Abbreviations

A&D

Alienable and Disposable

ACEF

Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund

ACPC

Agricultural Credit Policy Council

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AF

Adaptation Fund

AFMA

Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act

AFMech

Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization Law

AFTA

ASEAN Free Trade Area

AGEI

Agricultural Growth Enabling Index

AGFP

Agricultural Guarantee Fund Pool

AMCFP

Agro-Industry Modernization Credit and Financing Program

AMIA

Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture

APPC

Asia-Pacific Policy Center

ARB

Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries

ARMM

Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

ASAPP

Accelerated and Sustainable Anti-Poverty Program

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ATI

Agricultural Training Institute

ATIGA

ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement

AVA

Agribusiness Venture Arrangement

AWD

Alternate Wetting and Drying

BAFS

Bureau of Agricultural and Fishery Standards

BAI

Bureau of Animal Industry

BAR

Bureau of Agricultural Research

BFAR

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

BPI

Bureau of Plant Industry

BPO

Business Processing Outsourcing

BSWM

Bureau of Soil and Water Management

CAF

Census on Agriculture and Fisheries

CAR

Cordillera Administrative Region

CARP

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

CARPER

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reform

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CC RDEAP

Climate Change R&D and Extension Agenda and Program

CCAFS

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

CCC

Climate Change Commission

CCSWP

Climate Change Systems-Wide Program

CEPT

Common Effective Preferential Tariff

CIS

Communal Irrigation System

CLOA

Certificate of Land Ownership Award

CPBRD

Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department

CSE

Consumer Support Estimate

DA

Department of Agriculture

DAR

Department of Agrarian Reform

DBM

Department of Budget Management

DCP

Directed Credit Programme

DENR

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

DILG

Department of Interior and Local Government

DOST

Philippine Department of Science and Technology

EFTA

European Free Trade Area

EO

Executive Order

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FIELDS

Fertilizer, Infrastructure and Irrigation, Extension and Education, Loans, Drying and other post-harvest facilities, Seeds

FIES

Family Expenditure and Income Survey

FMR

Farm to Market Roads

FO

Farmers’ Organisations

FPA

Fertiliser and Pesticide Authority

FSSP

Food Staples Sufficiency Programme

GAA

General Appropriations Act

GAO

Gross Agricultural Output

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GFDL

General Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Model

GFDRR

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

GM

Genetically Modified

GNI

Gross National Income

GOCC

Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation

GSSE

General Services Support Estimate

HGEM

Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model

HRCP

Hybrid Rice Commercialisation Programme

HS

Harmonised System

IA

Irrigators Association

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMPACT

International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPPC

International Plant Protection Convention

IPRA

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act

IPSL

Institute Pierre-Simon Laplace Model

IRR

Implementing Rules and Regulations

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

ISF

Irrigation Service Fee

LARA

Land Administration Reform Act

LBP

Land Bank of the Philippines

LGU

Local Government Unit

LMB

Land Management Bureau

MAV

Minimum Access Volume

MFN

Most Favoured Nation

MIROC

Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate

MPS

Market Price Support

MTPDP

Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan

NCCAP

National Climate Change Action Plan

NCR

National Capital Region

NDA

National Dairy Authority

NDMC

National Drought Mitigation Center

NEDA

National Economic and Development Authority

NEP

National Expenditure Programme

NFA

National Food Authority

NFSCC

National Framework Strategy on Climate Change

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NIA

National Irrigation Administration

NIS

National Irrigation System

NLUA

National Land Use Act

NMIS

National Meat Inspection Service

NTA

National Tobacco Administration

O&M

Operation and Maintenance

ODA

Official Development Assistance

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OG

Official Gazette

OIE

World Organisation for Animal Health

OPA

Office of Provincial Agriculturist

OPAFSAM

Office of the Presidential Assistance for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization

PAGASA

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration

PAPs

Programmes, Activities and Projects

PCA

Philippine Coconut Authority

PCAF

Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries

PCARRD

Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research and Development

PCF

Performance Challenge Fund

PCFC

People’s Credit and Finance Corporation

PCIC

Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation

PDP

Philippine Development Plan

PhilCCAP

Philippine Climate Change Adaptation Project

PhilMech

Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanisation

PhilRice

Philippine Rice Research Institute

PHP

Philippine Peso

PIS

Private Irrigation System

PLA

Public Land Act

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

PSA

Philippine Statistics Authority

PSE

Producer Support Estimate

QGFB

Quedan Guarantee Fund Board

QR

Quantitative Restrictions

R&D

Research and Development

RA

Republic Act

RDP

Regional Development Plan

RSBSA

Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture

SALT

Sloping Agricultural Land Technology

SCT

Single Commodity Transfers

SEARCA

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture

SEPO

Senate Economic Planning Office

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary

SPS-IC

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance

SRA

Sugar Regulatory Administration

SWIP

Small Water Impounding Project

TFP

Total Factor Productivity

TRP

Tariff Reform Programme

TRQ

Tariff-Rate Quota

TSE

Total Support Estimate

UN

United Nations

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

US

United States

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USD

United States Dollar

VAT

Value Added Tax

WARA

Weather Adverse Rice Areas

WB

World Bank

WDI

World Development Indicators

WEF

World Economic Forum

WFP

World Food Programme

WTO

World Trade Organization