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  GLOSSARY

  FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

  LACIE: Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment: a satellite crop surveillance program of the USDA (see below)

  MNC: Multinational Corporation

  NIEO: New International Economic Order

  OPIC: Overseas Private Investment Corporation; the US government agency which provides loans and insurance for US business- abroad.

  PHT: Post Harvest Technology

  UDC: Underdeveloped Country

  UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; particularly concerned with UDC agricultural raw materials and commodities

  UNU: United Nations University

  USAID: United States Agency for International Development USDA: United States Department of Agriculture

  REFERENCES