Abbreviations

AICWIP	All India Coordinated Wheat Improvement Project, New Delhi
AVRDC	Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre, Taiwan, China
BARI	Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh
BGCS	Botanical Gardens Conservation Secretariat, Kew, Richmond, UK
BJRI	Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
BSI	Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal
CAAS	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
CATIE	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación, Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
CAZRI	Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
CENARGEN	Centro Nacional de Recursos Geneticos, Brasilia, Brazil
CGIAR	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CGN	Centre for Genetic Resources, Wageningen, The Netherlands
CIAT	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia
CICR	Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, Maharashtra
CIMMYT	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo, El Batan, Mexico
CIP	Centro Internacional de la Papa, Lima, Peru
CNR	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
CPRI	Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
CRIJAF	Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal
CRRI	Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Orissa
CSAUA & T	Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
CSIR	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
CTRI	Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh
DBT	Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
DGRST	Delegation Generale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique, Cameroon
DOEn	Department of Environment, New Delhi
DST	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
EMBRAPA	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agroprecuaria, Brazil
FAL	Institut für Pflanzenban und Pflanzenzüchtung der Bundesfors Chungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Breunschweig, FRG
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome, Italy
FRI	Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh
GAU	Gujarat Agricultural University, Dantiwada, Gujarat
GBPUA & T	Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
GRAIN	Genetic Resources Action International, Spain
GRIN	Genetic Resources Information Network, USDA
GTZ	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, FRG
HAU	Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana
IARC	International Agricultural Research Centre
IARI	Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi
IBP	International Biological Programme
IBPGR	International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, Italy
ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
ICARDA	International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria
ICCC	Indian Central Cotton Committee
ICFRE	Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh
ICRISAT	International Crops Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
ICUC	International Centre for Under-utilised Crops, London, UK
ICUUT	International Council for Underutilised Plants, USA
IDRC	International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
IFPRI	International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., USA
IGFRI	Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
IHR	Institute of Horticultural Research, Wellesbourne, UK
IIHR	Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta, Bangalore, Karnataka
IISR	Indian Institute for Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
IITA	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Abadan, Nigeria
IJO	International Jute Organisation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
ILCA	International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ILRAD	International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
INIA	Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain
INIBAP	International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, France
IN-PGRS	Indian Plant Genetic Resources System
INTA	Instituto Nacional de Tecnologéo Agropecuaria, Argentina
INTSOY	International Soybean Programme, University of Illinois, USA
IPB	Institute of Plant Breeding, Philippines
IRHO	Institut de Recherches des Huiles et Oleagineux, France
IRRI	International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
ISNAR	International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, Netherlands
IUCN	World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland
JARI	Jute Agricultural Research Institute, Barrackpore, West Bengal (now renamed as CRIJAF)
JBNB	Jardin Botanique Nationale de Belgique, Belgium
JICA	Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan
KARI	Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya
MAB	Man and the Biosphere (Programme)
NAGS	National Active Germplasm Site
NBPGR	National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi
NBRI	National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
NFPTCR	National Facility for Plant Tissue Culture Repository, New Delhi
NGB	Nordic Gene Bank, Alnap, Sweden
NIAR	National Institute of Agricultural Research, Japan
NPGS	National Plant Germplasm System, USA
NRCG	National Research Centre for Groundnut, Junagadh, Gujarat
NSSL	National Seed Storage Laboratory, Fort Collins, USA
ORSTOM	Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Cooperation, France
PAU	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab
PBI	Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge University, UK
PCARRD	Philippine Council for Agricultural and Resources Research and Development, Philippines
PGR	Plant Genetic Resources
PGRC	Plant Genetic Resources Centre
RBG	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
RCA	Research Centre for Agrobotany, Institute for Plant Production and Qualification, Hungary
RDA	Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAU	State Agricultural University
SBI	Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
TISTR	Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Bangkok, Thailand
TNAU	Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNEP	United Nations Environmental Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
USDA	United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville
VIR	N.I. Vavilov All Union Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad, USSR
WARDA	West African Rice Development Association, Côte d'Ivoire
WWF	Worldwide Fund for Nature, Gland, Switzerland
ZiZuK	Zentralinstitut für Genetik und Kulturpflenzex, Forschung, GDR