NASA)

GRID       

Global Resource Information Database (UNEP)

HRDS      

Human Resource Development Survey (Tanzania)

IARC        

international agricultural research centre

ICID         

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (The Netherlands)

ICL           

InfoBridge Consultants Limited (Tanzania)

IDRC       

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

IFPRI       

International Food Policy Research Institute (USA)

IGBP        

International Geosphere Biosphere Program (USGS)

IHS           

Integrated Household Monitoring Survey (Uganda)

IPCC        

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Peoples’ Republic of  China)

IPM           

integrated pest management

ILRI           

International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya)

ISCTRC   

International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control (OAU)

IWMI         

International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka)

JICA           

Japan International Co-operation Agency

LAC            

Latin America and the Caribbean

LG             

livestock only, rangeland-based

LGA           

livestock only, rangeland-based arid/semi-arid

LGH           

livestock only, rangeland-based humid/subhumid

LGP           

length of growing period

LGT            

livestock only, rangeland-based temperate/tropical highland

LID             

Livestock In Development (UK)

LLM            

landless mono-gastric system 

LLR            

landless ruminant system   

LMS            

landless metropolitan system

LS                

landless system in high population density areas

MARA         

Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa  (Zambia)

MFP            

Ministry of Finance and Planning (CBS, Kenya)

MI                

mixed irrigated

MIA              

mixed irrigated arid/semi-arid

MIH             

mixed irrigated humid/subhumid

MIT                

mixed irrigated temperate/tropical highland

MR                

mixed rainfed

MRA              

mixed rainfed arid/semi-arid

MRH             

mixed rainfed humid/subhumid

MRT              

mixed rainfed temperate/tropical highland

MS                 

monitoring survey

NBS              

National Biomass Study (Uganda)

NCGIA          

National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (USA)

NCPD          

National Council for Population and Development (USA)

NGDC          

National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA)

NOAA           

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)

NR                

natural resources

OAU              

Organization of African Unity (Ethiopia)

ODI                

Overseas Development Institute (UK)

OLS              

Operational Linescan System (DMSP, USA)

PPP              

purchasing power parity

RIM                

resource inventory monitoring

SA                  

South Asia

SAE               

small-area estimation

SEA               

South-East Asia

SLCR            

Seasonal land-cover region

SLP               

System-wide Livestock Programme (CGIAR)

SSA               

Sub-Saharan Africa

TAC               

Technical Advisory Committee (CGIAR)

TLU               

Tropical livestock unit

UN                 

United Nations

UNEP            

United Nations Environment Programme (Kenya)

USGS            

United States Geological Survey

WANA           

West Asia–North Africa

WMS              

Welfare Monitoring Survey (Kenya)

WRI               

World Resources Institute (USA)

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