Department of Agriculture abbreviations/acronyms list
AAMP Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan
AfCFTA African Continental Free Trade Area
Agbiz Agricultural Business Chamber
AgriBEE Agriculture Black Economic Empowerment
AGSA Auditor-General of South Africa
APP Annual Performance Plan
ARC Agricultural Research Council
BFAP Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy
BOP Balance of Payments
CARA Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act
CASP Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme
cspB Cold Shock Protein Bacillus
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease of 2019
CPI Consumer Price Index
DALRRD Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DBC Departmental Bargaining Council
DDG Deputy Director-General
DG Director-General
DIGIGOV Digital Government Forum
DoA Department of Agriculture
DPSA Department of Public Service and Administration
DPWI Department of Public Works and Infrastructure
EC Eastern Cape
EDTM Economic Development, Trade and Marketing
EU European Union
EXCO Executive and Strategic Management Committee
FMD Foot-and-Mouth Disease
FOB Free on Board
FSAR Food Security and Agrarian Reform
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GMOs Genetically Modified Organisms
GNU Government of National Unity
GP Gauteng
GPSSBC General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council
GTA Global Trade Atlas
GVA Gross Value Added
HLB Huanglongbing
HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
HR Human Resource
IBSA India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IDC Industrial Development Corporation IoT Internet of Things
IMF International Monetary Fund
KPI Key Performance Indicators
KZN KwaZulu-Natal
LP Limpopo
MP Mpumalanga
MTDP Medium-Term Development Plan
MTSF Medium-Term Strategic Framework
NAMC National Agricultural Marketing Council
NC Northern Cape
NDP National Development Plan
NFNSS National Food and Nutrition Security Survey
NMOG National Macro-Organising of Government
NSG National School of Government
NUS Neglected and Underutilized Species
OBP Onderstepoort Biological Products
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PDA Provincial Department of Agriculture
PDALB Preservation of Development of Agricultural Land Bill
PFMA Public Finance Management Act
PPECB Perishable Products Export Control Board
PPP Public-Private Partnership
R Rand
SA South Africa
SABS South African Bureau of Standards
SACU Southern African Customs Union
SARS South African Revenue Service
SITA State Information Technology Agency
SOI Statement of Intent
SoNA State of the Nation Address
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards
ITC International Trade Centre
TFP Total Factor Productivity
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
WC Western Cape
WHO World Health Organization
WTO World Trade Organization