Mexican NGOs
| CEMEFI | Mexican Center for Philanthropy (Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía) |
| FHAR | Hidalgan Foundation for Rural Service (Fundación Hidalguense para la Atención Rural) |
| FMDR | Mexican Foundation for Rural Development (Fundación Mexicana para el Desarrollo Rural) |
| HD | Hidalgo Development |
| UC | Campesinos’ Union (Unión de Campesinos) |
| UDEC | Union of Catholic Businessmen (Unión de Empresarios Católicos) |
| SENEC | Secretariat for New Experiences in Community Education |
International NGOs
| ICNL | International Center for Not-for-Profit Law |
| SIPAZ | Servicio Internacional para la Paz |
NGO Networks
| CSC | Civil Society Council (Consejo de la Sociedad Civil) |
| MCD | Citizens’ Movement for Democracy (Movimiento Ciudadaño por la Democracía) |
| MSN | Mexico Solidarity Network |
| Red TDPT | “All Rights for Everyone” National Human Rights Network (Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos “Todos los Derechos para Todos”) |
Mexican Political Parties and Affiliates
| PAN | National Action Party (Partido de Acción Nacional) |
| PNR | National Revolutionary Party |
| PRD | Democratic Revolutionary Party (Partido de la Revolución Democrática) |
| PRI | Party of the Institutionalized Revolution (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) |
| CNC | National Confederation of Campesinos National—PRI sectoral organ (Confederación Nacional de Campesinos) |
Mexican Government Entities and Programs
| BANRURAL | Rural Development Bank (Banco de Desarrollo Rural) |
| CONASUPO | National Company for People’s Sustenance (Compañía Nacional de Subsistencias Populares) |
| COPLAMAR | Office of Nacional Plan for Depressed Zones and Marginalized Groups (Coordinadora General de Plan Nacional para las Zonas Deprimidas y Grupos Marginados) |
| DIF | Integral Family Development (Desarrollo Integral de la Familia) |
| IFE | Federal Elections Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral) |
| INEGI | National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía) |
| INE | National Ecological Institute (Instituto Nacional de Ecología) |
| MINSA | Industrialized Maize (Maiz Industrializado, SA) |
| PIDER | Program for Integrated Rural Development (Programa Integral de Desarrollo Rural) |
| PROCAMPO | Program of Direct Rural Support (Programa de Apoyo al Campo) |
| PROCEDE | Program of Certification of Ejidal Rights (Programa de Certificación de Derechos Ejidales y Titulación de Solares Urbanos) |
| PROGRESA | Program for Education, Health, and Nutrition (Programa de Educación, Salud, y Alimentación) |
| PRONASOL | National Solidarity Program (Programa Nacional de Solidaridad) |
| SAM | Mexican Food System (Sistema Alimentario Mexicana) |
| SOMEX | Somex Bank (Banco Mexicano SOMEX) |
US Government Entities
| CCC | Commodity Credit Corporation |
International Treaties
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
International Agencies
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| UNHRC | United Nations Human Rights Council |
Other
| CEB | Christian base community (comunidad eclesiástica de base) |
| ENSO | El Niño–Southern Oscillation |
| EZLN | Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) |
| INGO | international nongovernmental organization |
| ISI | import substitution industrialization |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| SNA | social network analysis |
| SSP | specific social program |
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