EAA      - Economic Accounts for Agriculture

FASC     - FAO/ITALY Food and Agricultural Statistics Centre, Beijing, PRC

FAO      - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GIS      - Geographic Information System

GNP      - Gross National Product

ISTAT    - Italian National Statistical Institute

NBS      - National Bureau of Statistics, PRC

OCR      - Optical Character Reader

OECD     - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

PES      - Post Enumeration Survey

PRC      - People’s Republic of China

TVE      - Township and Village Enterprise

US       - United States

USDA     - United States Department of Agriculture