Acronyms

1MD5R - One Must Do, Five Reductions

AADGG - Asian and African Dairy Genetic Gains

ACIAR - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

AE - Agri-Entrepreneur

AGRF - African Food Systems Forum

AI - Artificial intelligence

AWARD - African Women in Agricultural Research and Development

AWD - Alternate Wetting and Drying

A4IP - AgriTech 4 Impact

BMZ - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)

CABI - Commonwealth Agriculture Bureau International

CBBP - Community-based breeding program

CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity

CBE - Circular Bioeconomy

CBEIHub - Circular Bioeconomy Innovation Hub

CBFM - Community-based fisheries management

CBO - Community-based organization

CBRM - Community-Based Resource Management

CFS - UN Committee on Food Security

CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

CIP - International Potato Center

CIS - Climate information services

COP - Conference of the Parties

DI - Development Initiatives

DUCT - Duzi-uMngeni Conservation Trust

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

GBF - Global Biodiversity Framework

GEF - Global Environment Facility

GFAR - Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

GIFT - Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia

GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GHG - Greenhouse gas

HEAL - Humans, Environment, Animals, and Livelihoods

IAES - CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

IDOS - Institute of Development and Sustainability

IEA - International Energy Agency

IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute

IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILO - International Labour Organization

ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute

INGO - International non-governmental organization

IPBES - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRENA - International Renewable Energy Agency

IRRI - International Rice Research Institute

ISDC - Independent Science for Development Council

IWMI - International Water Management Institute

I-Youth - Innovation in Youth

LFSA - Landscape Fertilizer Advisory Service

LFSA - Landscape Fertilizer Advisory Service

LIMCOM - Limpopo Water Commission

LMICs - Low- and middle-income countries

LSE - The London School of Economics and Political Science

LSFA - Landscape-Specific Fertilizer Advisory

LTAC - Local Technical Agroclimatic Committee

MEL - Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

MFI - Money Flow Index

MFMR - Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources

MRV - Monitoring, reporting, and verification

MTI - Markets, trade, and institutions

NAAS - National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

NARES - National agricultural research and extension services

NARS - National agricultural research systems

NBSAP - National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan

NDC - Nationally Determined Contribution

NITI - Aayog National Institution for Transforming India Aayog

NGO - Non-governmental organization

OHU - One Health Unit

PABRA - Pan-African Bean Research Alliance

PAC - Policy Advisory Council

RCC - Risk contingent credit

SDG - Sustainable Development Goal

SIS - Soil Information System

SMEs - Small- and medium-sized enterprises

SPIA - Standing Panel on Impact Assessment

SUN - Scaling Up Nutrition

TAAT - Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation

TAP5 - Tropically Adapted Potato Varieties

TC - Tissue Culture

UN - United Nations

UNCFS - United Nations Committee on World Food Security

UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNDESA - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

UNEP - United Nations Environment Program

UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFSS - United Nations Food Systems Summit

UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund

USD - United States dollar

VSF - Suisse Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Suisse

WEAgov - Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance

WEF - World Economic Forum

WFP - World Food Program

WHO - World Health Organization

WHH - Welthungerhilfe

WiB - Women in Business

WOAH - World Organisation for Animal Health

YPARD - Young Professionals for Agricultural Development