LIST OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

ANSWER Asian Network for Sweet potato Genetic Resources

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AVRDC Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center
BAPNET Banana Asia Pacific Network
BAS Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
BPI Bureau of Plant Industry
BPI-BNCRDC BPI-Baguio National Crop Research and Development Center
CGRD Coconut Genetic Resources Database
CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture
CIP International Potato Center
COGENT International Coconut Genetic Resources Network
DA Department of Agriculture
DA-BAR Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DOST Department of Science and Technology
FAITH Food Always In The Home
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
IARC International Agricultural Research Center
ICC Indigenous Cultural Community
INGER International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice
INIBAP International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain
IPs Indigenous Peoples
IPB Institute of Plant Breeding
IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
NARES National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems
NARRDN National Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Network
NCIP National Commission on Indigenous People
NCPGR National Committee on Plant Genetic Resources
NPRCTRC Northern Philippine Root Crop Training and Research Center
NPGRL National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory
NSIC National Seed Industry Council
NSQCS National Seed Quality Control Services
PCA Philippine Coconut Authority
PCARRD Philippine Council for Agriculture and Forestry Resources Research and Development
PGR Plant Genetic Resources
PGRFA Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
PhilRice Philippine Rice Research Institute
PhilRootcrops Philippine Root Crop Research and Training Center
PHILSURIN Philippine Sugar Research Institute Foundation, Inc.
PNNPGRFA Philippine National Network on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
PPB Participatory Plant Breeding
PSB Philippine Seed Board
PVS Participatory Varietal Selection
RECSEA-PGR Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia on Plant Genetic Resources
RIARCs Regional Integrated Agricultural Research Centers
ROS Research Outreach Stations
SABGRC Southeast Asia Banana Germplasm Resources Center
SRA-LGAREC Sugar Regulatory Administration-La Granja Agricultural Research Center
UPWARD Users Perspectives With Agricultural Research and Development