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abbreviations and acronyms

  • AETP Agri Export Technologist Programme
  • AgriSETA Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority
  • AGSA Auditor-General of South Africa
  • API Application Programming Interface
  • APN Access Point Name
  • APP Annual Performance Plan
  • APS Act Agricultural Product Standards Act (Act No. 119 of 1990)
  • ASTI Accelerated Skills Transfer Interventions
  • ATF Agricultural Trade Forum
  • B-BBEE Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment
  • BI Business Intelligence
  • BMA Border Management Authority
  • BREXIT British exit from the European Union
  • CASP Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme
  • CBS Citrus Black Spot
  • CCA International Cool Chain Association
  • CGA Citrus Growers Association
  • CIS Centre of Internet Security
  • CLA Corporate LAN Advertising
  • CMU Central Management Unit
  • COBIT Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies
  • COVID-19 Coronavirus
  • CRI Citrus Research Institute
  • DALRRD Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
  • EC European Commission
  • eCert Electronic Certification
  • EME Exempted Micro Enterprise
  • ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
  • ESG Environmental, Social, and Governance
  • EU European Union
  • EXCO Executive Management Committee
  • FAP Fat Analytical Programme
  • FARA Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
  • FBO Food Business Operator
  • FCD Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants
  • FCM False Codling Moth
  • GAP Good Agricultural Practices
  • GHG Greenhouse Gas
  • Global GAP Global Good Agricultural Practices
  • GRAP Generally Recognised Accounting Practices
  • HA Hectares
  • ICT Information and Communications Technology
  • IDC Industrial Development Corporation
  • IMF International Monetary Fund
  • IoDSA Institute of Directors Southern Africa
  • IRBA Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors
  • ISA International Standards on Auditing
  • ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library
  • KCB Kwaliteits Controle Bureau
  • King IV King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2016
  • LDP Leadership Development Programme
  • LIMS Laboratory Information Management System
  • LMS Learning Management System
  • LOR Lower Orange River
  • MANCO Operational Management Committee
  • MAP Mycotoxin Analytical Programme
  • MOU Memorandum of Understanding
  • MRL Maximum Residue Level
  • MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework
  • MTSF Medium Term Strategic Framework
  • NAMC National Agricultural Marketing Council
  • NAV Navision
  • NDP National Development Plan
  • NEAP National Economically Active Population
  • NEDLAC National Economic Development and Labour Council
  • NGP National Growth Path
  • NIR Near Infra Red
  • NQF National Qualification Framework
  • NT National Treasury
  • NTI National Treasury Instruction
  • OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • PAA Public Audit Act (Act No. 25 of 2004)
  • PAIA Promotion of Access to Information Act
  • PAP Pesticide Analytical Programme
  • PDP Personal Development Plan
  • PFMA Public Finance Management Act
  • PMA Produce Marketing Association
  • POPIA Protection of Personal Information Act
  • PPA Public Audit Act
  • PPE Personal Protective Equipment
  • PPEC Act Perishable Products Export Control Act (Act No. 9 of 1983)
  • PPECB Perishable Products Export Control Board
  • PPPFA Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, 2000
  • PPR Preferential Procurement Regulations
  • PWD People with Disabilities
  • QSE Qualifying Small Enterprises
  • R&D Research and Development
  • RFG Rhodes Food Group
  • RISCO Risk Management Committee
  • RMS Risk Management System
  • SA-GRAP South African Generally Recognised Accounting Practice
  • SAAA South African Agri Academy
  • SAAGA South African Avocado Grower’s Association
  • SADC Southern Africa Development Community
  • SAFVCA South African Fruit and Vegetable Canners Association
  • SAGAP South Africa Good Agricultural Practices
  • SAMSA South African Maritime Authority
  • SAPO South African Plant Improvement Organisation
  • SATI South African Table Grape Industry
  • SAVA South African Veterinary Association
  • SAVC South African Veterinary Council
  • SCM Supply Chain Management
  • SD-WAN Software-defined Wide Area Network
  • SETA Sector Education and Training Authorities
  • SLA Service Level Agreement
  • SOP Standard Operating Procedure
  • SRV Specialised Refrigerated Vessels
  • Steercom Strategic Projects Steering Committee
  • Subgroup South African Subtropical Growers Association
  • TESA Team Export South Africa
  • TITAN 2.0® PPECB Mobile Application
  • TR Treasury Regulations
  • TUM Tracking Unit Manager
  • TUR Tracking Unit Register
  • UIFW Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful
  • UK United Kingdom
  • UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
  • UPS Uninterrupted Power Supplies
  • USA United States of America
  • VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
  • WVA World Veterinary Association
  • 4IR Fourth Industrial Revolution