ABS Access to Basic Services
AC Adaptive Capacity
AERC African Economic Research Consortium [Kenya]
AFRODAD African Forum and Network on Debt and Development [Zimbabwe]
AGG Agricultural Green Growth
AMCOS Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society
ANAPRI Africa Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes [Zambia]
AST Assets
BRI Belt and Road Initiative [China]
BRiTEN Building Rural Incomes Through Entrepreneurship [Tanzania]
CCARDESA Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa
CDF Constituency Development Fund [Zambia]
CDI Clinton Development Initiative [USA]
CESifo Centre for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute [Germany]
CESOR Centre for Economic and Social Research [Zambia]
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [France]
CHIRPS Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Stations
CIDGA College of International Development and Global Agriculture [China]
CIP Centro Internacional de la Papa [International Potato Centre, Peru]
CP chronically poor
CPAN Chronic Poverty Advisory Network [UK]
CSA climate-smart agriculture
CSI Coping Strategy Index
DFID Department for International Development [UK]
DLP Development Leadership Program [UK]
ESID Effective States and Inclusive Development
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Italy]
FCDO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [UK]
FGD focus group discussion
FISP Farmer Input Support Programme
GAPs good agricultural practices
GDP gross domestic product
GECHS Global Environmental Change and Human Security [Norway]
GEDSI gender equality, disability, and social inclusion
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit [German Society for International Cooperation]
IAAE International Association of Agricultural Economists [Canada]
IAPRI Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute [Zambia]
IDRC International Development Research Centre [Canada]
IDS Institute of Development Studies [UK]
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute [USA]
IGC International Growth Centre [London]
IHPS Integrated Household Panel Survey [Malawi]
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development [UK]
IMF International Monetary Fund [USA]
INESOR Institute of Economic and Social Research [Zambia]
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Switzerland]
IRED Institute of Research and Development [Zambia]
ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural Research [Netherlands]
JCE Junior Certificate of Education [Malawi]
KII key informant interview
LCMS Living Conditions Measurement Survey [Zambia]
LE late escaper
LHI life history interview
LUANAR Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources [Malawi]
MASAF Malawi Social Action Fund
MCA Multiple Correspondence Analysis
MSCE Malawi School Certificate of Education
NADO Njombe Agricultural Development Organization [Tanzania]
NFE non-farm enterprise
NGO non-governmental organisation
NSO National Statistical Office [USA]
OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [USA]
ODI Overseas Development Institute [UK]
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [France]
PEP Partnership for Economic Policy [Kenya]
PPP public–private partnership
PRIMCED Poverty Reduction, Institutions, Markets, and Policies in Developing Countries: Toward a Theory of Comparative Economic Development [Japan]
PSLCE Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education [Malawi]
QDS quality declared seed
RALS Rural Agricultural Livelihoods Survey [Zambia]
RCI Resilience Capacity Index
RIMA Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis
SAGCOT Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania
SAIPAR Southern African Institute for Policy and Research
SCL SAGCOT Centre Ltd [Tanzania]
SCT social cash transfer
SE sustained escaper
SOC ACE Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence
SSN Social Safety Nets
TANGO Technical Assistance to NGOs
TARI Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute
TE transitory escaper
TOSCI Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute
TVET technical and vocational education and training
UN United Nations [USA]
UNDP United Nations Development Programme [USA]
UNDRR United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction [Switzerland]
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund [USA]
UNIMA University of Malawi
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WFP World Food Programme [Italy]
ZIPAR Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research
ZRBF Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund