April 2025
Acronyms
A – I
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
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
J – Z
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
