| AC | Advisory Committe |
| ADPHT | Asia Drainage Programme for the Humid Tropics |
| AFEID | Association française pour l'étude des irrigations et du drainage |
| AFD | French Agency for Development |
| AGLW | Water Resources, Development and Management Service, FAO |
| AGRIMA | Amélioration des capacités de gestion des ressources en eau pour l'utilisation durable de l'irrigation en Méditerranée occidentale et en Afrique de l'Ouest |
| AMID | Association malienne pour l'irrigation et le drainage |
| ANAFID | Association nationale pour les améliorations froncières de l'irrigation et du drainage |
| ANID | Association nigérienne pour l'irrigation et le drainage |
| CEMAGREF | Institut de recherche pour l'ingénierie de l'agriculture et de l'environnement |
| CG | Consultative Group |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CIAT | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical |
| DFID | Department for International Development |
| DGDR | Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural |
| DGIS | Distributed Geographical Information System |
| EIER | Ecole inter-états d'ingénieurs de l'équipement rural |
| ETSHER | Ecole inter-états des techniciens supérieurs de l'hydraulique et de l'équipement rural |
| ESPIM | Evaluation Study of Paddy Irrigation under Monsoon Regime project |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GWP | Global Water Partnership |
| HRWallingford | Hydraulics Research & Consultancy Specialists |
| IAM-BARI | IAM-B Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari |
| ICID | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage |
| ICWC | Interstate Committee for Water Coordination, Aral Sea Basin |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| ILRI | International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement |
| IPTRID | International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage |
| IRRI | International Rice Research Institute |
| IWMI | International Water Management Institute |
| LOA | Letter of Agreement |
| MAAPAR | Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche, France |
| MAE | Ministère des affaires étrangères, France |
| MAPA | Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentaciòn, Spain |
| MC | Management Commitee |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MWR | Ministry of Water Resources, Egypt |
| NWRC | National Water Research Center, Egypt |
| SIC-ICWC | Scientific Information Center-Interstate Committee for Water Coordination |
| SIDA | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| SPFS | Special Programme for Food security |
| TEE | Triennial External Evaluation |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USBR | United States Bureau of Reclamation |
| WB | The World Bank |
