| Acronym | Full Name |
| ACDI/VOCA | Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance |
| AFSR | Africare Food Security Review |
| ARC | American Red Cross |
| AVV | Volta Valley Authority |
| BIC | Buursink International Consultants |
| CARE | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere |
| CNFA | Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture |
| CRS | Catholic Relief Services |
| CSRL | Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods |
| DAI | Development Alternatives International |
| DEC | Directorate of Environmental and Social Assessment |
| DEES | Development Alternatives International |
| 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) |
| FtF | Feed the Future (USAID) |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| HKI | Helen Keller International |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| IBTCI | International Business and Technical Consultants, Inc. |
| 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 |
| ISU | Iowa State University |
| LWR | Lutheran World Relief |
| M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
| MCA/BF | Millennium Challenge Account/Burkina Faso |
| MCC | Millennium Challenge Corporation |
| METSS | Monitoring, Evaluation and Technical Support Services Project |
| MSI | Management Systems International |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| 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 |
| SI | Social Impact |
| SECID | Southeast Consortium for International Development |
| TANGO | Technical Assistance to NGOs International |
| TMG | The Mitchell Group |
| TRD | Tropical Research and Development |
| TOPS | Technical Operational and Program Support (TOPS) Program |
| 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 |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| VEDCO | Volunteer Efforts For Development Concerns |
| WB | World Bank |
| WID | Women in Development |