| APO | Associated Professional Officer |
| ALCOM | Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme |
| AGROTEC | Agricultural Operations Technology for Small Holders in Eastern and Southern Africa |
| AGRITEX | Department of Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services, Ministry for Environment and Tourism, Zimbabwe |
| BADC | Belgian Administration for Development Cooperation |
| DNPWM | Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management, Ministry of Natural Resources, Zimbabwe |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| ICLARM | International Centre for Living Aquatic Resource Management |
| NPO | National Project Officer |
| MAGFAD | Malawi-German Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Project |
| MARRP | Manica Agricultural and Rural Reconstruction Programme, Mozambique |
| MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Zambia |
| MOA | Ministry of Agriculture, Lesotho |
| NAC | National Aquaculture Centre, Domasi, Malawi |
| PRODOC | Project Document |
| PPIP | Plant Protection Improvement Programme |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SADCC | Southern African Development Coordination Conference (precursor to SADC) |
| SIDA | Swedish International Development Authority |
| SUAS | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| AIR/LPZ | Aquaculture in Integrated Rural Development Luapula Province, Zambia |
| CAR/MOZ | Carp, Mozambique |
| ENV/GEN | Environment, General |
| EXT/ZAM | Extension, Zambia |
| EXT/MOZ | Extension, Mozambique |
| FAR/EPZ | Field-testing of aquaculture in rural development, Eastern Province, Zambia |
| FAS/SWA | Farming Systems, Swaziland |
| NUT/ZAM | Nutrition, Zambia |
| GCP/INT/436/SWE | The core ALCOM programme, funded by Sweden (October 1986– September 1989) |
| GCP/INT/555/SWE | The core ALCOM programme, funded by Sweden (October 1992– September 1995) |
| GCP/INT/467/NOR | Strengthening the role of fish and fisheries in alleviation of malnutrition (FAO Headquarters based project funded by Norway) and collaborating with ALCOM |
| GCP/RAF/273/JPN | Enhancement of the role of women in inland fisheries/aquaculture development (project funded by Japan) and collaborating with ALCOM |
| GCP/RAF/277/BEL | Utilization of small water bodies for aquaculture and fisheries (ALCOM project funded by Belgium) |
| TCP/RAF/2380 | Support to Aquaculture Training and Extension in Mozambique and Zambia by the FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) |
| REC | Diversification of rural economies |
| REC/URT | Diversification of rural economies, Tanzania |
| SWB/BOT | Small Water Bodies, Botswana |
| SWB/LES | Small Water Bodies, Lesotho |
| SWB/MLW | Small Water Bodies, Malawi |
| SWB/ZAM | Small Water Bodies, Zambia |
| SWB/ZIM | Small Water Bodies, Zimbabwe |
| APO | Associate Professional Officer |
| NPO | National Professional Officer |
| FAO/TCP | Technical Co-operation Programme of the FAO |
| CBM | Community-based management |
| DA | District Administrator (Zimbabwe) |
| RRA | Rapid Rural Appraisal |
