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climate change and food systems: global assessments and implications for food security and trade
GraCe Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (NASA/GFZ) GTaP Global Trade Analysis Project
GTeM Global Trade and Environmental Model
GWUM Global water use modeling
HA hectare
HaDCM3 Hadley Centre climate prediction model 3
iaM Integrated assessment model
iBSNaT International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer iCaSa International Consortium for Agricultural Systems Applications
iFPri International Food Policy Research Institute
iiaSa International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis
ikar Institute of Agricultural Market Studies
ilUC Indirect land use change
iMPaCT International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade iPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
iSi-MiP Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project
KG kilogramme
KM2 square kilometres
laC Latin America and the Caribbean
larS Long Ashton Research Station
lGP Length of the growing period
lPJMl Lund-Post-Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model with managed Land lSM land surface scheme
MaCSUr Modelling European Agriculture with Climate Change for Food Security MaGNeT Modular Applied GeNeral Equilibrium Tool
MaGPie Model of Agricultural Production and its Impacts on the Environment MBi Market-based instruments
MCa Multi-Criteria Analysis
MCWla Model to capture the Crop-Weather relationship over a Large Area
MIO million
MiroC Model for Interdisciplinary Research On Climate
MiT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MMM multi-model mean
MoDiS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
MT million tonnes
NaPa National adaptations plans of actions
NaSa National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
NDVi Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NGo non-governmental organization
NPP net primary productivity
oeCD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Pe partial equilibrium
PeGaSUS Predicting Ecosystem Goods and Services Using Scenarios
PeT potential evaporation
PNl progressive nitrogen limitation
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