| ACS | Agricultural Capital Stock |
| AOI | Agricultural Orientation Index |
| BDT | Bangladesh Taka |
| CFS | Committee on World Food Security |
| CIP | Country Investment Plan |
| CSO | Civil Society Organization |
| DRC | Domestic Resource Cost |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| G8 | Group of Eight |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDS | Gross Domestic Saving |
| GFCF | Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPA | Investment Promotion Agency |
| MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PER | Public Expenditure Reviews |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| PRAI | Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment that Respects Rights |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RRA | Relative Rate of Assistance |
| SME | Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| SOFA | The State of Food and Agriculture |
| SPEED | Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development |
| TFP | Total Factor Productivity |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| VGGT | Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land |
| WDI | World Development Indicator |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
