| AFAAS | African Forum of Agricultural Advisory Services |
| AIS | Agricultural Innovation Systems |
| AOTR | Agreement Officer’s Technical Representative |
| ATMA | Agricultural Technology Management Agency |
| BTT | Block Technology Team |
| CAADP | Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme |
| CASC | Commercial Agricultural Service Center |
| CATIE | Tropical Agriculture and Higher Education Centre |
| CIRAD | Agricultural Research for Development |
| Cornell | Cornell University |
| CP | Cultural Practice |
| CRISP | Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy |
| CRS | Catholic Relief Services |
| CSO | Civil Society Organizations |
| DAAS | Danish Agricultural Advisory Service |
| DOA | Department of Agriculture |
| EU | European Union |
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| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FBO | Farmer-Based Organizations |
| FC | Facilitation circle |
| FFS | Farmer Field schools |
| FSC | Farmer study circles |
| FSE | Fee-for-Service Extension |
| GCARD | Global Conference on Agricultural Research and Development |
| GFRAS | Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services |
| HIV/AIDS | Human immunodeficiency virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| HRD | Human Resource Development |
| HVC | High-Value Crops |
| ICAR | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
| ICTs | Information and Communication Technologies |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| ILLINOIS | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| IRD | Integrated Rural Development |
| LOE | Level of Effort |
| MAFF | Management Advice for Family Farms |
| MANAGE | National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management in India |
| MDE | Market-Driven Extension |
| MEAS | Modernizing Extension and Advisory Systems |
| MOA | Ministry of Agriculture |
| MSU | Michigan State University |
| NARS | National Agricultural Research System |
| NATP | National Agricultural Technology Project |
| NCAT | North Carolina A&T University |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organizations |
| NRI | Natural Resources Institute |
| NRM | Natural Resource Management |
| NUCAFE | Uganda Coffee Association |
| PAS | Private Advisory Services |
| PPPs | Public Private Partnerships |
| PRA | Participatory Rural Appraisal |
| PRM | Participatory Farm Management |
| REDD+ | Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Forest Carbon Stocks in developing countries |
| RKN | Rural Knowledge Network |
| SAA | Sasakawa Africa Association |
| SAFE | Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education |
| SCD | Social Capital Development |
| SFC | Staple Food Crops |
| SHG | Self-Help Groups |
| SREP | Strategic Research and Extension Plan |
| T&V | Training and Visit Extension |
| UC Davis | University of California at Davis |
| UF | University of Florida |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| VERCON | Virtual Extension and Research Communication Network |
| VEWs | Village extension workers |
| WI | Winrock International |
