AAIN - African Agribusiness Incubation Network
ACIAR - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
AfDB - African Development Bank
AgTech - Agricultural technology
APTECA - Aflatoxin Proficiency Testing and Control in Africa, Asia, Americas and Europe
ASERECA - Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
AST - Advanced Science Training
A-TEAM - African Trainers Embracing the AWARD Mission
AU - African Union
AWARD - African Women in Agricultural Research and Development
AWSEM - African Women in Science Empowerment Model
BMGF - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CAADP - Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
CORAF/WECARD - West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development
CSIR - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSO - Civil society organization
CTA - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
EIAR - Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FARA - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
FTE - Full-time equivalents
FUNABB - Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
GAIA - Gender in Agribusiness Investments for Africa
GCARD - Global Conference on Agricultural Research and Development
GDP - Gross domestic product
GFAR - Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation
GRARD - Gender-Responsive Agricultural Research and Development
GREAT - Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation
HLPE - High Level Panel of Experts (FAO)
JIC - John Innes Centre
IARC - International agricultural research centers
ICBA - International Center for Biosaline Agriculture
ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IFC - International Finance Corporation
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
LEPARD - Leadership Program for Agricultural Research and Development
LUANAR - Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
M&E - Monitoring and evaluation
MEL - Monitoring, evaluation and learning
MIS - Management information system
MOW - Mentoring orientation workshop
NARO - National Agricultural Research Organization
NARS - National agricultural research system
NGO - Non-governmental organization
NM-AIST - Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
PRM - Purpose road map
R&D - Research and development
RUFORUM - Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture
SDG - Sustainable development goal
SRO - Sub-regional organization
SSA - Sub-Saharan Africa
SUA - Sokoine University of Agriculture
TARI - Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute
ToC - Theory of change
ToT - Training of trainers
TWAS - The World Academy of Sciences
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USAID - United States Agency for International Development
WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
ZaSCI - Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative