ADB

Asian Development Bank

AfDB

African Development Bank

ARD

Agricultural Research for Development

AusAID

Australian Agency for International Development

CAADP

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme

CBO

Community-based organization

CBA

Cost-benefit analysis

CIF

Climate Investment Fund

COSOP

Country Strategic Opportunities Programme

COSTAB

name of the Software for projects costing

CPI

Consumer price index

CSA

Climate-smart agriculture

DFID

Department for International Development

EC

European Commission

EA

Economic Analysis

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EMP

Environmental Management Plan

EPIC

Economics and Policy Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture

ESA

Environmental and Social Assessment

EU

European Union

FA

Financial Analysis

FAFS

Framework for African Food Security

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FEA

Financial and Economic Analysis

FLG

Functional literacy group

FTD

Farmer training demonstration

GDP

Gross domestic product

GEF

Global Environmental Facility

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GIZ

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

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hectare

IADB

Inter-american Development Bank

ICR

Implementation Completion Report

IDA

International Development Association

IDB

Islamic Development Bank

IE

Impact Evaluation

IEG

Independent Evaluation Group

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IFI

International financial institutions

ILP

Investment Learning Platform

IRR

Internal rate of return

JP

Joint Programmes

KIT

Royal Tropical Institute (The Netherlands)

LFA

Logical framework approach

MAFFS

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (Sierra Leone)

M&E

Monitoring and Evaluation

ME&L

Monitoring, evaluation and learning

MDG

Millenium Development Goal

MIS

Management information system

MoA

Ministry of Agriculture

MoF

Ministry of Finance

MTEF

Medium-Term Expenditure Framework

MTR

Mid-term Review

NAFSIP

National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan

NAIP

National Agriculture Investment Plan

NBF

Non-bank financed

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NPV

Net present value

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OEKC

Office of Knowledge and Capacity for Development

OPCS

Operations Policy and Country Services Division

ORAF

Operational Risk Assessment Framework

PIM

Project Implementation Manual

PIP

Public Investment Programme

PIU

Project Implementation Unit

PM&E

Participatory monitoring and evaluation

PPA

Participatory Poverty Assessment

PPT

Power Point

PRA

Participatory rural appraisal

PSIA

Poverty and Social Impact Analysis

RBM

Results-based management

RF

Result framework

RIMS

Results and impact management system

RRA

Rapid rural appraisal

SEA

Strategic Environmental Assessment

SMART

Specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound

SME

Small and medium enterprise

SOAS

School of Oriental and African Studies

SOFA

State of Food and Agriculture

SPS

Safeguard Policy Statement

SUN

Scaling Up Nutrition

SWAps

Sector-wide approaches

TCI

The Investment Centre Division

ToR

Terms of reference

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEG

United Nations Evaluation Group

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

US$

United States dollars

VC

Value chain

VOC

Vehicle operating cost

WB

World Bank

WUA

Water users association