Acronyms

AfDB African Development Bank

AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

AGRF African Green Revolution Forum

ALEXI Atmosphere-Land Exchange Inverse

BGMA Bazile Groundwater Management Area

CASNR College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

CDI Composite Drought Index

CUSP CASNR Undergraduate Scholarship Program

DGs Distillers' Grains

DWFI Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska

EDF Environmental Defense Fund

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

ET Evapotranspiration

FAL Future Agriculture Leaders

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FCC Federal Communications Commission

FY Fiscal Year

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GloDET Global Daily Evapotranspiration

HA Hectare

IANR Institute of Agriculture and Natural

Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

IAP International Advisory Panel

IARI Indian Agricultural Research Institute

ICBA International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands

IIC Irrigation Innovation Consortium

IUSSTF Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum

IWMI International Water Management Institute

MENA Middle East and North Africa

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDEE Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy

NDMC National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln

Nebraska EPSCoR Nebraska's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

NET Nebraska Environmental Trust

NEWBA Nebraska Water Balance Alliance

NGO Non-governmental Organization

NIC Nebraska Innovation Campus

NRDs Natural Resources Districts

NRT NSF Research Traineeship

NSF National Science Foundation

NU University of Nebraska

NWC Nebraska Water Center

NWPR Nebraska Water Productivity Report

OWCAP Ogallala Water Coordinated Agriculture Project

RBDF Robert B. Daugherty Foundation

SEEDS Service, Engagement, Entrepreneurship, Development, Sustainability

SETMI Spatial Evapotranspiration Modeling Interface

SWM Smart Water Meters, Inc.

TCC The Climate Corporation

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UNL University of Nebraska-Lincoln

UNMC University of Nebraska Medical Center

U.S. United States

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDA-ARS U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

USDA-NIFA U.S. Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

USDA-OCE U.S. Department of Agriculture - Office of Community Engagement

USIEF United States-India Educational Foundation

WARI Water Advanced Research and Innovation

WB World Bank

WFGC Water for Food Global Conference

WFIF Water for Food International Forum

WHO World Health Organization

WP Water Productivity

WSL Water Sciences Lab