List of abbreviations
| Release date | 16/02/2010 |
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| Contributor | Norbert Sidibe |
| BDPA : | Agricultural Production Development Office |
| BF : | Burkina Faso |
| BUNASOL : | National Soils Office |
| CAP : | Certificate of Professional Aptitude |
| CES/AGF : | Conservation of Waters and Soils/Agro-Forestry |
| CES/DRS : | Conservation of Waters and Soils/Defence and Restoration of Soils |
| CFD : | French Development Fund |
| CIEH : | Inter - States Committee for Hydraulic Study |
| CILSS : | Inter - States Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel |
| CIRAD : | International Centre for Research in Agronomy for Development |
| CIRDES : | International Centre for Research Development of Animal Rearing in Humid Zones |
| CIRP : | International Council for Phytogenetic Resources |
| CNDA : | National Centre for Agricultural Documentation |
| CNRST : | National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research |
| CNSF : | National Centre for Forest Seeds |
| CONAGESE : | National Council for Environmental Management |
| CRPA : | Regional Centre for Agro - Pastoral Promotion |
| CRTO : | Regional Remote Sensing Centre of Ouagadougou |
| DNA : | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOET : | Directorate of the Organisation of Traditional Animal Rearing |
| DPIA : | Directorate of Animal Production and Industries |
| DRARA : | Regional Directorates of Agriculture and Animal Resources |
| DSA : | Agricultural Services Directorate |
| EU : | European Union |
| FAO : | United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| F CFA : | Franc of the African Financial Community |
| FED : | European Development Fund |
| FEM : | Global Environment Fund (French Acronym) |
| GEF : | Global Environment Fund |
| GEPRENAF : | Participatory Management of Natural Resources and Fauna |
| ICRAF : | International Centre for Agro-Forestry Research |
| ICRISAT : | International Centre for Research on Crops of Semi-arid Tropical Zones |
| IDR : | Rural Development Institute |
| IEMVT : | Institute of Animal Rearing and Tropical Veterinary Medicine |
| IGN : | National Geographic Institute (in France) |
| INERA : | Environmental and Agricultural Research Institute (ex Survey and Agricultural Research Institute) |
| INSD : | National Statistical and Demography Institute |
| IITA : | International Institute for Tropical Agriculture |
| IPD/AOS : | Pan-African Institute for Development/ West Africa Sahel |
| IRAT : | Institute for Tropical Agronomic Research |
| IRBET : | Institute for Research in Tropical Biology and Ecology |
| MARA : | Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources |
| MAT : | Ministry of Territorial administration (Ministry of Interior) |
| MEE : | Ministry of Environment and Water |
| ORSTOM : | French Institute of Scientific Research for Development in Cooperation |
| OCCGE : | Organisation for Cooperation and Fight Against Important Endemic Diseases |
| OCDE : | Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development |
| ONAT : | National office of Soil Development |
| ONG : | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| ORANA : | Organisation for Research on African Food and Nutrition |
| ORD : | Regional Development Organisation |
| OXFAM : | Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (NGO for struggle against famine) |
| PANE : | National Environmental Action Plan |
| PDAV : | Village Agriculture Development Project |
| PDRI/HKM : | Integrated Rural Development Project /Houet-Kossi-Mouhoun |
| PNB : | Gross National Product |
| PNGT : | National Programme for Soil Management |
| PNUD : | United Nations Development Programme |
| PNUE : | United Nations Environmental Programme |
| RAF : | Agrarian and Land Reorganisation |
| SIG : | Geographic Information System |
| SOPAL : | Alcohols and Liqueurs Production Company |
| SOSUCO : | Sugar Company of Comoé |
| SPA : | Provincial Services of Agriculture |
| SATEC : | Technical Assistance and Cooperation Company |
| UICN : | International Union for Nature |
| UO : | University of Ouagadougou |
| USAID : | United States Agency for International Development |