| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AGA | (FAO) Animal Production and Health Division |
| AGAL | (FAO) Livestock Policy Branch |
| AGAP | (FAO) Animal Production Service |
| AI | Artificial Insemination |
| APO | Asian Productivity Organization |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asia Nations |
| CFC | Common Fund for Commodities |
| CLDD | Community Livestock and Dairy Development |
| DAA | Dairy Asia Association |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN |
| FAPRI | Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute |
| IFCN | International Farm Comparison Network |
| IFI | International Financing Institution |
| IFPRI | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| INGO | International Non Governmental Organization |
| ILRI | International Livestock Research Institute |
| LME | Liquid Milk Equivalent |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| NGO | Non Governmental Organization |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFP | Operation Flood Programme |
| PMT | Project management team |
| RAP | FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
| RFI | Regional Financing Institution |
| SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SDD | Smallholder Dairy Development |
| SME | Small and Medium Scale Enterprise |
| SWOT | Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats |
| TOR | Terms of Reference |
| US$ | United States dollar |
| TCP | (FAO) Technical Cooperation programme |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Educational Fund |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| VCA | Value Chain Analysis |
| WDR | World Development Report |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
