| AEDP | Alternative Energy Development Plan |
| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Area |
| AFOLU | Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use |
| ASF | African Swine Fever |
| B30 | Alternative diesel fuel consisting of regular petroleum diesel (70%) blended with biodiesel (30%) |
| B35 | Alternative diesel fuel consisting of regular petroleum diesel (65%) blended with biodiesel (35%) |
| B40 | Alternative diesel fuel consisting of regular petroleum diesel (60%) blended with biodiesel (40%) |
| bln | Billion |
| bln L | Billion litres |
| bln t | Billion metric tonnes |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy (European Union) |
| CIF | Cost, insurance and freight |
| CMIA | Cotton Made in Africa |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPO | Crude Palm Oil |
| CPTPP | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| CV | Coefficient of variation |
| Cwe | Carcass weight equivalent |
| DDGs | Dried Distiller’s Grains |
| dw | Dry weight |
| E10 | Fuel mixture composed of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline |
| E15 | Fuel mixture composed of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline |
| E20 | Fuel mixture composed of 20% ethanol and 80% gasoline |
| EJ | Exajoule |
| El Niño | Climatic condition associated with the temperature of major sea currents |
| EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERS | Economic Research Service of the US Department for Agriculture |
| ERT | Emission reduction technologies |
| ESPR | Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation |
| est | Estimate |
| EVFTA | EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement |
| EVs | Electric Vehicles |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FBS | Food Balance Sheet |
| FCR | Feed conversion ratios |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FLW | Food loss and waste |
| FMD | Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
| FRP | Fair and Remunerative Prices |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| g | Grams |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GE | Genetically Engineered |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GLOBIOM | Global Biosphere Management Model |
| GMO | Genetically modified organism |
| GSP | Generalized System of Preferences |
| GtCO2-eq | Giga tons of CO2 equivalents |
| ha | Hectares |
| HDB | Healthy Diet Basket |
| HFCS | High Fructose Corn Syrup |
| HIH | Hand-in-Hand Initiative |
| HPAI | Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza |
| HQCF | High Quality Cassava Flour |
| HVO | Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil |
| ICACIDF | International Cotton Advisory Committee International Dairy Federation |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IIASA | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| ILUC | Indirect Land Use Change |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISMA | Indian Sugar Mills Association |
| ISO | International Sugar Organization |
| kcal | Thousand calories |
| kg | Kilogramme |
| kha | Thousand hectares |
| kt | Thousand metric tonnes |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| lb | Pound (weight) |
| LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
| LULUCF | Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
| MACCs | Marginal abatement cost curves |
| MBM | Meat and Bone Meal |
| MDER | Minimum Dietary Energy Requirement |
| MERCOSUR | Mercado Común del Sur / Common Market of South America |
| Mha | Million hectares |
| MMFs | Man-made fibres |
| Mn | Million |
| Mn L | Million litres |
| MPS | Market Price Support |
| Mt | Million metric tonnes |
| Mt CO2-eq | Million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent |
| NENA | Near East and North Africa |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| p.a. | Per annum |
| PCE | Private Consumption Expenditure |
| PEF | Product Environmental Footprint |
| PoU | Prevalence of Undernourishment |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| PSA | Partial Stochastic Analysis |
| PSERCS | Producer Support Estimate Regenerative Cotton Standard |
| RED | Renewable Energy Directive (European Union) |
| RFS / RFS2 | Renewable Fuels Standard in the United States, part of the Energy Policy Act |
| rtc | Ready to cook |
| rwe | Edible retail weight equivalent |
| SAF | Sustainable aviation fuel |
| SCC | Sugarcane Complex |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SMP | Skim Milk Powder |
| SPS | Sanitary and Phyto sanitary measures (WTO agreement) |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| SSB | Sugar-Sweetened Beverage |
| t | Metric tonnes |
| t/ha | Metric tonnes/hectare |
| TFP | Total Factor Productivity |
| tq | Tel quel basis (sugar) |
| TRQ | Tariff Rate Quota |
| TR4 | Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4 |
| UCO | Used Cooking Oil |
| UN | The United Nations |
| US | United States |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| USMCA | United States—Canada—Mexico Agreement |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WLF | Waste oils and fat |
| WMP | Whole Milk Powder |
| WOAH | World Organization for Animal Health (previously OIE) |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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