| ADG | Assistant Director-General |
| AG | Agriculture Department (FAO) |
| AGA | Animal Production and Health Division (FAO) |
| AGAH | Animal Health Service (FAO) |
| AGAL | Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch (FAO) |
| AGP | Plant Production and Protection Division (FAO) |
| AGPP | Plant Protection Service (FAO) |
| AGPS | Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service (FAO) |
| ALNAP | Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action |
| APHCA | Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| APO | Associate Professional Officer (FAO) |
| ARTFISH | Approaches, rules and techniques for fisheries statistical monitoring (FAO) |
| ASF | African swine fever |
| BSE | Bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| CAC | Codex Alimentarius Commission |
| CBPP | Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia |
| CFP | Country Focus Programme |
| CFSAM | Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CLCPANO | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Northwest Africa (FAO) |
| CLCPRO | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Western Region (FAO) |
| CR | Central Region |
| CRC | Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (FAO) |
| DFID | Department for International Development (UK) |
| DL | Desert Locust |
| DLCC | Desert Locust Control Committee |
| DLCO-EA | Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa |
| DLIS | Desert Locust Information Service (FAO) |
| DLU | Desert Locust Unit (national) |
| EC | European Community |
| ECA | European Commission on Agriculture |
| ECE | Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECG | Emergency Coordination Group (FAO) |
| ECU | Emergency Coordination Unit |
| ELO | EMPRES Liaison Officer |
| EMPRES | Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases |
| ER | Eastern Region |
| ESC | Commodities and Trade Division (FAO) |
| ESCB | Basic Foodstuffs Service (FAO) |
| ESCG | Global Information and Early Warning Service (FAO) |
| ESDG | Global Perspectives Studies Unit (FAO) |
| ESS | Statistics Division (FAO) |
| ESSA | Statistical Analysis Service (FAO) |
| ESSB | Basic Data Branch (FAO) |
| ESSS | Statistical Development Service (FAO) |
| EUFMD | European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
| EUROSTAT | Statistical Office of the European Communities |
| EWFIS | Early Warning and Food Information System (FAO) |
| FAOR | FAO Representative |
| FAOSTAT | Corporate Database for Substantive Statistical Data (FAO) |
| FIDI | Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Unit (FAO) |
| FIGIS | Fisheries Global Information System (FAO) |
| FISHSTAT | Computer System for Global Fish Catches (FAO) |
| FIVIMS | Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System |
| FMD | Foot-and-mouth disease |
| FONS | Forestry Planning and Statistics Branch (FAO) |
| FORIS | Forestry Information System (FAO) |
| FORM | Forest Resources Development Service (FAO) |
| FSAU | Food Security Assessment Unit |
| GCP | FAO/Government Cooperative Programme |
| GEMP | Good Emergency Management Practices |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GREP | Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme |
| GIEWS | Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture |
| HIPC | Heavily indebted poor countries |
| IASC-WG | Inter-agency Standing Committee Working Group |
| IATF | Inter-Agency Task Force |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFIS | International Food Information Service |
| IGO | Intergovernmental organization |
| ILRI | International Livestock Research Institute |
| INGO | International non-governmental organization |
| IPM | Integrated pest management |
| IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention |
| ISDR | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| ITTO | International Tropical Timber Organization |
| JECFA | Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants |
| JEMRA | Joint Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment |
| JMPR | Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues |
| LIFDC | Low-income, food-deficit country |
| MTP | Medium Term Plan |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| NPD | National Project Director |
| NRI | Natural Resource Institute (UK) |
| OAU-IBAR | Organization of African Unity Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources |
| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| OCLALAV | Organisation commune de lutte antiacridienne et de lutte antiaviaire (Common Organization for the Control of the Desert Locust and Grain-eating Birds) |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OIE | International Office of Epizootics |
| PAAT | Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis |
| PAIA | Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action |
| PAIA-REHAB | Priority Areas for Interdisciplinary Action on Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Preparedness and Post-Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation |
| PATTEC | Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign |
| PBE | Office of Programme, Budget and Evaluation (FAO) |
| PBEE | Evaluation Service (FAO) |
| PPR | Peste des petits ruminants |
| PWB | Programme of Work and Budget (FAO) |
| RADAR | Rapid Agricultural Disaster Assessment Routine |
| RADISCON | Regional Animal Disease and Surveillance Control Network |
| RAMSES | Reconnaissance and Management System of the Environment of Schistocerca (GIS data management and aid to decision-making, developed by NRI in collaboration with FAO) |
| RP | Regular Programme (FAO) |
| RVF | Rift Valley fever |
| SDRN | Environment and Natural Resources Service (FAO) |
| SPFS | Special Programme for Food Security (FAO) |
| SPS | Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
| SSC | South-South Cooperation |
| STDF | Standards and Trade Development Facility |
| TAD | Transboundary animal disease |
| TADInfo | Transboundary Animal Disease Information System |
| TBT | Technical barriers to trade |
| TC | Technical Cooperation Department (FAO) |
| TCA | Policy Assistance Division (FAO) |
| TCAS | Agricultural Policy Support Service (FAO) |
| TCE | Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (FAO) |
| TCER | Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Policies Unit (FAO) |
| TCI | Investment Centre Division (FAO) |
| TCOR | Special Relief Operations Service (FAO) |
| TCP | Technical Cooperation Programme (FAO) |
| TCPs | Technical cooperation projects |
| TF | Trust Fund |
| UEMOA | West African Economic and Monetary Union |
| UNCAP | United Nations Consolidated Appeals Process |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNHCR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| UTF | Unilateral Trust Fund |
| WAICENT | World Agricultural Information Centre (FAO) |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WFS | World Food Summit |
| WGPR | Working Group on Parasite Resistance |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WR | Western Region |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |