List of Acronyms and Abbreviation

1. ADB Asian Development Bank

2. AFMA Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act
3. AHP Analytic Hierarchy Process
4. AMOEBA A General Method For Ecosystem Description And Assessment
(translated from Dutch terms)
5. AOI Articles of Incorporation
6. ARC Agrarian Reform Community
7. ASI Agricultural Sustainability Index
8. BOD Board of Directors
9. BoE Band of Equilibrium (AMOEBA Modeling)
10. BOT Board of Trustees
11. BRIS Bago River Irrigation System
12. BRISRIP Bago River Irrigation System Rehabilitation and Improvement
13. BSWM Bureau of Soil and Water Management
14. CBL Constitution and By-Laws
15. CBU Capital Build Up
16. CCPP Cropping Calendar and Pattern of Planting
17. CE Collection Efficiency
18. CI Cropping Intensity
19. CIP Communal Irrigation Project
20. CIS Communal Irrigation System
21. CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan
22. CSOS Civil Society Organization
23. DA Department of Agriculture
24. DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
25. DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
26. DOST Department of Science and Technology
27. DPWH Department of Public Works and Highways
28. DTI Department of Trade and Industry
29. EO Executive Order
30. FAO Food and Agricultural Organization
31. FD Farm Ditches
32. FGD Focus Group Discussion
33. FIOP Farmer Irrigation Organization Program
34. FSDC Farm System Development Corporation
35. FSDC Farm System Development Corporation
36. FSSP Food Staples Sustainability Program
37. GA General Assembly
38. GA General Assembly
39. GOCC Government Owned and Controlled Corporation
40. HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
41. IA Irrigators Association
42. ICOP Irrigation Community Organization Program
43. IDO Irrigators Development Officer
44. IDP Irrigation Development Program
45. IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
46. IMOs Irrigation Management Office
47. IMT Irrigation Management Transfer
48. IMTP Irrigation Management Transfer Program
49. INPIM International Network for Participatory Irrigation Management
50. ISF Irrigation Service Fee
51. ISOs Irrigation System Offices
52. KII Key Informant Interviews
53. LCE Local Chief Executives
54. LC Lateral Canal
55. LDC Local Development Council
56. LGC Local Government Code
57. LGU Local Government Unit
58. LIPA List of Irrigated and Planted Area
59. MC Memorandum Circulars
60. MFD Main Farm Ditch
61. MOU Memorandum of Understanding
62. MTPDP Medium Term Philippine Development Plan
63. NGA National Government Agency
64. NGOs Non-Government Organizations
65. NIA National Irrigation Administration
66. NIS National Irrigation System
67. NOIMO Negros Occidental Irrigation Management Office
68. NPAAAD Network of Protected Areas for Agricultural and Agro-Industrial
Development
69. NPFP National Physical Framework Plan
70. NWRB National Water Resources Board
71. O&M Operation and Maintenance
72. PAP Participatory Approach Program
73. PCLUP Provincial Comprehensive Land Use Plan
74. PD Presidential Decree
75. PIM Participatory Irrigation Management
76. PIO Provincial Irrigation Office
77. POs Peoples Organizations
78. RA Republic Act
79. RIM Regional Irrigation Manager
80. RPFP Regional Physical Framework Plan
81. SAFDZ Strategic Agricultural and Fisheries Development Zone
82. SD Sustainable Development
83. SDI Sustainable Development Index
84. SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
85. SIDO Sr. Irrigators Development Officer
86. TO Turn Outs
87. TSA Turn Out Service Area
88. TSAG Turn Out Service Area Group
89. UPRIIS Upper Pampangga River Integrated Irrigation System
90. WDD Water Delivery and Distribution
91. WTO World Trade Organization