Abbreviations

AAF-SME AATIF ABP ACE ACP AECID AFC AFD AfDB AFSF AGSMEIS ATAF AU BDS BMZ CAF CARDI CDDCs CFC CFGBV COMIFAC COVID CSAF CRIG DIB DRC DTF EAFCA EC EcoE II ECOSOC ECOWAS EDB EFTA EIB ESG EU EUCORD FACTS FANEI FAO FDI FMO Africa Agriculture SME Fund Africa Agriculture Trade and Investment Fund Anchor Borrowers Program Agricultural Commodity Exchange African, Caribbean and Pacific Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation Agronomika Finance Corporation Agence Française de Développement African Development Bank Africa Food Security Fund Agri-Business Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme Moringa Agroforestry Technical Assistance Fund African Union Business Development Services German Ministry for Development Cooperation and Economic Development Latin American Development Bank Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute Commodity Dependent Developing Countries Common Fund for Commodities Community Forest Group BV Central African Forests Commission Coronavirus Disease Council on Smallholder Agricultural Finance: Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana Development Impact Bond Democratic Republic of Congo Dutch Trust Fund African Fine Coffee Association European Commission EcoEnterprises Partners II L.P. United Nations Economic and Social Council Economic Community of West African States Sri Lanka Export Development Board Equity For Tanzania Ltd. European Investment Bank Environmental, Social and Governance European Union European Development Co-operative Financial Access Commerce and Trade Services First Account Net Earnings Initiative Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Foreign Direct Investment The Netherlands Entrepreneurial Development Bank

FSC FSP FTESA GAIN GI GIIN GIZ IADB IAG ICAC ICBR ICBs ICCO ICO IFAD IFC IFDC IJSG ILO INBAR INFOFISH IOOC ISO ITTO IZA KIT LA LDC LLDC’s MD MDG MEDF MMA NEI NGO NMB OFID PPP SDG SIF SMEs SSA SSF TA TAF TAHA UNCTAD UNDP UNECA UNIDO UN-OHRLLS

VECO VPoA WHO Forest Stewardship Council Financial Service Provider Food Trade East and Southern Africa Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Geographical Indication Global Impact Investing Network Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Interamerican Development Bank Inter-Agency Working Group International Cotton Advisory Committee International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan International Commodity Bodies International Cocoa Organization International Coffee Organization International Fund for Agricultural Development International Finance Corporation International Fertilizer Development Center International Jute Study Group International Labour Organisation International Bamboo and Rattan Organization Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in Asia and Pacific International Olive Oil Council International Sugar Organization International Tropical Timber Organization International Zinc Association Royal Tropical Institute Loan Agreement Least Developed Country Land Locked Developing Countries Managing Director Millennium Development Goal Malawi Enterprise Development Fund MatchMaker Associates Natural Extracts Industries Limited Non-Governmental Organization National Microfinance Bank OPEC Fund for International Development Public Private Partnership Sustainable Development Goal SME Impact Fund Small and medium sized enterprises Sub Saharan Africa Schmidt Family Foundation Technical Assistance Technical Assistance Facility Tanzania Horticultural Association United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Programme UN Economic Commission for Africa United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Vredeseilanden Country Office Vienna Programme of Action World Health Organization

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