List of abbreviations

ADB	Asian Development Bank
AFHB	ASEAN Food Handling Bureau
AGPP	ASEAN Grains Postharvest Programme
AGRIS	FAO Agricultural Research Information System
AIBA	Agricultural Information Bank of Asia
AIM	Asian Institute of Management
AIT	Asian Institute of Technology
APEX	ASEAN Post Production Information Exchange Network
ASEAN	Association of South East Asian Nations
CARIS	FAO Current Agricultural Research Information System
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
IFRPD	Institute of Food Research and Product Development
KMIT	King Mongkut's Institute of Technology
KU	Kasetsart University
PCIERD	Philippine Council of Industry and Energy Research and Development
PHT	Post Harvest Technology
RAPA	FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
SAARC	South Asia Association on Regional Cooperation
SEARCA	Southeast Asia Research Center for Graduate Studies in Agriculture
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UPLB	University of the Philippines in Los Banos