| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Area |
| AFOLU | Agriculture, forestry and other land use |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ASF | African swine fever |
| 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%) |
| BBNJ | Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction |
| 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 |
| DDG | Dried distiller’s grains |
| dw | Dry weight |
| E20 | Fuel mixture composed of 20% ethanol and 80% gasoline |
| EJ | Exajoule |
| ENSO | El Niño-Southern Oscillation |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (United States) |
| ERS | Economic Research Service of the United States Department for Agriculture |
| EU | European Union |
| 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 ratio |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FLW | Food loss and waste |
| FMD | Foot-and-mouth disease |
| FOB | Free on board |
| FTA | Free trade agreement |
| g | Gramme |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GLOBIOM | Global Biosphere Management Model |
| GMO | Genetically modified organism |
| GSP | Generalized System of Preferences |
| GtCO2-eq | Giga tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent |
| ha | Hectare |
| HFCS | High fructose corn syrup |
| HPAI | Highly pathogenic avian influenza |
| ICAC | International Cotton Advisory Committee |
| IDF | 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 |
| 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) |
| LDC | Least developed countries |
| LULUCF | Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry |
| lwe | Live weight equivalent |
| MBM | Meat and Bone Meal |
| MDER | Minimum Dietary Energy Requirement |
| Mercosur | Mercado Común del Sur/Common Market of South America |
| Mha | Million hectares |
| Mn | Million |
| Mn L | Million litres |
| MPS | Market price support |
| Mt | Million metric tonnes |
| Mt CO2-eq | Million tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent |
| NENA | Near East and North Africa |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NWS | New World screwworm |
| 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 |
| PSE | Producer Support Estimate |
| RCS | 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 |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SIT | Sterile insect technique |
| SMP | Skimmed milk powder |
| SPS | Sanitary and phyto sanitary measures (WTO agreement) |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| SSB | Sugar-sweetened beverage |
| t | Metric tonne |
| t/ha | Metric tonne/hectare |
| tq | Tel quel basis |
| TRQ | Tariff rate quota |
| TR4 | Banana Fusarium Wilt Tropical Race 4 disease |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WMP | Whole milk powder |
| WOAH | World Organisation for Animal Health (previously OIE) |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
OECD‑FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026‑2035
