Acronyms ADP - Area Development Programs AFR - African Bureau (of USAID) ATBU - Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University CILSS - Comité Permanent Inter-Etat de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel CIRAD - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement CNRST - Centre National de Rescherche Scientifique et Technologique CRSP - Collaborative Research Support Program DÉCOR - Departement d'Economie Rurale DFID - Department for International Development (British Aid Agency) DEAPA - National Directorate of the Agricultural Census DMP - Desert Margin Program DRTA - Agricultural Research Institute of Chad FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FSP - Food Security Program (of World Vision International) GIS - Geographic Information System IARC - International Agricultural Research Organizations IER - Institut d'Economie Rurale INRAN - Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger INTSORMIL - International Sorghum & Millet Program IPM - Integrated Pest Management IRAD - Institut de la Recherches Agronomique Pour le Developpement ISRA - Institute Senegalais de Recherche Agricole NARS - National Agricultural Research Systems NES - National Extension Services NGO - Non-Governmental Organizations PEDUNE - Protection Ecologiquement Durable du Niébé PVO - Private Voluntary Organizations RCC - Regional Coordination Committee SARI - Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (Ghana) SPAAR - Special Program for African Agricultural Research TDT - Technology Development and Transfer UCR- University of California - Riverside USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development WVI - World Vision International WWF - World Wildlife Fund