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Acronyms used in this publication

AGRIS FAO’s international bibliographic information system for the agricultural sciences and technology
AGSI Agro-Industries and Post-Harvest Management Service of the FAO
APV Extension officers in the Republic of Benin
AROs Advanced Research Organisations
ASIP Agriculture Sector Investment Programme in Zambia
BMZ German Ministry for Economic Co-operation
CARDER Regional Action Centres for Rural Development, Republic of Benin
CGIAR Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research
CIAT Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
CIP International Potato Centre, Peru
CIRAD Centre for International Co-operation in Agricultural Research and Development, France
COSCA Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DPV Division of Plant Protection in Guinea
FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations
FSA Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Benin
GASGA Support Group for Post-Harvest Grain-Related Systems
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GRZ Government of the Republic of Zambia
GTZ German Technical Co-operation
IAPSC Inter-African Phytosanitary Council
IARC International Agricultural Research Centre
ICRTCR Intercenter Committee on Root and Tuber Crop Research
IDRC International Development Research Centre
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development, Italy
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
IIBC International Institute of Biological Control, UK
IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
INCV National Institute for Food Crops, Togo
INERA Institute for the Environment and Agricultural Research in Burkina Faso
INPhO Information Network on Post-harvest Operations of the FAO
INRAB National Institute for Agricultural Research, Benin
LGB Larger Grain Borer
MDR Ministry of Rural Development in Benin
NARES National Agricultural Research and Extension Services
NARS National Agricultural Research Systems
NGO Non Governmental Organisation
NRI Natural Resources Institute, UK
OAU Organisation for African Unity
ODA Overseas Development Administration, UK
ONASA National Organisation for Food Security, Benin
PASDA Agricultural Development Support Programme in Benin
PGLB Biological Control Programme in Guinea
PHMD Plant Health Management Division of IITA
PTD Participatory Post-harvest Technology Development Programme
RTCBP Root and Tuber Crops, Cooking Bananas and Plantains
SPFP FAO's Special Programme for Food Production for Security
SPV National Plant Protection Agency (e.g., in Benin)
TAC Technical Advisory Committee of the CGIAR
TCP Technical Co-operation Project of FAO
TT & TU Technology Testing and Transfer Unit at IITA

UAW

Agricultural University of Wageningen, the Netherlands

 

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