| DEA | Data Envelopment Analysis |
| AHP | Analytic Hierarchy Process |
| CI | Consistency Index |
| CR | Consistency Ratio |
| MDS | Multidimensional Scaling |
| MESMIS | Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Natural Resource Management Systems using Sustainability Indicators |
| SAFA | Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems |
| RAP | Rapid Appraisal for Sustainability |
| VRS | variable Returns to Scale |
| GPV | Gross Production Value |
| LU | Livestock Units |
| CSI | Composite Sustainability Index |
| DEAP | Data Envelopment Analysis Program |
| ESI | Economic Sustainability Index |
| SSI | Social Sustainability Index |
| EnSI | Environmental Sustainability Index |
| TE | Technical Efficiency |
| CRS | Constant Returns to Scale |
| VRSTE | Pure Technical Efficiency |
| SFA | Stochastic Frontier Analysis |
| S.D. | Std. Deviation |
| AME | Average Marginal Effects |