| Acronym | Full Name |
| ACDI/VOCA | Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance |
| ACSD | Associated Consultants for Sustainable Development |
| AFSR | Africare Food Security Review |
| AEG | Accelerated Economic Growth |
| ARC | American Red Cross |
| ASSESS | Analytical Support Services and Evaluations for Sstainable Systems in Agriculture, Environment and Trade |
| AVV | Volta Valley Authority |
| BIC | Buursink International Consultants |
| BIRD | Bureau of Integrated Rural Development |
| CAR | Country Assistance Review |
| CARE | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere |
| CNFA | Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture |
| CRS | Catholic Relief Services |
| CSIR-SARI | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Savanna Agricultural Research Institute |
| CSO | Civil Society Organization |
| CSRL | Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods |
| CSP | Community Stabilization Proect |
| DAI | Development Alternatives International |
| DEC | Directorate of Environmental and Social Assessment |
| DEES | Development Alternatives International |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| ESA | Environmental and Social Assessment |
| FAM | Food Aid Management Consortium |
| FANTA | Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FFP | Food for Peace (USAID) |
| FCMCBP | Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Project |
| FSCCI | Food Security Community Capacity Index |
| FSPCI | Food Security Program Capacity Index |
| FtF | Feed the Future (USAID) |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GCAD | The Fund Georgian Center for Agribusiness Development |
| HKI | Helen Keller International |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| IBTCI | International Business and Technical Consultants, Inc. |
| ICB | Institutional Capacity Building Grant |
| IGAD | Inter-government Authority for Development |
| INTSORMIL | International Sorghum and Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) |
| IDA | Institute for Development Anthropology |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IPTT | Indicator Performance Tracking Table |
| IRD | International Relief and Development |
| IRG | International Resources Group |
| ISA | Institutional Support Assistance Grant |
| ISU | Iowa State University |
| KNUST-BIRD | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology/Bureau of Integrated Rural Development |
| LCapS | Local Capacity Assessments and Supports Activity |
| LCS | Local Capacity Strengthening |
| LWR | Lutheran World Relief |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MAHFP | Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning |
| MCA/BF | Millennium Challenge  Account/Burkina Faso |
| MCC | Millennium Challenge Corporation |
| MEAL | Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning |
| METSS | Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Services Project |
| MSI | Management Systems International |
| NEAP | National Action Plan for the Environment |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NRM | Natural Resource Management |
| OCAT | Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool |
| OCP | Onchocerciasis Control Programme |
| OICI | Opportunities Industrialization Centers International |
| OP | Operational Policy |
| OTA | Office of Technology Assessment |
| PARTS | Policy, Analysis, Research, and Technical Support Project |
| PEEL | Program Evaluation for Effectiveness and Learning |
| PMEP | Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan |
| PMMP | Performance Monitoring and Management Plan |
| PM2A | Preventing Malnutrition in Children under 2 Approach |
| RAO | Resettlement Action Plan |
| REGIS-AG | Resilience and Economic Growth in the Sahel – Accelerated Growth |
| SI | Social Impact |
| SECID | Southeast Consortium for International Development |
| SVC | Strengthening Value Chains Projects |
| TANGO | Technical Assistance to NGOs International |
| TBD | To be Determined |
| TMG | The Mitchell Group |
| TOT | Training of Trainers |
| TRD | Tropical Research and Development |
| TOPS | Technical Operational and Program Support (TOPS) Program |
| UCC | University of Cape Coast |
| UF | University of Florida |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UK | University of Kentucky |
| UNSO | United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Organization |
| USDA/FAS | United States Department of Agriculture/Foreign Agricultural Service |
| USG | United States Government |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| VEDCO | Volunteer Efforts For Development Concerns |
| WB | World Bank |
| WID | Women in Development |