| ACH | Acción Contra el Hambre (Spanish NGO) |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AGLW | Water Resources, Development and Management Service of FAO |
| ANGRAU | Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University in India |
| BWOs | Water Organizations |
| CB | Capacity Building |
| CCD | Convention to Combat Desertification |
| CD | Capacity Development |
| CDCS | Centre for Development Cooperation Services |
| CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency |
| CoPs | Communities of Practice |
| DFID | UK Department for International Development |
| ESPIM | Evaluation Study of Paddy Irrigation under Monsoon Regime |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FEW | Frontline Extension Workers |
| FIs | Farmer Innovators |
| GEF | Global Environmental Fund |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GoI | Government of Indonesia |
| GWP | Global Water Partnership |
| ICID | International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technologies |
| IEC | International Executive Council |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| INBO | International Network of Basin Organizations |
| ISRD | South African Government's Integrated Sustainable Rural Development programme |
| WRC | Water Research Commission of South Africa |
| IWEM | Water and Environmental Management |
| IWMI | International Water Management Institute |
| IWRA | International Water Resources Association. |
| IWRM | Integrated Water Resources Management |
| KM | Knowledge Management |
| LDA | Limpopo Province Department of Agriculture |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goals |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NQF | National Qualifications Framework |
| NRM | Natural Resource Management |
| PFI | Promoting Farmer Innovation |
| PRC | Peoples Republic of China |
| RESIS | Revitalisation of Smallholder Irrigation Schemes programme |
| RRA | Rapid Rural Appraisal |
| SIC-ICWC | Center of Interstate Commission for Water Coordination in Central Asia |
| SPFS | Special Programme for Food Security |
| SWC | Soil and Water Conservation |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis |
| TWU | Thematic Working Units |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAG | National Farmers Union |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| WG-CBTE | Working Group on Capacity Building, Training and Education |
| WISMP | Water Resources and Irrigation Sector Management Programme |
| WRIM | Water Resources and Irrigation Management |
| WUAs | Water User Associations |
| WWC | World Water Council |
