| ACP | African Caribbean and Pacific countries |
| AI | Avian Influenza |
| AEU | Additional ethanol use |
| AMIS | Agricultural Market Information System |
| AMR | Antimicrobial resistance |
| ARC | Agricultural Risk Coverage (US Farm Bill Instrument) |
| ASF | African Swine Fever |
| bln | Billion |
| bln L | Billion litres |
| BRIC | Emerging economies of Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China |
| BRICS | Emerging economies of Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa |
| BRIICS | Emerging economies of Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa |
| bln t | Billion tonnes |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy (European Union) |
| CFP | Common Fisheries Policy (European Union) |
| CETA | Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement |
| ChAFTA | China-Australia Free Trade Agreement |
| CIF | Cost, insurance and freight |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPIF | Consumer Price Index for Food |
| CPTPP | Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| CRP | Conservation Reserve Program (United States) |
| cts/lb | Cents per pound |
| CVD | Countervailing duty |
| c.w.e. | Carcass weight equivalent |
| DDGs | Dried Distiller’s Grains |
| dw | Dry weight |
| dwt | Dressed weight |
| EBA | Everything-But-Arms Initiative (European Union) |
| EISA | Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United States) |
| El Niño | Climatic condition associated with the temperature of major sea currents |
| EMEs | Emerging Market Economies |
| EPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPAs | Economic Partnership Agreements |
| ERS | Economic Research Service of the US Department for Agriculture |
| ESCWA | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| est | Estimate |
| EU | European Union |
| EU15 | Fifteen member states that joined the European Union before 2004 |
| EU28 | Twenty eight member states of the European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDP | Fresh dairy products |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FFV | Flex-fuel Vehicles |
| FOB | Free on board (export price) |
| FMD | Foot and Mouth Disease |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| G-20 | Group of 20 important developed and developing economies (see Glossary) |
| GCC | Gulf Co-operation Council |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GDPD | Gross domestic product deflator |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GIEWS | Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture |
| GM | Genetically modified |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| ha | Hectares |
| HFCS | High fructose corn syrup |
| hl | Hectolitre |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFA | International Fertilizer Association |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IGC | International Grains Council |
| ILUC | Indirect Land Use Change |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IUU | Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing) |
| kg | Kilogrammes |
| kha | Thousand hectares |
| kt | Thousand tonnes |
| La Niña | Climatic condition part of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (see Glossary) |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| lb | Pound (weight) |
| LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
| LED | Light-emitting diode |
| lw | Live weight |
| MBM | Meat and bone meal |
| MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MERCOSUR | Mercado Común del Sur / Common Market of South America |
| MFA | Multi-fibre Arrangement |
| Mha | Million hectares |
| Mn | Million |
| Mn L | Million litres |
| MPS | Market Price Support |
| Mt | Million tonnes |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NCDs | Non-communicable diseases |
| NRA | Nominal rate of assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OIE | World Organisation for Animal Health |
| OLS | Ordinary Least Squares |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| p.a. | Per annum |
| PCE | Private consumption expenditure |
| PEDv | Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus |
| PLC | Price Loss Coverage (US Farm Bill instrument) |
| PoU | Prevalence of Undernourishment |
| PPI | Producer Price Index |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PSE | Producer Support Estimate |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RED | Renewable Energy Directive in the European Union |
| RFS / RFS2 | Renewable Fuels Standard in the United States, part of the Energy Policy Act |
| RIN | Renewable Identification Numbers prices |
| rse | Raw sugar equivalent |
| RTA | Regional Trade Agreements |
| r.t.c. | Ready to cook |
| r.w.e. | Retail weight equivalent |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SFP | Single Farm Payment (European Union) |
| SMP | Skim milk powder |
| SPS | Single payment scheme (European Union) |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| SSR | Self-sufficiency Ratio |
| t | Tonnes |
| t/ha | Tonnes/hectare |
| TFP | Total Factor Productivity |
| TPP | Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| tq | Tel quel basis (sugar) |
| TRQ | Tariff rate quota |
| UN | The United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| URAA | Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture |
| US | United States |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| VIFEP | Vietnam Institute of Fisheries and Economic Planning |
| WB | World Bank |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WITS | World Integrated Trade Solution |
| WMP | Whole milk powder |
| wse | White sugar equivalent |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2018-2027
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook
