| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Area |
| BACI | Base pour l’Analyse du Commerce International |
| CILSS | Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel |
| EAC | East African Community |
| EATM | ECOWAS Agriculture Trade and Market |
| ECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECOTIS | ECOWAS Trade Information System |
| ECOWAP | Economic Community of West Africa Agricultural Policy |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| ECO-ICBT | ECOWAS-Informal Cross-Border Trade project |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FBS | Food balance sheet |
| FCFA | Franc CFA |
| FSRP | Food Systems Resilience Programme |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| HHI | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index |
| HS | Harmonized Commodity Description and Codification System |
| INFOODS | International Network of Food Data Systems |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| NTB | Non-tariff barrier |
| NTM | Non-tariff measure |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| TOAM | Trade Obstacles Alert Mechanism |
| UEMOA | West African Economic and Monetary Union |
| USD | United States dollar |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| WACTAF | West African Association for Cross-Border Trade, in Agro-forestry-pastoral and Fisheries Products |
Intra‑regional Food Trade in West Africa
New Evidence, New Perspectives
