Selected AcronymS

Selected acronyms
ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ACSS African Crop Science Society Asian Development Bank ADB AfricaRice Africa Rice Center AIAT Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technologies ARRRI All-Russian Rice Research Institute American Society of Agronomy ASA Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN AWD alternate wetting and drying (technology) BMGF Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Board of Trustees BOT BPH brown planthopper CAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences CARD Coalition for African Rice Development CBSS community-based seed systems CESD Crop and Environmental Sciences Division CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Centre de coopration internationale CIRAD en recherche agronomique pour le dveloppement Climate Change Affecting Land Use in the CLUES Mekong Delta CPS Communication and Publications Services CRP Consortium Research Program Central Rice Research Institute CRRI community seed banks CSB CSISA Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia Can Tho University CTU

CURE CVP DA DARD DDG-R DFID DG DRR ES ESA FAO FBD FHS GAP GIZ GQNPC GRC GRiSP GSR HKI HRDC IAARD IAPPS ICAR ICFORD ICIMOD ICIS ICON ICRR IFAD

Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments Cyber Village Project Department of Agriculture (Philippines) Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam) Deputy Director General for Research Department for International Development Director General Directorate of Rice Research (India) Experiment Station East and Southern Africa Food and Agriculture Organization flat-bed dryer Food and Housing Services good agricultural practices German International Cooperation Grain Quality, Nutrition, and Postharvest Center Genetic Resources Center Global Rice Science Partnership Green Super Rice Helen Keller International Hybrid Rice Research and Development Consortium Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences Indian Council of Agricultural Research Indonesian Center for Food and Crops Research and Development International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development International Crop Information System Impact on Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water Budget Indonesian Center for Rice Research International Fund for Agricultural Development

International Network for Quality Rice Irrigated Rice Research Consortium internationally recruited staff Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences letter of agreement LOA multiparent advanced generation MAGIC intercross MOU memorandum of understanding NARC Nepal Agricultural Research Council national agricultural research and NARES extension system NASC National Agricultural Science Centre Neighborhood Emergency Services Team NEST NGO nongovernment organization NMRice Nutrient Manager for Rice NRS nationally recruited staff Plant Breeding, Genetics, and PBGB Biotechnology (Division) PCAARRD Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development PhilRice Philippine Rice Research Institute RDA Rural Development Academy (Bangladesh) RDA Rural Development Administration (Korea) RSSP Rice Self-Sufficiency Program SHU Seed Health Unit SRP Sustainable Rice Platform SSD Social Sciences Division Stress-Tolerant Rice for Africa and South STRASA Asia SVPUA&T Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology Training Center TC Temperate Rice Research Consortium TRRC United Nations Environment Programme UNEP UNL University of Nebraska-Lincoln UPLB University of the Philippines Los Baos

INQR IRRC IRS JICA JIRCAS

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