| ADM | Agricultural Disaster Management |
| ADPC | Asian Disaster Preparedness Center |
| B. Aman | Broadcast Aman |
| B. Aus | Broadcast Aus |
| BADC | Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation |
| BBS | Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |
| BDNAPA | Bangladesh National Adaptation Programmes of Action |
| BMD | Bangladesh Meteorological Department |
| BMDA | Barind Multipurpose Development Authority |
| BWDB | Bangladesh Water Development Board |
| CBO | Community Based Organization |
| CDMP | Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme |
| CEGIS | Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (earlier EGIS-II) |
| CFAB | Climate Forecast Application in Bangladesh |
| cm | Centimeter |
| DAE | Department of Agricultural Extension |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
| DMB | Disaster Management Bureau |
| DoF | Department of Fisheries |
| DPHE | Department of Public Health Engineering |
| DRAS | Drought Assessment Framework |
| EGIS | Environment and GIS Support Project for Water Sector Planning (now CEGIS) |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FAP | Flood Action Plan |
| FFWC | Flood Forecasting and Warning Center |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| ha | Hectare |
| IRS | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite |
| ISPAN | Irrigation Support Project for Asia and the Near East |
| ITDG | Intermediate Technology Development Group |
| LANDSAT | Land Satellite |
| LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
| LGED | Local Government Engineering Department |
| LMP | Livelihood Monitoring Project (a CARE project) |
| LTC | Lead Technical Consultant |
| LTU | Lead Technical Unit |
| MDMR | Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (now MoFDM) |
| MoA | Ministry of Agriculture |
| MOEF | Ministry of Environment and Forests |
| MoFDM | Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (earlier MDMR) |
| MoWR | Ministry of Water Resources |
| MPO | Master Plan Organization |
| NAPA | National Adaptation Programmes of Action |
| NCA | Net Cultivable Area |
| NCM | National Subcomponent Manager |
| NDMC | National Disaster Management Council |
| NGO | Non Government Organizations |
| NIR | Net Irrigation Requirement |
| NMIC | National Minor Irrigation Census |
| NPD | National Project Director |
| NWMPP | National Water Management Plan Project |
| NWRD | National Water Recourses Database |
| REB | Rural Electrical Board |
| RVCC | Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change (A CARE-SIDA project) |
| SAAO | Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer (earlier called Block Supervisor) |
| SLF | Sustainable Livelihoods Framework |
| SOD | Standing Orders on Disaster |
| SRDI | Soil Research Development Institute |
| SSDP | Support to the Strengthening of Disaster Preparedness in Agricultural Sector |
| T-Aman | Transplanted Aman |
| TAR | Third Assessment Report |
| TNO | Thana Nirbahi Officer |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UP | Union Parishad |
| WARPO | Water Resources Planning Organization |
