AIartificial intelligence
AMSautomatic milking system
APNIAfrican Plant Nutrition Institute
AUCAfrican Union Commission
CAASChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CEAcontrolled environment agriculture
CIMMYTInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
COVID-19coronavirus disease 2019
CSAMCentre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization
CTATechnical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
DPGADigital Public Goods Alliance
EDRIEthiopian Development Research Institute
EIDelectronic identification
ESCAPEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
FAOFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GHGgreenhouse gas
GISgeographic information system
GIZGerman Agency for International Cooperation
GNSSglobal navigation satellite system
GPSglobal positioning system
GSMAGlobal System for Mobile Communications
GSSgeneral services support
hahectare
ICARDAInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
IFADInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
IFCInternational Finance Corporation
IFPRIInternational Food Policy Research Institute
ILOInternational Labour Organization
IoTinternet of things
ISPAInternational Society of Precision Agriculture
ITinformation technology
ITUInternational Telecommunication Union
IVRinteractive voice response
LSMSLiving Standards Measurement Study
LSMS-ISALiving Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture
R&Dresearch and development
RuLISRural Livelihoods Information System
SDGsSustainable Development Goals
SMSshort message service
UASuncrewed aerial system (historically referred to as unmanned aerial system)
UAVuncrewed aerial vehicle (historically referred to as unmanned aerial vehicle)
UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund
USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
USSDunstructured supplementary service data
VRTvariable rate technology
WFPWorld Food Programme
WHOWorld Health Organization
