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chapter 1: global assessments of climate impacts on food systems: a summary of findings and policy recommendations
CyF Climate-yield factors
DGVM Dynamic Global Vegetation Model
DiVa Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment
DrC Democratic Republic of the Congo
DSSaT Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer eBrD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
eCHaM4 Fourth-generation climate model from Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
eCHaM5 Fifth-generation climate model from Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
ee4H leaf four
ee5H leaf five
eNViSaGe Environmental Impact and Sustainability Applied General Equilibrium ePiC Environmental Policy Integrated Climate
ePPa Predictions and Policy Analysis
ePTD Environment and Production Technology Division
eTS effective temperature sum
eU European Union
eV equivalent variable
eVT evapotranspiration
FaCCe Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
FaCe free air CO2 enrichment
FaNrPaN Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network Fao Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FaoSTaT FAO statistics
FaPri-iSU Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute – Iowa State University FarM Future Agricultural Resources Model
FPU Food Producing Unit
FSM farming system model
GaeZ Global agro-ecological zones
GCaM Global Change Assessment Model
GCM Global circulation model
GDD Growing degree days
GDP Gross Domestic Product
Ge general equilibrium
GeF Global Environmental Facility
GGCM Global Gridded Crop Model
GGCMi Global Gridded Crop Model Intercomparison
GHG Greenhouse gas
GHM Global hydrological modeling
GiS geographical information system
GlaM General Large Area Model
GlaSS The Global Assessment of Security model
GlC2000 Global Land Cover 2000
GloBioM Global Biosphere Management Model
GNP gross national product
GPS Global Positioning System
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