| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| Bt | Bacillus thuringiensis |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| Cry | Crystal proteins |
| DALRRD | Department of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development |
| dsRNA | Double-stranded RNA |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GIS | Geographic information systems |
| GPS | Global positioning systems |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IPM | Integrated pest management |
| NPV | Nucleopolyhedrovirus |
| RNAi | RNA interference |
| SDMs | Species distribution models |
| SIT | Sterile insect technique |
| SpexNPV | Spodoptera exempta nucleopolyhedrovirus |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| ULV | Ultra-low volume |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| Vips | Vegetative insecticidal proteins |