Acronyms and Abbreviations
| A2K | access to knowledge |
| AATF | African Agricultural Technologies Foundation |
| ABIA | American Bioindustry Alliance |
| ABS | access and benefit sharing |
| ACP | African, Caribbean and Pacific |
| AIA | Advance Informed Agreement |
| AIPPI | Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) |
| AnGR | Animal Genetic Resources |
| ASSINSEL | Association Internationale des Selectionneurs pour la Protection des Obtentions Végétales (International Association of Plant Breeders) |
| ASTA | American Seed Trade Association |
| AU | African Union |
| BCH | Biosafety Clearing House |
| BiOS | Biological Open Source |
| BIRPI | Bureaux Internationaux Réunis de la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property) |
| BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) |
| CATIE | Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre) |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CDP | Cooperation for Development Programme |
| CESCR | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CGRFA | Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| CHM | clearinghouse mechanism |
| CIAT | International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
| CIMMYT | International Wheat and Maize Research Institute |
| CIPIH | Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health |
| CIOPORA | International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Varieties |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CSO | civil society organization |
| DFID | UK Department for International Development |
| DSM | dispute settlement mechanism |
| EARO | Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization |
| EC | European Community |
| ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| EDV | essentially derived variety |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity, and Food Security.
Contributors: Geoff Tansey - Editor, Tasmin Rajotte - Editor.
Publisher: International Development Research Centre.
Place of publication: Ottawa.
Publication year: 2008.
Page number: xix.
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