Perspectives Volume 39, Number 3 | Page 2

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EDITOR IN CHIEF
Sharon Singh

CONTRIBUTORS
Thomas Hager and John Wendt

EDITOR
James Thigpen

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Feyikemi Adurogbanbga-Osho, Guljamal
Chokmorova, Paul Ishaku, Jyldyz Niyazalieva,
Meg Ross, Ajay Varadachary and Rieke Weel

GRAPHIC DESIGN/LAYOUT
Victoria L. Antoine
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Heather Gasaway
PRODUCTION COORDINATION
Donna Venable
DISTRIBUTION
Jane Goss and David Wright
WRITERS
Feyikemi Adurogbangba-Osho, Solomon Duah,
Kelli Glasgow, Courtney Greene, Jared McCoy,
James Thigpen and Ajay Varadachary

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
M. Peter McPherson (USA), Board Chair
Gerard J. Doornbos (Netherlands), Vice Chair
Mohamed Badraoui (Morocco)
Margaret Catley-Carlson (Canada)
Jimmy G. Cheek (USA)
Josué Dioné (Mali)
Agnes M. Kalibata (Rwanda)
Mark E. Keenum (USA)
Steven Leath (USA)
Patrick J. Murphy (USA)
Mortimer Hugh Neufville (USA)
Rhoda Peace Tumusiime (Uganda)
Vo-Tong Xuan (Vietnam)

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
Amit H. Roy - Ex Officio Member
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD/
LEGAL COUNSEL
Vincent McAlister - Ex Officio Member
IFDC DIVISIONS
EurAsia (EAD)
East and Southern Africa (ESAFD)
North and West Africa (NWAFD)
Office of Programs (OP)

FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS

2SCALE:
AAPI:

AFADA:

AGRA:

C4CP:

CAADP:

Toward Sustainable Clusters in Agribusiness
through Learning in Entrepreneurship
Accelerating Agriculture Productivity
Improvement
Albanian Fertilizer and Agribusiness Dealers
Association
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

C4 Cotton Partnership

FSI:

GDP:

GHG:

IFAD:
IPCC:
IRRI:
ISFM:

KAED:

PAN-PNSEB:

CASE: Competitive Agricultural Systems and Enterprises
PPP:

SMN:
CATALIST-2: Catalyze Accelerated Agricultural Intensification for
Social and Environmental Stability
TVA:

DGIS: Directorate-General for International Cooperation
UDP:
(Netherlands)

USAID:
ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States

VFRC:
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
WACIP:

FDP: fertilizer deep placement
WAEMU:
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture
Development Programme

WAFP:

Fertilizer Sector Improvement
gross domestic product

greenhouse gas

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Rice Research Institute
integrated soil fertility management

Kyrgyz Agro-Input Enterprise Development

National Subsidized Fertilizer Program in Burundi

Public-Private Partnership

secondary and micronutrients
Tennessee Valley Authority

urea deep placement
U.S. Agency for International Development

Virtual Fertilizer Research Center
West Africa Cotton Improvement Program
West African Economic and Monetary Union
West Africa Fertilizer Program