| Acronym | Organization/term |
| 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. Daughert 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 Chief Economist |
| 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 |