FOUND IN MAIN REPORT AND ANNEXES
| AFVP | Association française des volontaires du progrès (a French voluntary organization, working with ANPIP in Niger) |
| ANPIP-1 | Association Nationale pour la Promotion de l'Irrigation Privée (a non-profit-making association in Niger to promote private irrigation) |
| ANPIP-2 | Agence Nigérienne pour la Promotion de l'Irrigation Privée (executing agency of the association) (both operating under PPIP in Niger and closely related to each other; in this report and its literature sources it is generally the ‘Agence' that is meant) |
| ARC | Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa |
| ARID | Association régionale pour l'irrigation et le drainage en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre |
| CIM | Composante Irrigation Mécanisée (a component of PPIP in Niger |
| CORAF/WECARD | Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles/West and Central African Council for Research and Development (information can be found on http://www.coraf.org/secretariat/docmts/index.html) |
| CPEC | Caisses populaires d'épargne et de crédit (savings and credit) |
| DFID | Department of International Development (UK) |
| EW/EWW | Enterprise Works Worldwide (an international NGO working in irrigation development, particularly in Niger and in Mali, Senegal, and elsewhere; formerly known as AT International) |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FCFA | Franc CFA (Communauté financière africaine), the common currency of many French speaking West African countries |
| GIE | Groupement d'Intérêt Économique |
| ha | Hectare |
| hp | Horsepower (1 HP = 0.746 kW) |
| IAR | Institute of Agricultural Research |
| IDE | International Development Enterprises (an NGO which, among other activities, promotes development of treadle pumps, often overcoming credit shortages by buying them from local manufacturers and passing them on to retailers on a commission basis, Kay & Brabben (2000, page 3) |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFAD-NSP | IFAD-Niger Special Programme |
| ILI | Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa |
| IPTRID | International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage |
| ITTU | Intermediate Technology Transfer Unit |
| JARDA | Jigawa Rural Development Area |
| kWh | Kilowatt-hour (1 kWh = 1 000 watt-hours = 3.6 MJ) |
| l/s | Litres per second (1 l/s = 3.6 m3/h) |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| m3/h | Cubic metres per hour |
| MAIC | Component improved hand-operated irrigation |
| MEST | Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (Ghana) |
| MJ | Mega (million) Joules (1 MJ=1 million watt-seconds or 1 million Newton-metres) |
| MP | Hand operated pumps |
| MPS | Motor pump system |
| NA | Not applicable |
| NAERLS | National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| NWRI | National Water Resources Institute in Kaduna |
| PPIP | (World Bank) Projet de Promotion de l'Irrigation Privée (in Niger) |
| PPPI | Project for Promotion of Private Irrigation (English translation of above) |
| rpm | Revolutions per minute (speed of rotation) |
| SPFS | Special Programme for Food Security |
| TAG | Technical Assistance Grant |
| TCDC | Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries |
| TPT | Treadle pump technology |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development |
