ADMARC | Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Malawi)
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ARVs | Anti-Retrovirals (HIV/AIDS drugs)
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CARE | Care and Relief Everywhere (NGO)
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CHAD | Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department (DFID)
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C-SAFE | Consortium for the Southern African Food Emergency (NGO consortium)
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DFID | Department for International Development
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EMOP | Emergency Operation (World Food Programme appeal for, and plan of, assistance)
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EU | European Union |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
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FEWSNET | Famine and Early Warning System Network (USAID-funded)
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GDP | Gross Domestic Product
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GM | Genetically-Modified |
GMOs | Genetically-Modified Organisms
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GMB | Grain Marketing Board (Zimbabwe)
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GNI | Gross National Income
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HIPC | Heavily-Indebted Poor Countries debt relief initiative
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HIV/AIDS | Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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IMF | International Monetary Fund
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INGC | National Institute of Disaster Management (Mozambique)
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MDC | Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe opposition party)
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MDGs | Millennium Development Goals
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MT | Metric Tonnes |
NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa's Development
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NGOs | Non-Governmental Organizations
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OPVs | Open-Pollinated Varieties (seeds)
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PPP | Purchasing Power Parity (cost-adjusted measure of income, for cross-national comparisons)
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PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
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REWU | Regional Early Warning Unit (SADC)
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SADC | Southern Africa Development Community
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SCF-UK | Save the Children Fund, UK (NGO)
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SGR | Strategic Grain Reserve (Malawi)
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UN | United Nations |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme
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UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund
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UN-OCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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UN-RIACSO | United Nations Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Support Office
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USAID | United States Agency for International Development
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WHO | World Health Organization
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WFP | World Food Programme (UN)
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