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| AfSIS | Africa Soil Information Service |
| AI | artificial Intelligence |
| AWD | Alternate Wetting and Drying |
| CCRO | Closed circuit reverse osmosis |
| DEVap | desiccant-enhanced evaporative air conditioner |
| EPO | European Patent Office |
| ESTs | environmentally-sound technologies |
| EWS | early warning system |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations |
| FDI | foreign direct investment |
| FI | finance institution |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GII | Global Innovation Index |
| GIS | geographic information system |
| ICT | information and communication technology |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IoT | internet of things |
| IP | intellectual property |
| IPC | International Patent Classification |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPO | intellectual property office |
| IPR | intellectual property right |
| LDC | least developed country |
| MABR | membrane-aerated biofilm reactor |
| MAR | managed aquifer recharge |
| MHEWS | multi-hazard early warning systems |
| MSF | multi-stage flash (desalination) |
| NAP | National Adaptation Plan |
| NAPA | National Adaptation Programme of Action |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contributions |
| NRW | non-revenue water |
| NTFP | non-timber forest product |
| PCT | Patent Corporation Treaty |
| ppm | parts per million |
| R&D | research and development |
| RO | reverse osmosis |
| SME | small and medium-sized enterprises |
| TAP | Technology Action Plan |
| TNA | Technology Needs Assessment |
| UTFI | underground transfer of floods for irrigation |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |