| ADLI | Agricultural Development Led Industrialisation |
| AGP | Agricultural Growth Programme |
| ATA | Agricultural Transformation Agency |
| BoARD | Bureau of Agriculture & Rural Development |
| BoFED | Bureau of Finance and Economic Development |
| CAADP | Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme |
| CRGE | Climate Resilient Green Economy |
| CSA | Central Statistics Agency |
| CSOs | Civil Society Organisations |
| EPDRF | Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| ETB | Ethiopian Birr |
| FSCB | Federal Food Security and Coordination Bureau |
| GoE | Government of Ethiopia |
| GoR | Government of Rwanda |
| GTP | Growth and Transformation Plan |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| LMSM | Large and Medium Scale Manufacturing |
| MFI | Micro Finance Institutions |
| MoA | Ministry of Agriculture |
| MoLSA | Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
| MoUDC | Ministry of Urban Development and Construction |
| MPI | Multidimensional Poverty Index |
| MSE | Medium and Small Enterprises |
| NRPD | New Rural Development Paradigm |
| NSPP | National Social Protection Policy |
| NSPS | National Social Policy Strategy |
| NUDP | National Urban Development Plan |
| NUSP | National Urban Spatial Plan |
| PASDEP | Plan for Accelerated and Sustainable Development to End Poverty |
| PSI | Policy Studies Institute |
| PSNP | Productive Safety Net Programme |
| RDPS | Rural Development Policy and Strategies |
| RJOCS | Rural Job Opportunity Creation Strategy |
| RPSNP | Rural Productive Safety Net Programme |
| RSDP | Road Sector Development Program |
| SDPRP | Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme |
| SHC | Small-holder cooperatives |
| SLMP | Sustainable Land Management Programme |
| SNNPR | Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region |
| TVET | Technical, Vocational Education Training |
| UPSNP | Urban Productive Safety Net Programme |
| URRAP | Universal Rural Road Access Program |
| WoARD | Woreda Office of Agriculture and Rural Development |
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